Our Programs
BCYW Foundation advances its mission through four interconnected programs that move the field from targeted awareness to scholarship, discovery science, and survivorship. Together, these programs help young women recognize the disease, strengthen the field’s scholarly foundation, advance research earlier to save lives by promoting early detection, and support those affected throughout the breast cancer journey.
Awareness
Timely awareness is one of the three pillars for improving outcomes for young women. BCYW Foundation educates that breast cancer can affect those under 40, encouraging recognition of bodily changes, awareness of what’s normal for an individual, timely medical consultation, and communication about unusual symptoms. Through community outreach, educational resources, and youth involvement on campuses via Youth Council for Breast Health (YCBH), the Foundation seeks to raise awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage early action on breast cancer among young women.
Journal
The Journal of Young Women’s Breast Cancer & Health provides a specialized scholarly platform on breast cancer in young women. The Journal is part of the foundation’s scholarly base, which promotes discovery in young women’s breast cancer, fosters evidence-based knowledge sharing, and reinforces the academic foundation of this growing field.
Research Institute
The Young Women’s Breast Cancer Research Institute (YWBCRI) advances the Foundation’s mission by focusing on understanding early breast cancer in young women—examining why it occurs at an early age, identifying pre-cancer biological changes, and promoting research for early detection, intervention, and prevention. YWBCRI provides the specialized research infrastructure needed to pursue these early questions and to develop new pathways for scientific advancement.
Why To Support Us
- We are a non-profit organization that exclusively focuses on core issues of breast cancer in young women, ranging from promoting awareness to funding advance promising research.
- Our international team consists of pioneers in breast cancer treatment and laboratory research as well as experts in promoting community awareness of breast cancer in young women.
- We only support translational, transforming research which directly benefit patients. We collaborate and/or fund other non-profit organizations with shared goals in the areas of awareness, self-breast care, and early detection.
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