Komen South Florida has invested over $21 million since 2000 through events like the Race for the Cure to fund mission activities in their service area, including $12.3 million in community grants. These grants support education, screening, treatment, and research programs that contribute to reducing late-stage breast cancer diagnoses and deaths. As the local Affiliate of Susan G. Komen, which was founded in 1982, Komen South Florida works with over 500 volunteers to fulfill their promise to end breast cancer made to Susan G. Komen's sister.

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OUR PROMISE
The Susan G. Komen® promise is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering
people, ensuring quality of care for all and energizing science to find the cures.
OUR IMPACT
Up to 75 percent of the net proceeds
generated by Komen South Florida stay in the
service area with the remaining 25 percent
allocated to research. Thanks to events like
our annual Race for the Cure®, more than
$21.2 million dollars has been dedicated to
carrying out mission related activities since 2000.
This include s Community Outre ach
and Education; Navigation; Patient Care
Screening and Treatment grants; and Re se arch
funding through the national Susan G.
Kome n® Grants Program. A cumulative
total of $12.3 million dollars has directly
funded nearly 400 community grants for local
programs in the Affiliate service area. All of
these programs contribute to the reduction of
late stage breast cancer diagnoses and deaths.
OUR STORY
Susan G. Komen® South Florida was founded in
1991, as an Affiliate of Susan G. Komen® which
was established in 1982 by founder Nancy G.
Brinker based on her promise to her sister,
Susan G. Komen, that she would end the disease
that claimed her sister’s life. Komen South
Florida is working to better the lives of people
facing breast cancer along with more than 500
Komen volunteers who generously donate the ir
tale nt, time and re source s to achie ve the
Kome n South Florida mission.
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• Bethesda Women's Health Center
• Boca Raton Regional Hospital,
Christine E. Lynn Women’s
Health & Wellness Institute
• Caridad Center, Inc.
• Lakeside Medical Center
• In the Image of Christ, Inc.
• Marie Louise Cancer Foundation
• Martin Memorial Health Systems
in partnership with Molly’s House
• Pink Tie Friends
• Whole Family Health
Center
… are community partners serving our
mission in South Florida
*Source: For more information on Komen research institutions, please visist ww5.komen.org/rgmap.html. ** FY16 Community Grants data from GeMS (Grants
Electronic Management System). ***FY16 Community Health Grants.
Engagements
including
Heath Fairs
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Komen Florida-funded Community
Health Programs Are Making An
Impact Every Year**
Komen South Florida
2015-2016 Local Community
Grants
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*Each segment
represents the
number of
research grants
in this area.

2. Why Your Help Matters
More than 880,000 women live in Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie
counties - areas serviced by Susan G. Komen®
South Florida.
Compared to the U.S., our Service Area has a substantially older female
population and a higher percentage of people without health insurance-
factors which may contribute to our sobering statistics1
on breast cancer.
Komen-funded researchers in our area are currently:
EvaluatingthegeneticriskofBahamianwomenwithbreastand
ovarian cancer. This groundbreaking research led to the
discovery that 25% of Bahamian women diagnosed with
breastcancercarrytheBRCA1genemutation.
Investigating whether the immune system plays arole in how
well metastatic breast cancer patients respond to a treatment
course that combines trastuzumab and chemotherapy.
Identifying biomarkers that will predict which patients
could respond or develop resistance to hormone therapies.
New therapeutic targets against hormone therapy- resistant
tumors are also being investigated.
1
Data was obtained from the 2015 Quantitative Data Report for the South Florida Affiliate of Susan G.
Komen. Data is for years 2006-2010. Death rate data is from the CDC-NCHS mortality data in SEER*Stat
and the incidence data is from the NAACCR-CINA Deluxe Analytic File.
Every week,
in the Komen South Florida Service Area1.
9women will be diagnosed
about6womenwilllosetheir
livesduetobreastcancer.
CHANGING
LIVES
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Itisbecauseofthe
generosity of people
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For more information, please visit http://komensouthflorida.org/