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		"Not for profit" means no "investors" get to share in the profits of a growing company. It does not mean the participants don't pay themselves first, and very well, thank you. Here are a very few grant examples of the way your donations to charity or a worthy cause, after salaries and expenses of course, are being spent to "fight cancer", "run for the cure" etc. Note that not a single dollar appears to be spent on "finding a cure" All of the $1.6 million is being spent for studies, education and raising awareness. Are you impressed with the productive way your donations are being spent? I think not. $147,500 The prognostic and predictive significance of a biological classification of primary breast cancers with tissue microarrays from the NCIC CTG MA 12 trial. [To] establish a classification of breast cancer that reflects the underlying causes of the cancer with a method that is cost effective and widely applicable. $56,770 Breast reconstruction- access and complications. The study will provide information that will be used in the future both to improve access to breast reconstructive surgery for all patients with mastectomies and to minimize complications for those patients who choose reconstructive surgery. $330,391 Fertility in young breast cancer survivors - novel assessment of ovarian reserve Area of focus: Cancer control, psychosocial and survivorship $385,500 Changing patterns of recurrence of breast cancer Area of focus: Early detection, diagnosis, prognosis $439,950 Dynamic network modularity in breast cancer Area of focus: Biology of breast cancer $212,646 Multicultural Breast health Peer Educator Project The Multicultural Peer Educator Group educates women - from Chinese, Indo, Arabic, Korean and Vietnamese communities on breast health. $91,900 Assessing skin flaps in the reconstructed breast following mastectomy using optical spectroscopy. The objective of this study is to determine if near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) can be used in the operating room and during patient recovery to evaluate skin flap transplants used in breast reconstruction
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