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CBS 2 HD: Race For The Cure Breast Cancer Special

(CBS) In this CBS 2 special report on breast cancer, you'll find links to interviews with doctors speaking about breast cancer and breast cancer survivors.

On Sunday, September 14, 2008, CBS 2 HD will serve as the exclusive broadcast media sponsor for the Komen New York City Race for the Cure benefiting the Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® (Komen Greater NYC). Join Maurice DuBois and the women of CBS 2 HD: Anchors Dana Tyler, Kristine Johnson, Cindy Hsu and Kate Sullivan, Traffic Reporter Katie McGee and Medical Reporter Dr. Holly Phillips, and work together to get one step closer to fulfilling the promise of finding the cures.

Join CBS 2 HD and run breast cancer out of town in the five kilometer walk/run that will begin at 9:00 a.m. at Central Park West and 77th Street, New York City.

The Komen New York City Race for the Cure is the signature fundraiser of the Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Founded in 1990 by friends of television journalist Benita Feurey, Komen Greater New York City has raised over $40 million to date. Komen Greater New York City invests the majority of funds it raises right here in the metropolitan area: 75 percent of the net income is distributed to local programs in the five boroughs of New York City, on Long Island, and in Westchester and Rockland Counties.

Nancy Brinker's promise to her sister became Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization that has invested over $1 billion in hopes of finding the cures to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. What started as a single local race with 800 participants in 1983 has become an international series of 120 races with more than 1.3 million participants. A promise between two sisters launched a global campaign that has become the single largest source of private nonprofit funds dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage. Susan G. Komen for the Cure has played a crucial role in many major advances in breast cancer research. That promise has also created the largest and most progressive grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists.

In this CBS 2 special report on breast cancer, you'll find links to interviews with doctors speaking about breast cancer and breast cancer survivors.

Videos:

Steve Bartelstein's Journey
Race For The Cure (Part I)
Race For The Cure (Part II)
Race For The Cure (Part III)
Race For The Cure (Part IV)
Race For The Cure (Part V)
Race For The Cure (Part VI)
Race For The Cure (Part VII)

For More Information:

Komen for the Cure
Greater New York City Affiliate
341 West 38th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212-560-9590
Fax: 212-560-9598
Email Address: info@komennyc.org
Komen for the Cure

North Jersey Affiliate
785 Springfield Ave
Summit, NJ 07901
Phone: 908-277-2904
Fax: 908-277-6050
Email Address: cure@njakomen.org
Komen: North Jersey Affiliate

SHARE: Self Help for Women Living with Breast of Ovarian Cancer
1501 Broadway
Suite 704A
New York, New York 10036
Phone: 212.719.0364
Toll-free: 1.866.891.2392
Fax: 212.869.3431
SHARE

Young Survival Coalition
61 Broadway, Suite 2235
New York, NY 10006
646-257-3000 (phone)
877-YSC-1011 (toll-free)
646-257-3030 (fax)
Email: info@youngsurvival.org
Young Survival Coalition

American Cancer Society
132 West 32nd Street
New York, NY 10001
American Cancer Society

NY Presbyterian Hospital
The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
1.877.NYP.WELL

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10065
212-639-2000

Michelle Brauntuch
Childlife Specialist, Englewood Hospital
Producer, "Talking to Your Children About Your Breast Cancer"
201.894.3635

Loreatha Payne, Vice President
Sisters Network of Central N.J., Inc.
604 Hamilton St.
Somerset, NJ 08873

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS

Gilda's Club Worldwide
1.888.GILDA.4.U
info@gildasclub.org
Gilda's Club

Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program
Adelphi University School of Social Work
1 South Ave, PO Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530
800.877.8077

St. Luke's Hospital
1111 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025
212.523.4000

DESIGNERS

Hilary Boyajian
Chikara Designs
917.330.6069

Peter Valenti
Inspire Change//Couture for Cancer
Enchante Salon & Spa
Smithtown, NY 11787
631.979.2300
Couture For Cancer

ARTISTS

Karim Noack
Dancer/ Choreographer
Creator, "6 Months to Live"
646.379.4259

Saranne Rothberg
Founder/ CEO
The Comedy Cures Foundation
Comedy Cures NYC!
509 W. 38th St.
NY, NY 10018
(888) 300-3990
(201) 277-8410 fax
info@comedycures.org

Marisa Acochella Marchetto
Cartoonist/ Author, "Cancer Vixen"
Contact:
Liza Prijatel
Senior Account Executive
Susan Blond, Inc.
T 212-333-7728 x 109 ~ F 212-262-1373
lizap@susanblondinc.com

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