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…
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…
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…
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…
Survivor Spotlight: Sue Quackenbush
“I am no stranger to challenges.” In the years leading up to her breast cancer diagnosis, Sue Quackenbush of Chester County…
Survivor Spotlight: Melissa Rowse
My diagnosis I was diagnosed in 2015 after my very first mammogram. I was 40 years old at the time and…
Grassroots Partner Spotlight: Pink Out in the Park
We asked Pink Out in the Park organizer Krista Hair to share details about her Grassroots Partner event, her inspiration, her…
Medical News
Understanding How Familial Genetics Impact Breast Cancer Risk: Bridging the Gap Between DNA Mutations and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer …
Survivor Spotlight: Amanda Searight
Amanda Searight, Beaver County My diagnosis and treatment I received my diagnosis December 9, 2021. With covid, my first mammogram was…
Survivor Spotlight: Connie Bootz
In May 2023, I was diagnosed with DCIS breast cancer. It was random and detected by my annual mammogram. I felt…