[Special Issue News] Breast Cancer: The Advocate

Frances Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, may be the most influential nonscientist ever in the field of breast cancer research. Twenty-two years ago, her grassroots patient advocacy group convinced Congress to put $210 million into a new breast cancer research program in an unusual place—the Department of Defense. Since then, that program has awarded nearly $3 billion in grants, making it the second largest funder of breast cancer research in the United States. Visco has sat on the program's oversight board from the beginning. Author: Jocelyn Kaiser

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Source: Science: This Week - March 28, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Jocelyn Kaiser Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: research