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An Army of Women for Breast Cancer Research

by Terri Potratz | October 1, 2008 at 12:59 pm

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Dr. Susan Love and The Avon Foundation cooperatively launched the Love/Avon Army of Women because scientists haven't been able to find enough women to participate in much needed breast cancer research studies.

When Dr. Love looked into this matter, she discovered that women did want to participate and contribute towards finding a cure for breast cancer, but they didn't know that their help was even needed. And so she formulated this goal: to recruit one million women across the US to submit their name, age, city and state and receive email notifications of research initiatives taking place in their area.

Currently only open to women in the US, the Army of Women is open to ALL women - those with and without breast cancer, of all heritages and ages. This point makes up the key feature of this initiative.

It is critical that the Army of Women represent all kinds of women of all sizes, shapes, ages, ethnicities, lifestyles, and geographic areas. This is the only way we will truly learn about this disease. We depend on our Army of Women participants to help us recruit a wide diversity of women so that the data from the studies will apply to all of us.

Participants retain complete control and are free to decide which studies they might be interested in participating in, which could vary from filling out a simple questionnaire or taking part in a clinical trial.

This is an amazing opportunity for women to help find both the cause and the cure for breast cancer - especially considering October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Get involved in the Love/Avon Army of Women today.

UPDATE: After only 9 days, 186,897 women have already signed up! Let's keep it going.

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LotusFlower

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at 17:22 on October 1st, 2008

Terri Potratz, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Barbara Galyon (not verified)

at 10:11 on October 9th, 2008

My mother died of breast cancer and now my sister has been diagnosed with inflamatory breast cancer.My mother had it for 11 years.She died in 1998 .

tjgrz11

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at 00:36 on October 24th, 2008

Terri Potratz, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Cathy Brock (not verified)

at 11:20 on November 7th, 2008

I have 6 sisters and 2 brothers. A younger sister had surgery for breast cancer removal a few years ago and is now cancer free. Would it be of any help to have a large group of siblings as part of a study?