Cure Breast Cancer Foundation Raises Over $615,000 At The 4th Annual Golf Classic
The yearly golf outing hosted by CBCF, a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization, was one of the most successful on record, raising more than $615,000 to support breast cancer research under the direction of Dr. Larry Norton, the Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs and the Medical Director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
- (1888PressRelease) August 12, 2011 - CLIFTON, N.J. - One of the largest and most enthusiastic crowds of golfers, to date, turned out for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation's (CBCF) 4th Annual Golf Classic held at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, New Jersey.
The yearly golf outing hosted by CBCF, a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization, was one of the most successful on record, raising more than $615,000 to support breast cancer research under the direction of Dr. Larry Norton, the Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs and the Medical Director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
More than 200 guests attended a cocktail and dinner reception following the outing, where Dr. Larry Norton, the Foundation's Scientific Advisor, addressed the guests.
"Once again we are overwhelmed and overjoyed at the outpouring of support by the community for the foundation," says Executive Director Leslye Schulman.
"This year's Golf Classic was a huge success due to the generosity of our golf chairs, committees, participants, and donors."
Since its inception in December 2007, CBCF has raised in excess of $2 million through events such as the annual Golf Classic, walk-a-thons and other fundraising efforts. Fully 100% of its net fundraising proceeds received by the foundation are donated to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan and other national and international cancer research centers to support the ground-breaking research being conducted under the direction of noted oncologist Dr. Larry Norton.
Dr. Norton's research focuses on the theory of breast cancer "self seeding": the ability of breast cancer cells to move and start new cancers growing, not only in distant organs like the bones and liver (called metastases), but in the breast itself. This behavior is referred to as "self seeding" as it recalls the way weeds take over a garden: not by the growth of each individual weed plant, but by the seeding of new weed plants that grow in a confluent fashion. By this concept, breast cancer is not one mass, but rather a collection of contiguous smaller masses.
This method of growth is indeed true in certain experimental models and research is ongoing to prove that it happens in people as well. It explains many aspects of cancer: rapid growth, disorganization, formation of new blood vessels, need to irradiate a breast after a lumpectomy for cancer and the association of all of the above with distant metastases. If correct, it will provide new targets for the development of drugs to treat and prevent cancer. Since "seeding" is an abnormal process-as opposed to the normal process of mitosis-such drugs may not only be more effective, but less toxic as well. Hence, the concept of self-seeding is not only interesting from the point of view of biology, but also possibly very important in the design of better approaches to cancer management and prevention, as well as in finding a cure.
For additional information on CBCF, please call (973) 471-CBCF (2223) or email leslye ( @ ) curebreastcancerfoundation dot org dot
Cure Breast Cancer Foundation
The Cure Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF), is a Clifton, N.J. -based not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charity devoted to fund breast cancer research on the growth and spreading of breast cancer cells, also known as self-seeding, under the direction of Dr. Larry Norton and his colleagues at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan and other national and international cancer research centers. The founder and president is Carly Abramson. Her father, Andrew Abramson, is treasurer. Leslye Schulman is Executive Director. For more information, call (973) 471-CBCF (2223), e-mail info ( @ ) curebreastcancerfoundation dot org or visit www.curebreastcancerfoundation.org.
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