As participants in the program, Carolina and I have made it our mission to put the interests and rights of consumers first and foremost. Getting the DOD BCRP started in the first place was a wonderful success for breast cancer advocates and NBCC. But in order to take full advantage of it, we must continue to fight for it every year, and make sure that the research that receives funding through it is the best and most promising - original and outside the box, but with a strong foundation in good science. It is tiring, often frustrating, work. But the alternatives are unacceptable.

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