In 2005, Breast Cancer Action launched an online survey to collect information from women about AI side effects they were experiencing. In 2007, BCA released a preliminary report based on the first 612 responses.

In June 2008, BCA released the follow-up report, Side Effects Revisited: Women’s Experiences with Aromatase Inhibitors based on nearly 1,200 responses.

Click here to read the report.

Breast Cancer Action's latest blog post on Our Bodies, Our Blog is also about the side effects of aromatase inhibitors. Take a look.

The future of the California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP) is in jeopardy.

BCA helped form the CBCRP in 1992 and has been instrumental in moving the program forward as a member of its advisory council for the last fifteen years.

The CBCRP provides funding for innovative breast cancer research in California. The impact of its research--which includes topics such as environmental exposures, disparities, psychosocial impacts, tumor biology, and more--fuels changes in how breast cancer is dealt with nationally and internationally.

Take action to save the program.

Breast Cancer Action is seeking a Communications Director to shape our communications strategy for our five year strategic plan, advocacy campaigns, education programs and development efforts.

The position requires a highly organized and resourceful person with excellent strategic written and verbal communications skills who demonstrates tact, maturity, and professionalism in all points of contact.

Read more about this exciting opportunity.

Support Strokes has raised over $185,000 for BCA and three other Bay Area breast cancer organizations since its inception eight years ago. Support Strokes is an annual kayak paddle and race hosted by California Kayak and Canoe to remember those who have lost their lives to breast cancer.

Interested in joining the BCA team in paddling around Alameda Island? All experience levels are welcome. For more information and to sign up, visit the official 2008 Support Strokes website. Can’t make the event, but still want to participate? Gather pledges to support a paddler or make a donation in honor or memory of a loved one. 

Anne Landman of the Center For Media and Democracy has written an insightful blog post that focuses on “pinkwashing” and “pinkwashers,” companies that purport to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribbon campaign, but manufacture products that are linked to the disease. Take a look!

“Since 2002, the group Breast Cancer Action has promoted its Think Before You Pink campaign. It's fighting “pinkwashing,” which is when corporations try to boost sales by associating their products with the fight against breast cancer.”