Attracts elite and recreational runners, fitness walkers, breast cancer survivors, and individuals honoring a loved one who is fighting or has fought breast cancer, and all those who support this worthwhile cause. Concept Unique event, conceived, designed and implemented by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to promote positive awareness, education and early detection of breast cancer. As well as being a road race for serious runners, the race is an emotionally charged event, which attracts many first-timers, recreational runners and walkers. Because of this event, thousands of women who could not afford mammograms are being screened through grants made to local American College of Radiology accredited screening facilities and are being taught breast self-exam. Facts About Breast Cancer Breast Cancer is the leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and 59.
All women are at risk, and the risk increases with advancing age.
For 1999 it is estimated that there have been 11,300 new cases of breast cancer and 2,800 deaths from this disease in Texas. It is estimated that 43,300 women have died from breast cancer nationally in 1999. All rights reserved.