Blogs - Dr Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research

Behind the Hype: Is Artificial Intelligence Better or Just Different?

By now, you’ve probably read or heard the news stories about how Google has created a way to use artificial intelligence (AI) to read mammograms....

Reporting Back from the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Every year in early December, a large international meeting of virtually everyone interested in breast cancer is held in San Antonio. The tens of...

Philanthropy Myth Buster by Christopher Clinton Conway

As the year comes an end, my thoughts turn to philanthropy. Although historic tax incentives that previously fueled year-end...

A Strategic Alliance: From Strong to Stronger

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 26, 2019 This Thanksgiving season we are taking the spirit of coming together to a whole new level. We are...

Research Worth the Wait by Dr. Susan Love

I love research! That’s why I’ve dedicated most of my career to clinical research—studies that are done on people—to better understand the human...

The Susan Confusion by Christopher Clinton Conway

“If you look closer at the endless sea of pink, you'll see one charity repeated more than all the rest: Susan G. Komen. The organization is nearly...

The Price of False Hope by Christopher Clinton Conway

According to a recent Stanford Social Innovation Review poll, only 61 percent of respondents believed that nonprofit organizations would lead the...

Behind the Hype: Breast Cancer Vaccine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 21, 2019 Last week my email burst forth with this headline: Florida woman recovers from breast...

Dr. Susan Love interview on WORT-FM, October 6, 2019

To listen to an MP3 recording of the interview, click here.

Of Mice and Wo(M)en by Dr. Susan Love

More than a decade ago, I asked researchers why so much of the breast cancer research was being done on rats and mice when they don't naturally get...

Walk With Love 2020

Founded in 2008, Walk with Love has raised millions of dollars to support the ground-breaking breast cancer research at Dr. Susan Love...

Born Invited: Interview with Christopher Clinton Conway

Christopher Clinton Conway, a globally engaged nonprofit leader serving iconic nonprofit institutions and high-net-worth individuals in pursuit of...

Disrupting Medical Care in Low-to Middle-Income Countries

Did you see my social media posts on Facebook and Twitter showing my glee at receiving my very own Butterfly Ultrasound? This amazing new device...

Noted Nonprofit Leader Christopher Clinton Conway Appointed as Foundation Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research Appoints Noted Nonprofit Leader Christopher Clinton Conway as Chief Executive Officer Conway...

Happy Birthday, Army of Women!

There is no better way to explain the origin of the Army of Women than this old Etta Hulme cartoon. For reasons probably due to convenience and...

Plenary Session – December 5, 2018

The best talk I heard on Wednesday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium was the plenary lecture presented by Nicholas Navin of the UT MD...

The Pre-Conference – December 4, 2018

The actual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium kicks off tomorrow, but there were several education sessions held on Tuesday afternoon to get us...

#Time’s Up and Breast Cancer Awareness Month Have Something in Common

Guest blogger Lissa Levin is a comedy writer-producer and a twenty-five year veteran of television. She is also an award-winning playwright. Her...

Exploring the Human Breast: Employing New Technology February 23 – 24, 2017

“I loved how the meeting brought together people with such different perspectives on breast cancer and normal tissue biology, and the consistent...

Breast cancer advocacy lost one of its foremothers: Marlene McCarthy

Breast cancer advocacy lost one of its foremothers and staunchest advocates, my friend, Marlene McCarthy from Rhode Island. Marlene McCarthy was a...

Exploring new territory in our Mapping Study

The problem with original research is that you don’t know what you are going to find. I guess that is why you have to keep “re”searching! We are...

Exercise and Breast Cancer Protection: What, Why and How?

We all know exercise is fantastic for us physically and mentally. Exercise helps to maintain a healthy weight, strengthens bones and muscles,...

Choosing Chemo

Patients tend to think medical practice is based totally on science–and undisputable. Doctors and other health care professionals know that is not...

Act with Love Shout-Out: Moraloppet raises $3,665 for breast cancer research!

The Moraloppet Ski for the Cause annual charity skiing race was held on February 3rd at the Vasaloppet Nordic Center in Mora, MN. A total of $3,665...