Race for Cure

The Race for the Cure supports breast cancer. the beats cancer foundation was founded in 1982 by Nancy Brinker in honor of her sister Susan G. Komen. The people run to benefit breast cancer screening, education, research and treatment. The person they named the race after was Susan G. Komen. The race is held on Mother's Day every year. In the race you can either do a 5k Run, 5k Walk or 1 mile fun walk. The race is held in Schenley Park at Flagstaff Hill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Komen Race for the cure is found in 116 cities in the U.S. This year they are expected 1 million runners and walkers across the U.S.
	The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been funding for 18 years. It has funded for clinical and transnational breast cancer research. The foundation provides 3 year postdoctoral awards to an individual working under the guidance of experienced cancer researchers in order to teach young scientists about breast cancer research. The Komen foundation runs one of the most innovative, responsive grant programs in breast cancer today.
The Komen Breast Cancer Foundation which supports the race for the cure was founded in1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen. She died of breast cancer when she was 36 years old. There are many volunteers that work to find cures for the people with breast cancer. This foundation is one of the largest foundations just to support breast cancer.
	There are many sponsors that help out at the Race for the Cure. These are some of the sponsors PNC, Kellogg's, Johnson and Johnson, ford, American airlines, and many more. The sponsors donate there money to the Breast Cancer Foundation. If you attend the race there are usually women wearing pink shirts and hats. These women have Breast cancer They usually do the 1 mile fun walk.

	Susan G. Komen had a very wondrous life. Susan's sister cared about her very much. This is the life of Susan G. Komen the inspiration for the Komen Breast Cancer foundation and the Race for the Cure.
After the race is over there are many booths to visit. There are booths with food and drinks. Some of the booths have information about the race and the Breast Cancer Foundation.	Breast Cancer is a type of cancer where cells in the breast tissue divide and grow without control. About 80 percent of cases of breast cancer originate in the mammary ducts, while about 20 percent arise in the loboeus (IOM, 1997). Cancerous tumors in the breast usually grow very slowly so that by the time one is large enough to be felt as a lump, it may have been growing for as much as ten years.