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- Komen’s True Colors Revealed February 16th, 2012
- Komen's Planned Parenthood Decision a Victory, But a Small One: Challenging the Status Quo of Breast Cancer February 3rd, 2012
- We think Komen's decision to defund Planned Parenthood is outrageous February 1st, 2012
- Special Thanks December 13th, 2011
- BCAction Program Department Update December 12th, 2011
- The Death Toll of Inequality: "Why Treat People Without Changing What Makes Them Sick?" December 12th, 2011
- From the Executive Director: Shifting the Balance of Power & Putting Women First December 12th, 2011
- How-to-Take Action: Breast Cancer Action’s Think Before You Pink® Toolkit December 12th, 2011
- Following the Science on Breast Cancer Screening December 12th, 2011
- Responsible Cosmetics Company Supports Breast Cancer Action December 12th, 2011
- Member Perspective: JoAnn Loulan December 12th, 2011
- Donations in Honor and Memory December 11th, 2011
- Breast Cancer Research: Where We Are and Where We Should Be October 13th, 2011
- Mammograms, Diet & Exercise Will Not End the Epidemic September 12th, 2011
- Monopolies and Gene Patents - Think You Own Your Genes? Think Again! August 10th, 2011
- Spinning Science: A Case Study in Conflict of Interest June 16th, 2011
- We need you raising hell with us June 10th, 2011
- Program Update: Webinars, Roundtable Discussion on Latinas and Breast Cancer, Eli Lilly & Milking Cancer June 7th, 2011
- BCAction’s position on Aromasin study presented at ASCO 2011 June 7th, 2011
- From the Executive Director: Enough Awareness! We Need Systemic Changes June 1st, 2011
- Putting Patients Before Profits: Why We Must End Gene Patenting June 1st, 2011
- Gratitudes May 27th, 2011
- Donations in Honor and Memory May 27th, 2011
- BCAction Member Perspective: Britta Reida May 27th, 2011
- Exciting News! May 18th, 2011
- Think Before You Pink: What Good Is Breast Cancer Awareness If... March 23rd, 2011
- BCA Supports ODAC’s Call to Reject Avastin February 10th, 2011
- In Tribute — Susan M. Cohen, Lifetime activist and BCA supporter February 10th, 2011
- Book excerpt: Pink Ribbon Blues by Gayle Sulik February 10th, 2011
- Highlights from the 2010 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium February 10th, 2011
- BCA Policy Corner February 9th, 2011
- Celebrating 20 Years of Kick-Butt Activism February 9th, 2011
- From the Board President: A New Look – Same Breast Cancer Action February 9th, 2011
- FDA Follows Science in Avastin Decision February 9th, 2011
- Member Perspective: Jo McCartan September 21st, 2010
- One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Latino/a Community Leaders Join Us September 21st, 2010
- From the Executive Director: So Much to Celebrate, and So Much Yet to Be Done September 21st, 2010
- A Paraben-Free Cosmetic Committed to Women’s Health September 9th, 2010
- New Program Staff is Ramped Up and Ready-to-Go June 21st, 2010
- What the Cluck? Update June 21st, 2010
- Giving Teeth to the Toxic Substances Control Act June 21st, 2010
- Getting the Right Test Can Determine the Right Treatment and So Can What the FDA Does June 21st, 2010
- BCA Updates Screening Policy June 21st, 2010
- 20 years later: Belle Shayer June 21st, 2010
- Let's Talk About Health Inequities March 21st, 2010
- BCA Work on Health Inequities: An Important Priority March 21st, 2010
- BCA Turns 20 March 21st, 2010
- Screening and Mammography: The Real Story March 21st, 2010
- A Letter from the Executive Director: Where the Money Comes From—It Matters March 21st, 2010
- Health Care Reform: Immediate Good News for Some Cancer Patients March 21st, 2010
- Eighty Cents of Every Dollar You Give to BCA Goes to End the Epidemic December 21st, 2009
- Gifts in Honor and Memory December 21st, 2009
- Honor a Loved One December 21st, 2009
- Myriad Timeline and Update December 21st, 2009
- Book Excerpt: Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America December 21st, 2009
- On Being Diagnosed with Breast Cancer December 21st, 2009
- A BCA Summer Intern’s Story: An Interview with Alice Price-Styles December 21st, 2009
- From the Executive Director: Does Mammography Screening Save Lives? December 21st, 2009
- New Study Points to Problems with Breast Cancer Screening December 21st, 2009
- Keeping Track of Doxil September 21st, 2009
- Gene Patent Challenge Moves Forward Slowly September 21st, 2009
- Safe Cosmetics = Healthy Cigarettes? September 21st, 2009
- Putting Patients First: BCA’s Information and Referral Service September 21st, 2009
- Good Guide: A Tool to Make Companies Do the Right Thing September 21st, 2009
- Making Changes That Matter: A Conversation with Former BCA Board Member Dawn Surratt September 21st, 2009
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month: The Present Looks Like the Past September 21st, 2009
- A Whole New Level of Pinkwashing. Eli Lilly is Milking Cancer. September 21st, 2009
- In Memoriam: Dr. Shyamala G. Harris June 21st, 2009
- California Public Health Association Honors Barbara Brenner June 21st, 2009
- X-Rays: Are We Overexposed? June 21st, 2009
- First, Do No Harm: California’s Green Chemistry Initiative June 21st, 2009
- The Good and the Bad: Changes at the FDA and in the Biotech Industry June 21st, 2009
- BCA Joins Coalition to Challenge BRCA Gene Patents June 21st, 2009
- Book Review: Under the Radar: Cancer and the Cold War March 21st, 2009
- San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2008—An Overview March 21st, 2009
- Treating breast cancer as a recurrent—not chronic—disease March 21st, 2009
- Old Evil, New Twist: Environmental Racism March 21st, 2009
- In Memory: Deb Mosley (1968–2008) November 21st, 2008
- ¿Habla usted español? November 21st, 2008
- Suggestions for Women Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer November 21st, 2008
- Profile: Beverly Canin: Understanding the Importance of Advocacy November 21st, 2008
- News Clippings November 21st, 2008
- BCA Blogs November 21st, 2008
- Think Before You Pink Update November 21st, 2008
- Aromatase Inhibitors: Side Effects Revisited November 21st, 2008
- Examining Late Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence November 21st, 2008
- From the Executive Director: Beyond the Vote: Fixing What’s Broken November 21st, 2008
- Charting a Path to Health Equity: African American Women and Breast Cancer November 21st, 2008
- Think Before You Pink — A Visual History September 21st, 2008
- Take a Stand This October—Support BCA! September 21st, 2008
- From the Executive Director: The Organic Process of Activism: Think Before You Pink, Then and Now September 21st, 2008
- Think Before You Pink 2008 Takes On Pinkwashers September 21st, 2008
- 19,000 Possibilities: Help Make BCA’s Strategic Plan a Reality July 1st, 2008
- Strategic Priority: Creating awareness that it is not just genes but social injustices—political, economic, and racial inequities—that lead to disparities in breast cancer outcomes. July 1st, 2008
- Strategic Priority: Decreasing involuntary environmental exposures that put people at risk for breast cancer. July 1st, 2008
- Strategic Priority: Advocate for more effective and less toxic breast cancer treatments by shifting the balance of power in the Food and Drug Administration’s drug approval process away from the pharmaceutical industry and toward the public interest. July 1st, 2008
- BCA’s Plans for the Future July 1st, 2008
- Be the Source of Breast Cancer Action’s Success! April 21st, 2008
- BCA’s Big Plans April 21st, 2008
- The Ever-Rising Costs of Cancer Drugs April 21st, 2008
- Interview: A Hormonal Seesaw: The Atrazine and AI Connection April 21st, 2008
- Book Review: Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer April 21st, 2008
- Healthy Housecleaning Tips April 21st, 2008
- Healthy Job, Healthy Body A Profile of Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security April 21st, 2008
- Putting Patients First: The Need for Better Standards at the FDA April 21st, 2008
- Lessons and Questions from the E2100 Avastin Breast Cancer Trial April 21st, 2008
- Zoë Christopher BCA Office Manager March 1st, 2008
- Two New Anemia Drug Studies Point to Problems for Cancer Patients March 1st, 2008
- News Clipping: Benefits of Taxol Questioned March 1st, 2008
- Reflections on the 2007 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium March 1st, 2008
- From the Editor: Carrying Your Voices March 1st, 2008
- From the Executive Director: The Challenges of Changing Breast Cancer Treatments March 1st, 2008
- 100th Newsletter Cover March 1st, 2008
- BCA Updates Its ”Pills for Prevention” Policy December 1st, 2007
- From the Executive Director: Meeting the Needs of Patients: BCA’s Survey on Aromatase Inhibitors December 1st, 2007
- Congratulations! Two BCA Members Honored December 1st, 2007
- News Clipping: Accupressure for Relief of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting December 1st, 2007
- News Clipping Mammograms Versus MRIs for Detecting DCIS December 1st, 2007
- What Causes Cancer? Probably Not You December 1st, 2007
- About BCA’s I&R Program December 1st, 2007
- Allison Young: BCA Program Associate December 1st, 2007
- From the Editor: Do Something Besides Worry December 1st, 2007
- From the Executive Director: A Day at a Time: Taking the Long View December 1st, 2007
- Report from the 2007 Breast Cancer Symposium: Integrating Emerging Science into Clinical Practice December 1st, 2007
- Take Action: Think Before You Pink October 1st, 2007
- BCA Cheers STELLAR Cancellation October 1st, 2007
- Book Review: Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health Movement October 1st, 2007
- A Journey Into the World of Pink Ribbon Marketing October 1st, 2007
- From the Editor: Stopping Cancer Where It Starts October 1st, 2007
- Join the Sister Study Help Find the Causes of Breast Cancer October 1st, 2007
- From the Executive Director: Moving Beyond the Personal in Environmental Health October 1st, 2007
- Environmental Chemicals & Breast Cancer October 1st, 2007
- What to Do Next? Suggestions for Women Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer August 1st, 2007
- News Clipping: Tykerb Approved for Advanced Breast Cancer August 1st, 2007
- Answers Wanted August 1st, 2007
- Book Review: How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace August 1st, 2007
- Essie Mormen (1937–2007) August 1st, 2007
- Molly Ivins (1944–2007) August 1st, 2007
- Debu Tripathy: An Oncologist’s Perspective on Cancer Drug Use August 1st, 2007
- From the Executive Director: When Will They Ever Learn? Reflections on the FDA and Cancer Drugs August 1st, 2007
- Lessons from a Clinical Trial August 1st, 2007
- Breast Cancer Risk Is Not Affected by Abortion May 21st, 2007
- FDA Approves MammaPrint Test May 21st, 2007
- Expanded Access to Experimental Drug Treatment May 21st, 2007
- Screening Technologies in the News May 21st, 2007
- Doctors Must Not Be Lapdogs to Drug Firms May 21st, 2007
- SPOTLIGHT: Tori Freeman: Young Leadership at BCA May 21st, 2007
- From the Executive Director: NCI Funding Cuts—Crisis or Opportunity? May 21st, 2007
- Conflict of Interest: Sir Richard Doll (1912–2005) May 21st, 2007
- Tykerb for Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer February 21st, 2007
- Planning BCA’s Future February 21st, 2007
- Silicone Gel Breast Implants Approved February 21st, 2007
- News Clipping: Red Meat and Breast Cancer February 21st, 2007
- Reflecting on the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Past and Present February 21st, 2007
- From the Executive Director: Of Pills, Prevention, and Politics February 21st, 2007
- Important Correction to BCA’s Aromatase Inhibitor Side Effects Report February 21st, 2007
- FDA Delays Avastin Approval for Breast Cancer: Genentech Withholds FDA Letter December 1st, 2006
- In Memory of Ellen Lew • 1960–2006 December 1st, 2006
- News Clipping: Stanford Bans Industry Gifts and Limits Industry Access December 1st, 2006
- Minetta Liu: A Doctor’s Perspective on BCA’s AI Survey December 1st, 2006
- Spotlight: Marilyn Zivian—Finding the Stories in the Data December 1st, 2006
- Comments from AI Survey Respondents December 1st, 2006
- Book Excerpt: Another Morning: Voices of Truth and Hope From Mothers With Cancer October 21st, 2006
- Making Nail Polish a Little Safer October 21st, 2006
- Answers Wanted October 21st, 2006
- BCA Announces Its National Advisory Council October 21st, 2006
- News Clipping: DES and Breast Cancer Risk October 21st, 2006
- Spotlight: Loretta Ross Three Decades of Advocating for the Health and Rights of Women of Color October 21st, 2006
- From the Executive Director: Looking Toward, and Creating, BCA’s Future October 21st, 2006
- What’s in a Name? October 21st, 2006
- Hold the Chemo: Who Will Benefit and Who Won't October 21st, 2006
Category: BCA Action Alerts
- Get Your Free Think Before You Pink® Toolkit February 14th, 2012
- Take Action: Komen's decision to defund Planned Parenthood is outrageous February 1st, 2012
- Webinar: New Report on Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Briefing for Advocates January 4th, 2012
- I Refuse to Quietly Succumb December 27th, 2011
- Why We Need Breast Cancer Action December 21st, 2011
- I Support BCAction in Honor of My Mom December 20th, 2011
- Food Justice for All: Report on BPA in Thanksgiving Canned Food November 16th, 2011
- Toxic Cosmetics Webinar: What's in your personal care products and what you can do about it November 8th, 2011
- Telling the truth is a revolutionary act October 19th, 2011
- Watch the Video. Send a Letter. Raise a Stink! October 7th, 2011
- Webinar: Make Action Speak Louder Than Pink October 6th, 2011
- Make October 2011 Historic October 5th, 2011
- More Questions than Answers on "Promise Me" September 28th, 2011
- Watch Raise a Stink! Video September 28th, 2011
- Raise a Stink! About Pinkwashing September 27th, 2011
- New study: Toxic Chemicals Interfere With Breast Cancer Treatment September 13th, 2011
- Register for gene patenting webinar August 25th, 2011
- Please join our kayaking team for Support Strokes! August 24th, 2011
- Help get cancer-linked toxin out of our food August 12th, 2011
- Court upholds patents on your genes; learn more in free webinar July 29th, 2011
- METAvivor Survey & Think Before You Pink News Roundup July 11th, 2011
- We need you raising hell with us June 10th, 2011
- Who really benefits from all these pink ribbons? May 26th, 2011
- Ask your Senator to co-sponsor the Safe Chemicals Act April 15th, 2011
- Tell the EPA to do its job on cancer-causing pesticide April 5th, 2011
- Tell President Obama to stop cancer before it starts! March 16th, 2011
Category: BCA Events
- Free Webinar: Turning Knowledge into Action: The Think Before You Pink® Toolkit February 15th, 2012
- Webinar: New Report on Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Briefing for Advocates January 4th, 2012
- Toxic Cosmetics Webinar: What's in your personal care products and what you can do about it November 8th, 2011
- Webinar: Make Action Speak Louder Than Pink October 6th, 2011
- Different Strokes for different folks September 1st, 2011
- Court upholds patents on your genes; learn more in free webinar July 29th, 2011
- Webinar: An In-Depth Look at Breast Cancer Screening July 14th, 2011
- Webinar: Patients Before Profits: What You Should Know About the FDA, Big Pharma, and Breast Cancer June 14th, 2011
- Webinar on 6/21: Big Pharma, the FDA and Breast Cancer: Patients Before Profits June 6th, 2011
- Webinar on 5.17.11: "The Politics of Breast Cancer" May 4th, 2011
Category: BCA News
- Pink Ribbons, Inc. Trailer February 22nd, 2012
- Komen’s True Colors Revealed February 16th, 2012
- Free Webinar: Turning Knowledge into Action: The Think Before You Pink® Toolkit February 15th, 2012
- Get Your Free Think Before You Pink® Toolkit February 14th, 2012
- BCAction 2010-2011 Annual Report February 9th, 2012
- In Memoriam: Rachel Cheetham Moro February 8th, 2012
- Komen's Planned Parenthood Decision a Victory, But a Small One: Challenging the Status Quo of Breast Cancer February 3rd, 2012
- We think Komen's decision to defund Planned Parenthood is outrageous February 1st, 2012
- Beyond the Headlines: 3 New Studies on Avastin January 27th, 2012
- Webinar: New Report on Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Briefing for Advocates January 4th, 2012
- I Refuse to Quietly Succumb December 27th, 2011
- Why We Need Breast Cancer Action December 21st, 2011
- I Support BCAction in Honor of My Mom December 20th, 2011
- San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2011: Day 3 December 9th, 2011
- Breast Cancer Action says IOM Report misses important opportunities to turn the tide on the epidemic December 7th, 2011
- San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2011: Day 1 December 7th, 2011
- Raise a Stink! Campaign Summary November 22nd, 2011
- Statement in solidarity with Occupy movement November 18th, 2011
- Breaking news: Avastin revoked for metastatic breast cancer November 18th, 2011
- Food Justice for All: Report on BPA in Thanksgiving Canned Food November 16th, 2011
- Toxic Cosmetics Webinar: What's in your personal care products and what you can do about it November 8th, 2011
- Telling the truth is a revolutionary act October 19th, 2011
- Breast Cancer Research: Where We Are and Where We Should Be October 13th, 2011
- Watch the Video. Send a Letter. Raise a Stink! October 7th, 2011
- Webinar: Make Action Speak Louder Than Pink October 6th, 2011
- Make October 2011 Historic October 5th, 2011
- More Questions than Answers on "Promise Me" September 28th, 2011
- Watch Raise a Stink! Video September 28th, 2011
- Raise a Stink! About Pinkwashing September 27th, 2011
- Why We'll Never Underestimate Environmental Toxins September 14th, 2011
- New study: Toxic Chemicals Interfere With Breast Cancer Treatment September 13th, 2011
- Mammograms, Diet & Exercise Will Not End the Epidemic September 12th, 2011
- Testimony on Post-Market Surveillance Research — Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants August 31st, 2011
- The movie we've all been waiting for August 26th, 2011
- Breast Cancer Medications & Vision: Effects of Treatment for Early-Stage Disease August 26th, 2011
- Please join our kayaking team for Support Strokes! August 24th, 2011
- Help get cancer-linked toxin out of our food August 12th, 2011
- Monopolies and Gene Patents - Think You Own Your Genes? Think Again! August 10th, 2011
- Court upholds patents on your genes; learn more in free webinar July 29th, 2011
- Letter to FDA re: Proposal To Withdraw Approval for the Breast Cancer Indication for Bevacizumab July 27th, 2011
- Webinar: An In-Depth Look at Breast Cancer Screening July 14th, 2011
- Thank you, Betty Ford, for helping break the silence July 12th, 2011
- METAvivor Survey & Think Before You Pink News Roundup July 11th, 2011
- BCAction commends ODAC's vote to revoke Avastin for metastatic breast cancer June 29th, 2011
- Testimony for FDA Hearing on Proposal to Withdraw Approval for the Breast Cancer Indication for Bevacizumab (Avastin) June 28th, 2011
- Webinar: Patients Before Profits: What You Should Know About the FDA, Big Pharma, and Breast Cancer June 14th, 2011
- We need you raising hell with us June 10th, 2011
- BCAction’s position on Aromasin study presented at ASCO 2011 June 7th, 2011
- Webinar on 6/21: Big Pharma, the FDA and Breast Cancer: Patients Before Profits June 6th, 2011
- Promise me you'll read the ingredients on this pink perfume! June 1st, 2011
- Exciting News! May 18th, 2011
- The Dark Side of Pink Awareness April 29th, 2011
- Good news? Not so fast... April 18th, 2011
- Estrogen and breast cancer: science behind the headlines April 8th, 2011
- Meet Breast Cancer Action Executive Director Karuna Jaggar March 9th, 2011
- Treatment: Too many open biopsies. Needle biopsies would be as good! February 20th, 2011
- FDA: Reports of Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL) in Women with Breast Implants February 19th, 2011
- FDA Breaking News on Avastin: BCA commends the FDA’s December 16th recommendation that Avastin not be used to treat breast cancer. February 14th, 2011
- 20 years of Cause Marketing February 10th, 2011
- UPDATE on methyl iodide approval in California November 21st, 2010
- Breast Cancer Message Barred in Eli Lilly’s Hometown; Be the Billboard! August 21st, 2010
- BCA on Colbert Report April 30th, 2010
Category: E-Alerts
- Free Webinar: Turning Knowledge into Action: The Think Before You Pink® Toolkit February 15th, 2012
- Get Your Free Think Before You Pink® Toolkit February 14th, 2012
- BCAction 2010-2011 Annual Report February 9th, 2012
- Take Action: Komen's decision to defund Planned Parenthood is outrageous February 1st, 2012
- Why We Need Breast Cancer Action December 21st, 2011
- Breaking news: Avastin revoked for metastatic breast cancer November 18th, 2011
- Watch Raise a Stink! Video September 28th, 2011
- Raise a Stink! About Pinkwashing September 27th, 2011
- Different Strokes for different folks September 1st, 2011
- Please join our kayaking team for Support Strokes! August 24th, 2011
- Help get cancer-linked toxin out of our food August 12th, 2011
- E-alert Archives July 14th, 2011
Category: Press Releases
- Breast Cancer Action says IOM Report misses important opportunities to turn the tide on the epidemic December 7th, 2011
- Breast Cancer Action’s “Raise a Stink!” campaign urges a halt to pinkwashing September 27th, 2011
- BCAction commends ODAC's vote to revoke Avastin for metastatic breast cancer June 29th, 2011
- Breast Cancer Action Urges Caution Regarding Aromasin for Prevention June 6th, 2011
- New Leadership: Karuna R. Jaggar appointed Executive Director of Breast Cancer Action March 8th, 2011
- Breast Cancer Message Barred in Eli Lilly’s Hometown November 2nd, 2010
- Barbara Brenner Announces Her Departure as Executive Director of Breast Cancer Action August 12th, 2010
- Breast Cancer Action Calls Shame on KFC's Pink Buckets Campaign April 20th, 2010
- BCA Confronts Eli Lilly, Demands they Stop Milking Cancer September 22nd, 2009
- Breast Cancer Action Sues to End Gene Patenting May 12th, 2009
- Breast Cancer Action Victorious in Yoplait “Pinkwashing” Campaign February 9th, 2009
- Breast Cancer Action Targets Yoplait In “Think Before You Pink” Campaign; Calls For Yogurt Without Artificial Hormones September 24th, 2008
- Patients Lose, Genentech Wins with FDA’s Avastin Ruling February 22nd, 2008
- Breast Cancer Action Applauds FDA Recommendation to Deny Avastin for Breast Cancer Treatment December 5th, 2007
- Breast Cancer Action Calls for the FDA to Deny Avastin as a Breast Cancer Treatment December 3rd, 2007
- Breast Cancer Action Applauds Anemia Drugs Warning; Questions Pharma Influence on FDA November 8th, 2007
- Breast Cancer Action Applauds New Direction in Breast Cancer Treatment Options October 11th, 2007
- Breast Cancer Action Launches 6th Year of Think Before You Pink October 1st, 2007
- Breast Cancer Action Opposes Raloxifene Recommendation July 24th, 2007
- Breast Cancer Action Says New Study Proves Diet Does Not Play a Major Role in Breast Cancer July 17th, 2007
- Breast Cancer Action Says Two New Drug Pricing Studies Miss the Mark June 26th, 2007
- Breast Cancer Action Cheers National Cancer Institute’s Decision to Cancel STELLAR “Prevention” Trial June 19th, 2007
- Breast Cancer Action Demands FDA Reform June 11th, 2007

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