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so our daughters don't have to.

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Finding a cure now...
so our daughters don't have to.

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Making an Impact in the Fight Against Breast Cancer

  • 1,662
    free Friends Like Me care packages sent in 2024
  • $6m
    contributed to breast cancer researchers in PA
  • 372+
    women helped through patient advocacy in 2024
  • 92¢
    of every dollar goes toward our programs and services

Summer Solstice Festival

Celebrate summer, sunlight and community with us!

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Metzger Open

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Be a part of the 33rd Annual Clay Court Open!
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Request a Friends Like Me Care Package

The PA Breast Cancer Coalition offers free care packages to individuals diagnosed with breast cancer through its Friends Like Me and Friends Like Me 2 programs (a package designed specifically for women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer). Each customized box includes resources, small gifts, cosmetics and a reminder that no one rights breast cancer alone.

Register now for the 2025 PA Breast Cancer Coalition Conference!

Join hundreds of survivors, thrivers, healthcare professionals, caregivers, and community advocates at the PA Breast Cancer Coalition’s 2025 Conference Wednesday, October 15 at the Hilton Harrisburg. Discover exciting new workshops presented by expert speakers, build meaningful connections, and participate in important discussions about breakthrough developments in breast cancer care and support. Reserve your spot today for $35!
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In Full Effect! No-cost Breast Cancer MRI, Genetic Testing Bill

Act 1 of 2023 / Senate Bill 8 is now fully implemented for individuals with increased risk factors who are insured under Pennsylvania law. The legislation removes all costs associated with breast MRI, ultrasound, genetic testing and counseling for individuals at high-risk for hereditary cancers who are insured under Pennsylvania law. Are you covered by Act 1? If so, When does it take effect for you? Click on our link below for more information about Act 1 implementation.
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Watch Now: Ask the Experts - Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

When faced with a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, there is some key information that you need to ask yourself and share with your treatment team. Lillie Shockney, survivor and university distinguished service professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, shares these questions and answers in our latest Ask the Experts session, "Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer."
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The Pennsylvania Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (PA-BCCEDP)

The PA Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (PA-BCCEDP) is here to help provide no-cost mammograms, services and no-cost treatment to women of low to moderate income.
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PBCC News

ACTION ALERT – SENATE BILL 88

Expanding Act 1: Pennsylvania Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Advances Bill to Provide No-Cost Diagnostic Breast Imaging  Senate Bill 88 eliminates...
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Q&A with Pat Halpin-Murphy

This May, the PA Breast Cancer Coalition partners with Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward to celebrate Mammography Month and Mother’s...
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Federal Cancer Research Funding Under Threat

With the passage of the National Health Service Act in 1944, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was created and included...
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Women’s History Month

Celebrating HisHerstory: The PBCC Honors Women of Impact throughout Women’s History Month   Pat Halpin-Murphy “I knew I had been spared...
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Survivor Spotlight: Shannon Gottesman

Shannon Gottesman PBCC Allegheny County Captain My diagnosis It was following my first mammogram after I had turned 40. In January...
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