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Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Announces Recipients of 2008 Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction

Friday, December 5, 2008 General News
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DALLAS, Dec. 4 Two researchers who translate math intobetter patient care and one scientist focused on stopping breast cancer in itstracks are this year's winners of the Komen Brinker Award for ScientificDistinction in basic research and clinical research. They will be honored Dec.11 in San Antonio, Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) announced today.
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Award recipients will be formally recognized during the 31st annual SanAntonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), a major international gathering ofbreast cancer researchers, clinicians and patient advocacy organizations, heldDec. 11-14 in San Antonio, Texas. The three recipients will deliver lecturesfor SABCS attendees at 4:15 p.m. Dec. 11 in Exhibit Hall D of the Henry B.Gonzalez Convention Center. Each will receive a cash award of $25,000 and acrystal award.
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About Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R)

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would doeverything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promisebecame Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) and launched the global breast cancermovement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots networkof breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empowerpeople, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested more than$1.2 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofitfunds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For moreinformation about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer,visit http://www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.WHAT: Komen for the Cure honors researchers at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, 4:15 p.m. WHERE: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Exhibit Hall D. WHO: Patricia Steeg, Ph.D. Chief of Women's Cancers Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute; Richard Gelber, Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics (Biostatistics), Harvard Medical School; Aron Goldhirsch, M.D. Director of the Dept. of Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. EXTRAS: Awardees, Komen's CEO and Chief Scientific Advisor available for interviews

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