NOW Unites with Breast Cancer Groups for Research on Causes and Prevention by Nicole Hill, Communications Intern U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif. Photo by Sevaun Palvetzian. Breast cancer is an indiscriminate killer.
All women are at risk.
NOW is working in coalition with members of Congress and over 70 organizations to increase funding for research not only on detection and cure, but also on causes and prevention of breast cancer and to further explore the role of environmental risk factors. Feminist leaders encouraged candidates and voters to make women's health and prevention of breast cancer priority issues for the 2000 elections. According to the American Cancer Society , breast cancer claimed the lives of over 40,000 U.S. women in 1999. The World Health Organization predicts that more than 500,000 women worldwide will die from this disease in 2000. Breast cancer has reached epidemic proportions, and yet its causes are still largely unknown.