Breast Cancer Resources

Newly diagnosed people, their loved ones, and caregivers can count on us to provide balanced, understandable, compassionate information about breast cancer research and treatment options.

Take Action Now!

Only large-scale systemic change can address the root causes of breast cancer. Join us in taking action for people living with and at risk of breast cancer today.

Think Before You Pink

Our work to end this breast cancer challenges "pinkwashing" hypocrisy and pink ribbon culture, which have become the status quo of the breast cancer industry.

WHO WE ARE

EDUCATE. ORGANIZE. TAKE ACTION.

We are radical and compassionate — activists at heart with an independent, rapid-response, watchdog perspective.
BCAction was founded 30+ years ago in San Francisco during two public health crises-the AIDS outbreak and the breast cancer epidemic-and that helped shape its mission and fuel its activism. Early members apprenticed themselves to the AIDS group, ACT UP, and shared many of that group’s tactics, turning their anger into action to push for better treatments, true prevention, and investment in public health.
Our founders saw their disease not as a personal tragedy, but as a larger social justice and public health crisis. They knew that individual changes in behavior weren’t the answer, and pushed for sweeping systemic change instead.
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Our Latest Resource
The Think Before You Pink® Toolkit 2022
Over two decades of leading this work, our critical take on pink ribbon marketing and culture has transformed the conversation around breast cancer and pink ribbons.

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LATEST NEWS

January 07, 2023

Thank you for supporting Breast Cancer Action this year
Posted on January 7, 2023 By KR, Executive Director Thank you, BCAction Community! We are successful because you choose to invest in the work to address and end breast cancer. Together you helped raise over $80,000 to support our unique and vital pr [...] READ MORE

December 20, 2022

A year of evolution and growth that you made possible
Posted on December 20, 2022 By Heather Perkins, Deputy Director Thank you for your part in our work to address and end breast cancer. This year when we surveyed our community of members, we learned that two-thirds of the respondents have had breast c [...] READ MORE

December 02, 2022

#SABCS2022 from a health justice perspective
Posted on December 2, 2022 By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) brings together researchers, clinical practitioners, advocacy groups, and patients to discuss the latest and emerging breast cancer research [...] READ MORE

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We believe that all people deserve access to patient-centered resources to make the best decisions about their care.

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Think Before You Pink

Breast Cancer Actions's Think Before You Pink campaign continues to hold the Breast Cancer Industry Accountable

The absence of transparency, lack of accountability, and the widespread hypocrisy in the pink ribbon marketing culture exploits a disease that devastates communities, misrepresents who is affected by breast cancer, and excludes and marginalizes women’s diverse lived experiences of the disease

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IMPACT

We honor diverse voices and lived experiences

"Your work calling out environmental causes of cancer saved my wife's sanity when all doctors (and anyone else) were telling her was - eat right, exercise more, blah, blah. She did all that and got cancer. You did wonders for her mental health. Thanks!"

- Sandy, Roslindale, MA -

BCAction Member since 2005

IMPACT

We honor diverse voices and lived experiences

"I believe in your work to eradicate breast cancer through systemic change strategies."

- Lisa, Oakland, CA -

BCAction Member since 2002

IMPACT

We honor diverse voices and lived experiences

""As a somewhat recent cancer survivor, I was looking to get involved with an organization focused on health justice with a strategy rooted in racial and gender equity. Breast Cancer Action is the organization doing work most aligned with my values, and I'm so grateful to be able to contribute."

- Stacey, Brooklyn, NY -

BCAction Member since 2021

IMPACT

We honor diverse voices and lived experiences

"I am a longtime supporter because I love Breast Cancer Action's radical and evidence-based values."

- Bonnie, Traverse City, MI -

BCAction Member since 1999

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