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While a cancer diagnosis can be devastating for anyone of any age or gender, one group faces a particularly unique and complex set of challenges: young working mothers. Don't miss this Your Stories podcast, as Aisling and her doctor, Michaela Higgins, share a candid conversation about the many challenges that come with balancing motherhood and breast cancer, along with the promising future of breast cancer research and care. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/e_6VkwgW

Attention emerging oncology researchers! The Young Investigator Award (YIA) Special Competitions provide a unique opportunity to secure funding for your research as you transition from fellowship to faculty. In addition to our general categories, we are excited to introduce a Veteran Cancer research grant. Multiple areas of interest are available, with deadlines approaching soon. Don’t let this opportunity pass by! Click to learn more and apply: https://brnw.ch/21wObfm

When she gave birth to her daughter, Dr. Higgins’s career as a physician-scientist was still in its own infancy. Fortunately, Dr. Higgins received two Conquer Cancer grants, enabling the new mom to dedicate protected time for clinical research and ultimately helping to drive advances in earlier detection and better treatments for patients with breast cancer. Read her full story: https://lnkd.in/e8stPdEp

Why do we observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Because of the massive impact breast cancer has on women in the U.S. and the strides that have been made through research to help women living with breast cancer. #BreastCancerAwareness #ThinkPink #ResearchConquersCancer

At Conquer Cancer, we're proud to fund research into every type of cancer, including breast. Dr. Cescon is a Conquer Cancer-funded researcher working toward new treatments and better care for people with breast cancer. #BreastCancerAwareness #ThinkPink

Honored to be a part of this important meeting! Thanks to our CEO Nancy Daly for sharing her wisdom along with Swim Across America's CEO Rob Butcher and City of Hope Provost and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Steven Rosen. Together, we can accelerate breakthroughs in lifesaving research and empower people everywhere to conquer cancer. 

“We are proud to collaborate with Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation’s EveryGrant® and ASCO’s Asia Pacific Regional Council on the roll-out of independent quality improvement grants to improve the quality of care and equity of breast cancer management in Southeast Asia region. We believe that the selected projects will bring meaningful improvements to the lives of breast cancer patients and their families.” Dr. Chew Hooi Wong, Senior Director and Regional Medical Lead for Asia Pacific. Find out who the awardees are here: https://lnkd.in/e_hgMkPY

With incredible rates of breast cancer diagnoses, it has touched almost everyone's life in one way or another. The good news: breast cancer death rates have been decreasing steadily since 1989, in part because of the emphasis on research and awareness. Listen to the episode: https://lnkd.in/eVvEJtUc #BreastCancerAwareness

While a breast cancer diagnosis can be devastating for someone at any age, one group faces a particularly unique and complex set of challenges: young mothers. In this episode of the Your Stories podcast, Aisling and Dr. Higgins share the many challenges that come with balancing motherhood and breast cancer. They also discuss the future of breast cancer research and care. Listen to “Strength She Never Knew” now: https://brnw.ch/21wNMTG

Conquer cancer is funding the best and brightest researchers working to advance treatments and cures for every cancer, every patient, everywhere.