A Glimmer of Hope: Breast Cancer Commercials

One of the biggest problems, as I see it, in the world of breast cancer research is that most of the studies target post-menopausal women. There are very few studies that highlight breast cancer and the pre-menopausal woman.

A Glimmer of Hope Foundation is a Pittsburgh based breast cancer research foundation working to fund research with women under age 40 — recognizing that deficit and doing their part to change that reality.

Here’s a snippet from their website:

There are many questions left unanswered in the treatment of breast cancer in younger women. For example, we do not really know how much chemotherapy for breast cancer impacts fertility. In fact, there is very little data on whether or not if it is even safe to get pregnant after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Given the fact that tens of thousands of women of reproductive age are diagnosed with breast cancer each year and that women are increasingly postponing childbearing, finding answers to these questions and raising the awareness of younger women and physicians about breast cancer in younger women should be a national priority.

Here’s one of two commercials that were recently produced to highlight this fantastic philanthropy:

Here’s the second one:

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