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May 21, 2024

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…

April 5, 2024

PBCC awards $200,000 to UPMC Breast Cancer Researchers

The PA Breast Cancer Coalition recently awarded two $100,000 research grants to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer…

March 4, 2024

Survivor Spotlight: Cara Sapida

I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when most of the state was completely closed…

January 19, 2024

Hoodies of Hope

This fall, 8th grade students at Wilson Middle School in Carlisle launched a project called “Herd Hoods,” selling pink hoodies with…

January 15, 2024

Survivor Spotlight: Marie Mulvenna

My diagnosis My breast cancer journey began unexpectedly when I hit my head and experienced ringing in my ear. At age…

October 30, 2023

Medical News

Individualizing Radiation Treatment in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Choosing the Right Treatment for the Right Patient Lori Pierce, MD, FASTRO, FASCO Professor…

October 25, 2023

Mid Penn Bank Celebrity Golf Classic Contributes $100,000 to PBCC

The 2023 Mid Penn Bank Celebrity Golf Classic raised an incredible $100,000 for the PA Breast Cancer Coalition! Mid Penn Bank…

June 30, 2023

Survivor Spotlight: Joylette Portlock

Joylette Portlock has been getting mammograms for years. Before her mother passed away of metastatic breast cancer at the age of…

June 6, 2023

Toasting a Cure Spotlight: Select Medical

Since 2016, Toasting a Cure at the Vineyard has raised over $158,000 for the PA Breast Cancer Coalition through the annual event…

May 5, 2023

Send a Mother’s Day Mammo-gram!

  Mammograms save lives! Moms are always putting others before their own needs. This Mother’s Day, YOU can help us to…