LEFT: Alan and Lee Ann White CENTER: Betsy and Richard Eiseman RIGHT: Isabell Novakov, Joel Allison and Connie Yates
OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS, CELEBRATING WOMEN
HAS RAISED MORE THAN $20 MILLION TO BENEFIT
Baylor Health Care System’s fight against breast cancer.
information to assist in the evaluation
tremendous progress in the fight, we must
clinical trial that will test the efficacy of
of appropriate treatment options.
continue to push ourselves to find a cure
a vaccine for triple negative breast can-
for this disease.”
cer, an aggressive form of the disease.
Even though detection rates and therapies for breast cancer have been improv-
Building on decades of innovative
Devastated by the loss of his wife and
ing in recent decades, the disease still
care and research, Baylor is dedicated to
the mother of his children, Circle of
ranks as the second-leading cause of can-
making strides in the fight against breast
Care Awardee Bruce Selkirk’s passion
cer-related death in women. There are
cancer through an ongoing commit-
was ignited to push this treatment for-
ment to patient care, education, research
ward. Bruce’s energy, passion and hard
50,000 cases annually of aggressive breast
cancers that cannot be treated with standard therapies.
and clinical trials. Joyce O’Shaughnessy,
M.D., the Celebrating Women
Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer
work has paid off. To date, Bruce and
Baylor Health Care System Foundation
have raised over $1 million for the Amy
“One in eight women will be diag-
Research at Baylor, and Karolina
nosed with breast cancer during their life-
Palucka, M.D., Ph.D., a researcher in
time. These women are mothers, daugh-
the Baylor Institute for Immunology
Immunotherapy in support of Dr.
ters, sisters, wives and friends,” said
Research, are currently awaiting regula-
O’Shaughnessy’s and Dr. Palucka’s
Rowland. “While we have made
tory approval to proceed with a pilot
research.
T. Selkirk Fund for Breast Cancer
For more information on cancer research initiatives at Baylor,
contact Sarah Burdi at 214.820.4721 or [email protected].
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the torch | winter 2013