The mission of the California Breast Cancer Research Program is to eliminate breast cancer by leading innovation in research, communication, and collaboration in the California scientific and lay communities.
California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)
Announces Major $23 Million Initiative at AACR
Researchers Sought to Significantly Advance New Understanding of Contributing Factors to Breast Cancer, Prevention Including the Environment, Disparities
April 10, 2008—Oakland, CA— The California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP), the largest state-funded breast cancer research program in the nation, is seeking researchers to apply for funds under a unique $23 million initiative that aims to significantly advance an understanding of the factors that contribute to breast cancer.
“The CBCRP is a public institution with a unique commitment to all California residents to explore under investigated avenues that will not just focus on new treatment options, but get to the heart of what is causing the disease,” said CBCRP’s Director Marion H. E. Kavanaugh-Lynch M.D., M.P.H.
For the last four years, the CBCRP has convened over 300 leading experts and advocates from throughout California and across the nation to begin a different conversation. Led by the CBCRP, they have discovered three promising research areas that traditional privately and federally funded investigations have long given little attention. Read more >
Research Highlights
Essiac Tea has been touted as a cancer therapy. CBCRP funded Kristen Kulp of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to determine whether this alternative treatment could serve as an effective therapy for breast cancer. She found that instead of inhibiting tumors when given to mice at physiological levels, the tea actually promotes tumor growth. Read More >
It has been observed epidemiologically that breast cancer patients who smoke are more likely to die from the disease than non-smoking breast cancer patients. Susan Murin of the University of California, Davis, provides direct, experimental evidence that exposure to cigarette smoke is associated with an increase in the spread of cancer cells to the lung. Read More >
