ADVISORY/Think Pink! Walk for Hope Against Breast Cancer on Sunday, October 18.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WHAT: Walk for Hope Against Breast Cancer is a family-oriented, non-competitive fitness and leisure walk along the lakefront to support breast cancer research at the City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute The Beckman Research Institute (BRI) is a research facility affiliated with the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA. It is dedicated to studying normal and abnormal biological processes which may be related to cancer. . Participants can dedicate their 3/4-mile leisure walk or four-mile fitness walk to friends and loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl who have battled breast cancer. WHEN: Sunday, October 18 Registration: 8:30 a.m. Walk: 10 a.m.-Noon WHERE: Lakefront & Trail Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. South Campus Drive, Evanston HIGHLIGHTS: - People of all ages walking along the scenic lakeshore. - Carole McKeon, Walk Co-chair and a young mother with a hereditary risk for breast cancer. Participating breast cancer survivors will receive pink hats to wear as they walk. - Walkers will dedicate their efforts in honor or memory of a friend or loved one who has battled cancer, or in celebration of their own survival. Walkers will place their dedication stickers on a Dedication Wall at the finish line. WHY: Walk for Hope donations help fund research into: the molecular origins of breast cancer to seek out what causes this cancer and find a way to stop it; the use of bone marrow transplantation Bone Marrow Transplantation Definition The bone marrow—the sponge-like tissue found in the center of certain bones—contains stem cells that are the precursors of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. in treating breast cancer; investigation into the hereditary and genetic factors that increase an individual's risk; and anti-cancer drugs such as tamoxifen tamoxifen (təmŏk`sĭfĕn'), synthetic hormone used in the treatment of breast cancer. Introduced in 1978, tamoxifen is used to prevent recurrences of cancer in women who have already undergone surgery to remove their tumors. to prevent or slow the spread of cancer. October is nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The City of Hope National Medical Center City of Hope is one of 39 NCI-designated Cancer Centers and is located in the city of Duarte, California. City of Hope comprises an ambulatory and in-patient cancer treatment center as well as a biomedical research facility known as the Beckman Research Institute and the City of Hope and Beckman Research Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center is renowned for its treatment and research to combat cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and other serious illnesses. The work conducted at City of Hope is shared with medical centers worldwide, touching the lives of millions of people everywhere, including in the Chicago area. City of Hope is located in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California. HOW: Participants collect donations in the weeks prior to the event and then walk together on event day. Adults raise a minimum of $50 and kids raise $15 to receive a Walk for Hope T-shirt. CONTACT: For more information, please call City of Hope at 800/779-5893 or visit our web site at http://walk.coh.org. |
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