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Ambassador Nancy Brinker’s promise & the race for a breast cancer cure

Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer.
Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer.
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By: Nancy Brinker
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Ambassador Nancy Brinker’s promise & the race for a breast cancer cure
Suzy and Nancy Goodman were more than sisters. They were beloved best friends. But in 1977, Suzy was diagnosed and later died from breast cancer. Nancy’s love for her sister sparked a promise to change the way the world thinks, speaks about, and treats breast cancer. Three decades later, Nancy Goodman Brinker, who founded Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is still fighting. In her new memoir, Promise Me, she shares her story of love, loss and transformation. No doubt, the worldwide movement to end breast cancer has come a long way – but will the battle ever be won?

Suzy and Nancy Goodman were more than sisters. They were beloved best friends. But in 1977, Suzy was diagnosed and later died from breast cancer. Nancy’s love for her sister sparked a promise to change the way the world thinks, speaks about, and treats breast cancer. Three decades later, Nancy Goodman Brinker, who founded Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is still fighting. In her new memoir, Promise Me, she shares her story of love, loss and transformation. No doubt, the worldwide movement to end breast cancer has come a long way – but will the battle ever be won?

Guest:

Nancy Brinker, author, Promise Me: How a Sister’s Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer; founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; She has served as Ambassador to Hungary and White House Chief of Protocol and as Global Ambassador for Cancer Control for the World Health Organization.