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Article: Ignite the promise: 1st Global Advocate Summit on Breast Cancer.
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- The Pulse
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- January 1, 2008
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Budapest, Hungary, a beautiful European city straddling the Danube River, was host city for the 1st Global Advocate Summit on Breast Cancer, sponsored by Susan G. Komen for the Cure held in September 2007. I was fortunate to have been selected as one of 25 US Delegates to participate in this historic meeting. Prior to the conference, I attended a luncheon at the White House hosted by First Lady Laura Bush who is the Komen Global Summit Co-Chair, and longtime supporter of the Komen organization.
Just a short 25 years ago, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established by Nancy G. Brinker in memory of her sister, Susie Komen, who died from breast ...