Our Promise: To save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.
Who we are and what we do: For the past twenty years, Komen Oregon has provided tens of thousands of low-income women access to critical breast cancer screening and treatment. Our 360-degree approach is making a difference, with breast cancer mortality rates down and five-year survival rates up. We save lives and provide critical care to low-income women. We remove barriers – through education, transportation and screening – and provide support services from the moment a woman picks up the phone:
• Screening for low-income women: The collaboration between Komen Oregon and the state of Oregon provides about 8,000 mammograms a year in Oregon alone, the largest screening resource for uninsured and underinsured women in the state. Click here to learn more about our free screening program.
• Removing barriers: Komen Oregon provides women and their families – especially in rural areas – access to transportation so that patients have access to treatment. We fund patient navigator to assist women and their families from the moment they pick up the phone. Click here to learn more about Komen Oregon resources and programs.
• Providing critical local care: Seventy-five percent of Komen Oregon dollars stay local to support low-income women with life-saving resources. For the past 20 years, Komen Oregon has directed more than $20 million toward breast cancer screening, education, transportation and survivor support. Click here to make a donation today.
• Investing in cutting-edge research: 25% of donated funds are pooled with other Komen Affiliates to fund global breast cancer research. Komen has invested more than $685 million in cutting-edge breast cancer research. Researchers at OHSU and Providence Cancer Center are part of a global network focused on aggressively addressing the most difficult questions that remain. Every major advance in global breast cancer research in the last quarter century has been touched by Komen for the Cure dollars. Local researchers at OHSU and Providence Cancer Center are part of Komen’s global network of researchers working to end breast cancer forever. Click here to learn more about Komen's research programs.
Who we are and what we do: For the past twenty years, Komen Oregon has provided tens of thousands of low-income women access to critical breast cancer screening and treatment. Our 360-degree approach is making a difference, with breast cancer mortality rates down and five-year survival rates up. We save lives and provide critical care to low-income women. We remove barriers – through education, transportation and screening – and provide support services from the moment a woman picks up the phone:
• Screening for low-income women: The collaboration between Komen Oregon and the state of Oregon provides about 8,000 mammograms a year in Oregon alone, the largest screening resource for uninsured and underinsured women in the state. Click here to learn more about our free screening program.
• Removing barriers: Komen Oregon provides women and their families – especially in rural areas – access to transportation so that patients have access to treatment. We fund patient navigator to assist women and their families from the moment they pick up the phone. Click here to learn more about Komen Oregon resources and programs.
• Providing critical local care: Seventy-five percent of Komen Oregon dollars stay local to support low-income women with life-saving resources. For the past 20 years, Komen Oregon has directed more than $20 million toward breast cancer screening, education, transportation and survivor support. Click here to make a donation today.
• Investing in cutting-edge research: 25% of donated funds are pooled with other Komen Affiliates to fund global breast cancer research. Komen has invested more than $685 million in cutting-edge breast cancer research. Researchers at OHSU and Providence Cancer Center are part of a global network focused on aggressively addressing the most difficult questions that remain. Every major advance in global breast cancer research in the last quarter century has been touched by Komen for the Cure dollars. Local researchers at OHSU and Providence Cancer Center are part of Komen’s global network of researchers working to end breast cancer forever. Click here to learn more about Komen's research programs.
Our website represents our steadfast commitment to you as your trusted, local resource for accurate information regarding all aspects of our promise to end breast cancer. Our presence in the local community helps raise awareness about the importance of early detection and breast cancer. When people see pink, we want them to remember that early detection saves lives. If you need support or resources, please call us at (503) 552-9160 or email us at info@komenoregon.org. We're here to help!