Partners and Sponsors

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company with a significant focus on developing new medicines in various therapeutic areas. In the field of global oncology, AstraZeneca has been at the forefront of innovation and research. AstraZeneca’s oncology research is focused on understanding the complex biology of cancer, which allows for the development of targeted therapies. AstraZeneca’s commitment to oncology is also evident in its collaborations and partnerships with other entities in the healthcare sector, including academic institutions, biotechnology companies, and governmental organizations.

https://www.astrazeneca.com

CUF PORTUGAL

With nearly eight decades of experience, CUF leads private healthcare in Portugal with an integrated network of 30 hospitals and clinics. Through the daily dedication of more than 15,000 employees, CUF is recognized for its clinical excellence, innovation, and strong values that support the delivery of quality healthcare. CUF Oncologia, the largest private oncology care network in the country and the third-largest diagnostic provider nationwide, has a commitment of almost 40 years to its patients. With over 400 specialists, it ensures close and compassionate care in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.
CUF is the most trusted and recognized healthcare brand in Portugal.

https://www.cuf.pt

FeM Angels, Singapore

FeM Angels is the corporate social responsibility arm of the FeM Group of companies. They believe in using their medical expertise to help the human race as a whole. Medical camps organized by the FeM Angels have been held and continue to be held in countries such as India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Maldives, and the Middle East. The FeM Angels collaborate with NGOs that aim to do good for their local community without discrimination or bias against any race, religion, or social group. In partnership with the BCYW Foundation, the FeM Angels plan to integrate awareness and educational materials about the increasing BCYW into appropriate FeM medical camps.

https://www.femsurgery.com/fem-angels

Project Flamingo, South Africa

The main objective of Project Flamingo is to ensure that all South Africans have access to comprehensive, prompt, and empathetic cancer care while adhering to the principles of equal patient selection. The project emphasizes areas including timely surgery for breast cancer, providing ongoing support to the Groote Schuur Breast Unit, promoting cancer awareness, partnering with relevant initiatives, distributing patient care packages, delivering food parcels to chemotherapy patients, organizing educational and awareness programs, and providing life-changing stoma reversal surgery. The Project Flamingo is developing collaborative educational and research programs with the BCYW Foundation to focus on breast cancer young women in South Africa.

https://www.projectflamingo.co.za

Anti-A.G.E. Foundation, USA

Advanced glycation end-products (A.G.E.s) are harmful oxidative compounds that play a significant role in many chronic diseases. The mission of the Anti-A.G.E. Foundation is to make the world “A.G.E. aware” by creating a dynamic educational resource that provides information on the links between modern nutritional habits, chronic diseases, and A.G.E.s. We are here to give facts on food processing and how compounds such as A.G.E.s impact your health and your loved ones. Most importantly, we aim to offer science-driven answers to how we can reduce the damage caused by consuming A.G.E.s in our diet. Together, we will work with researchers, health professionals, food manufacturers, and policymakers to make healthier choices.

https://anti-ages.org

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh is a premier public medical institute and hospital in Uttarakhand, India. It is an Institute of National Importance, offering undergraduate to doctoral programs in medicine, nursing, and allied sciences, including MBBS, MD/MS, DM/MCh, and Ph.D. courses. AIIMS Rishikesh features a multispecialty hospital, advanced research facilities, and a scenic campus along the River Ganges

https://aiimsrishikesh.edu.in

INDIAN ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION (IOF), INDIA

Established in 2007, the Indian Oncology Foundation (IOF) is a voluntary, non-profit national organization founded by Dr. Ashok Kumar Vaid (Padma Shri, Chairman of the Cancer Institute at Medanta Hospitals) and Mr. Raj Kumar Mallick. IOF is dedicated to raising awareness about cancer, improving early detection and treatment, and supporting survivorship across India. As cancer cases continue to increase, IOF emphasizes promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing the cancer burden, especially in underserved rural communities. Through well-designed health initiatives and regional collaboration, the foundation aims to address gaps and make cancer prevention and care more accessible. IOF envisions a future where India is free from the threat of cancer and continues to work tirelessly toward this goal with compassion, expertise, and dedication.

https://iof.org.in/about-us-profile/

Uttarayan Cancer Foundation (UCF)

The Uttarayan Cancer Foundation (UCF) is a recently established not-for-profit organization in Uttarakhand, India. The UCF integrates oncology, patient care, education, prevention, and quality-of-life initiatives for the people of Uttarakhand, led by the state’s oncologists. The UCF is actively promoting the BCYW Foundation’s awareness mission through its network in the State.

ucfuttarakhand@gmail.com

HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES – SRHU, INDIA

HIMS – an academic and healthcare hub of Swami Rama Himalayan University (SRHU) is a leading medical college and teaching hospital located in Dehradun, India. It offers undergraduate (MBBS), postgraduate (MD/MS), and doctoral programs in medicine and allied health sciences. Its teaching hospital — a 1,000-plus-bed multispecialty facility. The HIMS-BCYW Foundation’s collaboration actively promotes self-breast health care among female university students.

https://srhu.edu.in/medical-sciences/

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, Uttar Pradesh (ABVMUUP)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, Uttar Pradesh (ABVMUUP) is a state collegiate university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (India). It gives affiliation to all government and private Medical, Dental, Nursing, and Paramedical colleges in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

https://www.abvmuup.edu.in/index.php

SILBIOTECH INC, USA

Silbiotech, Inc., is a diagnostic company that offers a breast cancer risk- assessing genomic test, the BBDRisk Dx. This test assesses the risk of breast cancer for women diagnosed with precancerous breast tumors that include atypical ductal hyperplasias (ADH), atypical lobular hyperplasias (ALH), usual ductal hyperplasias (UDH), or papilloma types. Many Studies have shown that one in four-to-five women diagnosed with ADH or ALH and one in ten women among those with UDH or Papilloma types develops breast cancer within one-to-five or more years. The BBDRisk Dx test identifies those who are most likely to develop breast cancer with more than 90% accuracy. Medicare and most commercial insurance agencies cover this test in the US.

https://bbdrisk.com

TEAM SHAN, CANADA

Cancer Awareness for Young Women (Team Shan) is a Canadian charity dedicated to reaching young women with their breast cancer risk and breast health information. Our mission is to educate the public, health care professionals and young women about early detection, risk reduction and prevention of breast cancer. Team Shan is named after Shanna (Shan) Larsen who was only 24 when she lost her life to breast cancer. In Shan memory, Team Shan was established in 2006 and registered as a national charity in 2010. Through the development of an innovative health promotion strategy.

https://teamshan.ca

JOVEN & FUERTE, MEXICO

is the first specialized program for the care and research of young women with breast cancer in Mexico. Its research projects, focused on young patients’ medical and psychosocial needs, have generated valuable knowledge about this understudied population and have contributed to improving their medical care. Likewise, through educational strategies, the first educational materials in Spanish for young patients have been developed and are freely available in the Joven Fuerte website. Joven Fuerte is currently active in Mexico City and Nuevo Leon. As of 2023, more than 800 patients have been included in the program.

https://www.milc.org.mx/jyf

STOP-CANCER, ISREAL

Launched by the Tal Center in 2016, ‘Stop-Cancer’ or ‘Halasartan’ (in Hebrew) is the only initiative in Israel tailored specifically to the needs of young-adult cancer patients and survivors, aged 18-44. With the aim of ensuring no cancer patient is left to cope alone with the battle, ‘Stop-Cancer’ attends to all aspects of the patients’ life, through the activities of a supporting community, both in the digital world, and outside it. Our vision – Changing the Culture of Cancer Care We believe in the power of this multiple channel platform to set a new agenda according to its needs, and aspire to achieve change in this field, both locally and internationally.

https://www.stop-cancer.co.il/a-spark-of-life-for-the-young/

PORTUGUESE CANCER LIGUE, PORTUGAL

The Portuguese Cancer Ligue (Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro) established in 1941, is one of the major non-profit public charity organizations in Portugal and the leading non-profit organization against cancer. The Portuguese Cancer League is a national reference entity in support to oncology patients and their families, promotion of health, cancer prevention and in training and research in oncology. The Portuguese Cancer League is responsible for implementing the breast cancer screening program in 95% of mainland Portugal.

https://www.ligacontracancro.pt

PINK RING, JAPAN

The Pink Ring Japan was established in 2010 as a clinical trial of group therapy for juvenile breast cancer patients at St. Luke International Hospital in Tokyo by medical doctors and young breast cancer survivor. The organization champions the cancer awareness among young patients and creating communities of survivors across Japan. The Pink Ring serves the community to bring the peers and patients together who have experienced the same disease and share the worries and anxieties (pregnancy, childbirth, romance, marriage, work, beauty, etc.) in the context of early-onset breast cancer.

https://www.pinkring.info

NIRAMAI HEALTH ANALYTIX, INDIA

Niramai Health Analytix is a deep tech digital health startup headquartered in Bangalore India and launched in January 2017, with a mission to reduce deaths due to breast cancer. Niramai has pioneered a novel computer-aided test to detect early-stage breast cancer called Thermalytix – which is radiation- free, automated, non-contact and works accurately on women of all age groups, irrespective of breast density.

http://niramai.com

Clear Diagnostix, USA

Clear Diagnostix is an AI-powered second-opinion platform designed for cancer patients seeking expert insights on their diagnosis and treatment plan. We break geographical barriers, allowing patients to consult leading oncologists from anywhere globally. Whether newly diagnosed or already in treatment, our platform ensures access to top-tier medical expertise. It empowers patients with accurate, personalized guidance to make informed decisions about their care and explore the best possible treatment options.

https://www.ClearDx.io/

THE PALPA, CHILE

The Palpa is a non-medical device, based in Chile, that teaches young women about self-examination and how to detect anomalies in their breast through soft interactions in their shower routine. More specifically, Palpa is a breast-shaped device that contains a lump with all the usual malicious symptoms. The device is filled with liquid soap and with it, women can practice self-examination outside their bodies and distinguish a lump. When women practice with it, soap is released for a better sliding and skin sense over their breast while examination. Being the only solution that combined a domestic product, and the feeling of a tumor granted The Palpa Company an invention patent.

https://palpa.cl

PATIENT ORATOR, USA

Patient Orator, a digital health hub in the United States powering shared decision-making and meaningful communication between individual and their health teams to improve health outcomes.

www.patientorator.com

CANCER CARE, NEPAL

Cancer Care Nepal (CCN) is a non for profit, charitable organization working in the field of cancer awareness, prevention, treatment, and palliation since 2009 in Jawalkhel, Kathmandu, Nepal. CCN has been actively working at the community level creating awareness and consciousness towards cancer equally partnering with local government, municipality, and social leaders along with community participation throughout the country. Cancer control is a social movement of Cancer Care Nepal through comprehensive cancer awareness, prevention, early detection, and treatment to bridge the gap from cancer awareness to cancer diagnosis to cancer treatment and palliation throughout the cancer care continuum. https://cancercarenepal.org.np

https://cancercarenepal.org.np

ASIAN SOCIETY OF MASTOLOGY, INDIA

Asian Society of Mastology (ASOMA) is a mission to standardize and augment the breast care in the developing world as well as globally. The society includes surgeons, physicians, breast pathologists, breast radiologists, basic scientists, molecular biologists, breast nurses and all those whose heart beats for breast cancer and other related disorders. ASOMA strives to improve outcomes for patients with breast disease by fostering practice-focused education and multidisciplinary collaboration. The society has successfully brought together breast specialists from across all disciplines like surgical,

www.asoma.in

PYNK, CANADA

PYNK – Young Women’s Breast Cancer Program, supported entirely by donations, is a multidisciplinary program running since 2008 at Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada, created to address the unique clinical and psychosocial needs of women diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40 or younger. PYNK supports these complex patients and their families right from the time of diagnosis through treatment and follow-up. PYNK also actively engages in research focusing on this demographic and educating healthcare trainees and providers on best practices for managing young breast cancer patients. PYNK has recently opened at two additional sites, Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and the Juravinski Cancer Centre in Hamilton, Canada.

https://sunnybrook.ca/content/?page=pynk-young-women-breast-cancer-toronto

NORTH SHORE TV, USA

NSTV’s mission is to promote and produce educational, literary, cultural, and civic television programming. NSTV aims to heighten community awareness and increase community participation through the making and viewing local television and to encourage programming to reflect the concerns, interests, and activities of our community. NSTV also partners with other non-profits to build a community of like-minded organizations to form a mutually beneficial network that can spread awareness of social issues, promote public health, help those in need, and foster an environment of compassion and care for all.

https://nstv.org/

PAHAL, INDIA

Established in 2011, the PAHAL Social Organization has significantly impacted the education and well-being of underprivileged, orphaned children by organizing events and welfare programs. Through initiatives like PAHAL Pathshala, they provide education and health awareness, transitioning students to nearby government schools, with over 400 students integrated in the past decade. Through dedicated teamwork and the support of over 600 members, PAHAL extends its presence through five units across India to make a positive impact through material assistance, emotional support, and widespread awareness and health initiatives. The PAHAL is actively promoting breast cancer awareness among younger women in the Region as a partner of the BCYW Foundation.

http://pahal-india.co.in/

Housecall Doctors, USA

Housecall Doctors P.C., led by Dr. Saket Sinha, prioritizes comprehensive healthcare, emphasizing personalized services. Specializing in breast cancer care, they provide targeted support, promoting awareness of Breast Cancer Yearly Wellness. Their commitment extends to home-based primary care, delivering medical services tailored to individual needs. With a spectrum ranging from in-home medical labs to radiologic assessments, they ensure convenient, quality care. The team actively engages in educational outreach, sharing valuable information on breast cancer prevention and management. This holistic approach reflects their dedication to fostering health and well-being, addressing specific concerns like breast cancer while championing accessible, home-based medical support. The Housecall Doctors are also promoting BCYW awareness in the region in partnership with the BCYW Foundation.

https://www.housecalldoc.org

ASHA FOUNDATION, NAINITAL, INDIA

Asha Foundation is an NGO dedicated to improving the health and well-being of women, particularly in underserved communities. Focusing on breast cancer, cervical cancer, and palliative care, the foundation raises awareness, promotes early detection, and provides essential support. Enhancing female hygiene and health is central to its mission. Through workshops, seminars, and lectures, Asha Foundation empowers women to take control of their health. In remote areas of Uttarakhand, where healthcare access is limited, the foundation’s survivor stories and awareness programs encourage timely medical attention. This holistic approach creates lasting, positive change in women’s lives.

https://www.foundationasha.com

CENTRO ACADEMICO DE MEDICINA DE LISBOA, LISBON, PORTUGAL

The North Lisbon University Hospital Centre is the largest and one of the most prestigious University Hospital Systems in Portugal. The Lisbon School of Medicine, The University Hospital System, and The Molecular Institute of Medicine are core administrative units of the Lisbon Academic Medical Centre organized in 2009. The Oncology Unit at Hospital de Santa represents the Lisbon Academic Medical Centre and North Lisbon University Hospital Centre Maria in the Breast Cancer in Young Women Foundation and its scientific organization.

https://caml.pt/en/

FEMWORLD FOUNDATION, NCR REGION, INDIA

Femworld Foundation is an organization focused on women’s issues, operating in Delhi/NCR, the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, and other northern states of India. Femworld works to implement programs, policies, projects, and research aimed at uplifting, empowering, encouraging, and supporting women’s health, rights, and financial stability. The foundation particularly focuses on providing basic education on menstrual hygiene, reproductive health, mental health, cancer awareness (Breast Cancer & HPV), and nutrition to young and adolescent girls in schools and colleges. The foundation promotes the well-being and empowerment of women by addressing their unique health needs through education, advocacy, medical camps, and access to essential resources.

https://femworld.org/

EVITA – HEREDITARY CANCER, LISBON, PORTUGAL

EVITA is a nonprofit patient organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by hereditary cancer. By raising awareness, providing support, and promoting early diagnosis and prevention, EVITA empowers those at risk to understand and manage their health proactively, a mission that is being advanced through the EVITA Platform, a digital platform recently launched by the organization for anyone preoccupied with their hereditary cancer risk so people at risk can make informed health decisions. Through advocacy and scientific partnerships, EVITA also seeks to advance research and public policies that support hereditary cancer prevention and treatment.

https://evitacancro.org https://evitaplatform.org

https://evitacancro.org
https://evitaplatform.org

SO BRAVE – AUSTRALIA

So Brave is Australia’s only organization dedicated specifically to supporting young women with breast cancer. The organization delivers education, advocacy, connection, and support for women diagnosed under 40, recognizing that the experience of breast cancer is different for young women. Through awareness campaigns, peer support, community programs, and research funding, So Brave works to empower young women to be #breastaware, advocate for their health, and navigate diagnosis and treatment with strength and support.

https://sobrave.org.au/