Breast Cancer Action is a nationally recognized voice for putting patients before profits, regulating cancer-causing toxins, and eliminating health inequities. Our campaigns and advocacy work have received extensive media coverage of the years. We’ve included highlights below.
USA Today: Justices rule human genes cannot be patented (June 13, 2013)
KTVU: Supreme Court rules against patenting human genes (June 13, 2013)
The Nation: Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents (June 13, 2013)
Yahoo News: Supreme Court reaches compromise on breast cancer gene patent (June 13, 2013)
KQED: San Francisco Breast Cancer Advocates Jubilant Over Supreme Court Human Genes Ruling (June 13, 2013)
MSNBC: Organizations cash in on commercial potential of cancer (May 19, 2013)
Al Jazeera: Should human genes be patented? (May 17, 2013)
The Nation: Cashing in on breast cancer awareness (May 16, 2013)
USA Today: Angelina Jolie’s news prompts women to call doctors (May 15, 2013)
CBS Bay Area: Jolie’s Genetic Link Not The Only Cause Of Breast Cancer (May 14, 2013)
KTVU: Cancer-risk assessment program may push for too much treatment (May 14, 2013)
KQED: Why Angelina Jolie’s ‘medical choice’ is likely not yours (May 14, 2013)
KTVU: SPECIAL REPORT: New 3D mammograms could reduce false positives (May 1, 2013)
Reuters: Learning from breast cancer (April 30, 2013)
Feministing: Are mainstream breast cancer awareness initiatives hurting more than they’re helping? (April 29, 2013)
Psychology Today: Patients, Patents, and Profits in a Genomic Age (April 23, 2013)
HuffPost Live: Should Anyone Be Allowed to Patent Your Genes? (April 16, 2013)
Women’s E-News: High Court Hears Breast Cancer Cancer Research Case (April 15, 2013)
CBS: Supreme Court Case On Gene Patents Could Impact Bay Area Biotech
Ms. Magazine: The Breast Cancer Gene and Control of Women’s Bodies (April 13, 2013)
KQED: Who Owns Your Genes? (April 12, 2013)
Los Angeles Times (op-ed): Who should own DNA? All of us (April 12, 2013)
AP: High Court to Decide if Genes Can Be Patented (April 11, 2013)
The Guardian: US Supreme Court to decide if companies can patent human genes (April 11, 2013)
Al-Jazeera: Have breast cancer campaigns been beneficial? (November 2, 2012)
USA Today: Supporting people with cancer all year long (October 13, 2012)
Ms. Magazine: What the Pink? Boozing for Boobs (October 8, 2012)
Bitch Magazine: Unraveling the Ribbon: Breast Cancer Awareness Month isn’t just about pink. (October 4, 2012)
XO Jane: I hate Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October 5, 2012)
The Guardian: Pinkification: how breast cancer awareness got commodified for profit (October 3, 2012)
Jezebel: The Silliest Pink Crap Money Can Buy, None of Which Will Cure Breast Cancer (October 3, 2012)
KQED: Think Pink? I’d Rather Raise a Stink (October 3, 2012)
NPR: Scientists Parse Genes Of Breast Cancer’s Four Major Types (September 24, 2012)
New York Times: Study Divides Breast Cancer Into Four Distinct Types (September 23, 2012)
USA Today: Critics skeptical despite shake-up at Susan G. Komen (August 10, 2012)
KALW: What do we know about reducing risk for breast cancer? (July 2, 2012)
AP: FDA grants meeting on Avastin for breast cancer (February 24, 2011)
The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Some Donors Flee Komen for Other Cancer Groups (February 7, 2012)
Forbes: The Pinkwashing Debate: Empty Criticism or Serious Liability? (November 4, 2011)
USA Today: Komen’s pink ribbons raise green, and questions (July 7, 2011)
CNN: Patients, scientists at odds over breast cancer drug (June 18, 2011)
On the Issues Magazine: Snipping Pink Sentimentality: Persisting on the Whys of Breast Cancer (March 15, 2011)
LA Times: The downside of awareness campaigns (October 4, 2010)
NPR: Turning Cancer, Other Diseases, Into Causes (August 24, 2010)
Huffington Post: Greed, Cancer and Pink KFC Buckets (May 17, 2010)
AP: New advice: Skip mammograms in 40s, start at 50 (November 17, 2009)
Newsweek: Seeing Red In Pink Products: One Woman’s Fight Against Breast Cancer Consumerism (October 13, 2009)