Komen Newsroom

March 2010

Check out Komen's own Survivor Programs Manager, Toni Mountain, on AM Northwest discussing the upcoming Breast Cancer Issues™ Conference! Watch here.

February 2010

Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Concerned Federal Screening Mammography Guidelines Beginning to Limit Access for Younger Women
"When a federal panel late last year recommended that American women in their 40s need not get annual screening mammograms, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® raised concerns that the new guidelines would result in denial of the potentially life-saving procedure for too many young women.
Evidence appears to be building that those concerns over the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines may have been justified."  Read more...
December 2009


Komen's Founder, Nancy Brinker, featured in USA Today's op-ed section: "With Breast Screenings, Every Woman Counts"

November 2009

Susan G. Komen for the Cure recommends no impediments to breast cancer screening...

October 2009

Komen Oregon named #1 Best Large Nonprofit to work for by Oregon Business Magazine!


Komen Project Ecuador Visits Oregon...




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