THOUSANDS RACE FOR CURE; EVENT PROMOTES EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER.Byline: Leilani Albano Daily News Staff Writer After more than a year of chemotherapy and radiation treatments to stop breast cancer, Phyllis Paris joined thousands Sunday outside the Rose Bowl in the Race for the Cure. ``When they first told me (of the diagnosis), that was hell,'' said Paris, looking at her sister Barbara, who also participated in the benefit race. Many of the women, including Paris, walked or ran to show that early detection works. Proceeds from the second annual race, sponsored by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, will be donated for breast cancer education and early detection programs 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. , sponsors said. About 12,000 men, women and children ran or walked a 5-kilometer or a 1-mile course. Each started and finished south of the Rose Bowl. Water stations, musicians and clocks greeted participants at intervals coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. See also: Interval along the winding path. ``I chose a race as a vehicle for this because running is so active,'' said Nancy Brinker Ambassador Nancy Goodman Brinker (born December 6, 1946, in Peoria, Illinois) is the founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization named after her only sister, Susan, who died from breast cancer in 1980 at age 36. , race founder. ``It gives people a chance to demonstrate a positive, energetic approach to this disease.'' Top-notch runners had a shot at a large cash prize, and others were motivated only by a sense of urgency in the fight against cancer. ``I'm celebrating my life,'' said Dotti Reisbord of San Pedro, who first learned about her breast cancer during a routine mammogram mammogram /mam·mo·gram/ (mam´o-gram) a radiograph of the breast. mam·mo·gram n. An x-ray image of the breast produced by mammography. . ``I'm happy to be alive,'' continued Reisbord, running after two biopsies and a lumpectomy Lumpectomy Definition A lumpectomy is a type of surgery used to treat breast cancer. It is considered "breast-conserving" surgery because in a lumpectomy, only the malignant tumor and a surrounding margin of normal breast tissue are . Along with competitive and noncompetitive races, the daylong event offered health and fitness information, exercise warmups and a masseuse masseuse /mas·seuse/ (-sldbomacz´) [Fr.] a woman who performs massage. station. At a tent decorated with pink balloons, breast cancer survivors Cancer survivors are those individuals with cancer of any type, current or past, who are still living. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) pioneered the definition of survivor as from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life, a person diagnosed with rested, ate and shared stories with their families and each other. Mortality rates from breast cancer continue to decline, race sponsors said, because of early detection and improved treatment. They said mammograms would save up to 13,000 lives each year if every woman got them as recommended. ``I (felt) that if we could get women out there once a year, it would remind them to have a mammogram,'' Brinker said. ``They would exchange information and at the same time have fun. If you're having fun and you're doing something you like, you're going to learn along the way.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Runners head along the course Sunday near the Rose Bowl in a race promoting early detection and treatment of breast cancer. (2) In a fund-raising race, some wear names of loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl who died of breast cancer. John McCoy/Daily News |
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