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BCRF_summer2008Newsletter:Layout 1 6/3/08 10:37 AM Page 1 Founded 1993 The Breast Cancer Research Foundation ® 8 0 0 2 r e m m u S ® A MessagPe from EvIelynNLauder, K PRESS Founder and Chairman The Hottest Pink As The Breast Cancer Research Foundation begins Party Ever: its fifteenth year of funding the best and most promising research, we are filled with pride of our accomplishments and hope for a cure in the near Elton John Rocks! future. The Breast Cancer Research In 1993-1994, our first year, we awarded a total of Foundation’s Hottest Pink Party Ever was $159,000 to eight researchers all located here in back for another year of music, fun, and the U.S. To really make an impact, our goal as the fundraising. The hottest ticket in New Foundation grew was to fund researchers around York City for the evening of April 8th fea - the world. This became reality in 2001. “When we started funding an Israeli extension of the New York tured a performance by Sir Elton John Breast Cancer Study, we were not only supporting and his Band at the world-famous quality science, but beginning a global approach to a Waldorf=Astoria. This rare solo perform - global problem,” Dr. Larry Norton explained. BCRF ance by Sir Elton was in memory of his has supported research internationally at a rapidly devoted friend and BCRF Advisory increasing pace ever since. And this year we expect to award approximately $35 million to more than Board member, Linda Stein. 150 of the world’s leading researchers. A global approach is critical since public health indicators “We have over a thousand guests here suggest that by 2020, 70 percent of all breast can - tonight, and thanks to your support and cers cases will be in developing countries. Some an extraordinary level of contributions collaborations are between U.S.-based researchers working with significant populations of women with from those who could not be here, we breast cancer and oncologists and cancer have raised an extraordinary five million researchers based in other countries. Other proj - dollars,” exulted Myra Biblowit, BCRF ects are initiated locally but have international impli - President. cations; they range from novel laboratory research about the molecular basis of breast cancer, to new “I can never say thank you too often to approaches to improving and standardizing patient those who support our work and especial - e care. Our goal is to be able to offer better out - g a m comes to women with breast cancer, and to prevent ly those who have helped to make this the I e r healthy women from develop - Hottest Pink Party Ever,” said Evelyn i W / ing it, no matter where they r Lauder, BCRF’s Founder and Chairman. u z live. a “We are hot on the trail of prevention M n i v t t e a and a cure and proud of the enormous K r : r We have created a world map a o t k progress The Breast Cancer Research o S showing all the countries h e P i l u Foundation is making.” J where BCRF grants are mak - : o t ing an impact. You can find this o h Gwyneth Paltrow, Sir Elton John, and Elizabeth Hurley P on pages 8-9 and at The second annual Roz and Les www.bcrfcure.org. I am sure Goldstein Unsung Hero Award was pre - Hurley, to shop the latest Elizabeth Hurley you will be impressed, as I was, to see how expan - sively BCRF’s research network has spread. In total, sented to Robin Clarfield Tolvin by her Beach Collection at her London show - BCRF has raised more than $215 million to date. sister-in-law Pat Clarfield. Clarfield room, two Delta Business class tickets to Our overhead is the lowest of any breast cancer thanked her sister-in-law for making “my London, and a two night stay at the organization. We are truly playing a global role in the care a two-person project and managing Number 11 Cadogan Gardens Hotel. The fight against breast cancer. her part with humor and grace – she is lucky winner walked away with a one-of- Please continue to support us as we continue our my angel.” a-kind experience. worldwide effort to end breast cancer in our life - time. This year’s gala also featured a very spe - “Evelyn Lauder, you out-do yourself cial auction led by Lydia Fenet of every year – and this year you have Christie’s Auction House. The prize? A turned up the heat and topped it all, fill - one-on-one appointment with gala emcee ing the hottest pink room ever with the Evelyn H. Lauder and longtime BCRF supporter, Elizabeth hottest people ever,” said Hurley. “You, BCRF_summer2008Newsletter:Layout 1 6/3/08 10:38 AM Page 2 hot pink party goes cool h h h h c c c c i i i i R R R R b b b b o o o o R R R R : : : : o o o o t t t t o o o o h h h h P P P Padma Lakshmi P Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer Annmarie Formato, Kinga Lampert and Stacy Kaplan Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Joanne de Guardiola Rocco DiSpirito Dr. Larry Norton and Mary Bryant our guests, our friends our generous donors are here to sup - port a great cause, and most of all, lets face it, we are all here to pay tribute to the hottest gal of all – our friend and inspi - ration, Evelyn Lauder.” In addition to Hurley and Sir Elton, several stars came out in support of the Foundation, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Padma Lakshmi, Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, Vera Wang, Project Runway winner Christian Siriano, Carson Kressley, and celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito. The extraordinary event, held in the grand ballroom adorned with floating butterflies and colorful Marimekko table cloths, was made possible by the generous underwriting of Condé Nast Publications, Hearst Corporation, Time Inc., h h Tough Enough to Wear Pink, Roz and Les Goldstein, Evelyn c i c i R R b and Leonard Lauder, and Gail and Richard Siegal. b o o R R : : o o t t Maralyn Lakin Myra Biblowit o o h h P Dee Ocleppo and Tommy Hilfiger Roberta Amon and Martin Levine and Arlene Taub P Heather and Steven Mnuchin Mandy and Samantha Stein t t a r r a k S e i l u J : s o t o h p l l a d e t o n e s i w r e h t o s s Victoria Patricof and e l Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss Arun Nayer and John Demsey n Robin Clarfield Tolvin and Patricia Clarfield U Danielle Lauder, Christian Siriano and Rachel Lauder Veronia Verklin, Patricia Conforti, Jacki Zehner and Deb Brennan 2 The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Summer Newsletter 2008 3 BCRF_summer2008Newsletter:Layout 1 6/3/08 10:38 AM Page 4 sience update science update This year’s BCRF funding has allowed the Michigan-based oncologist and researcher to In Memoriam: Judah Folkman, MD (1933 – 2008) establish the first dedicated inflammatory breast cancer clinic in Ann Arbor (only the The Breast Cancer Research Foundation mourns the sudden passing of Judah Folkman, MD. One second such clinic in the whole country). Since October 2007 the patient traffic has of our most highly esteemed and long-standing grantees, Dr. Folkman died on Monday, January doubled, both in terms of those seeking primary diagnosis and second opinions. “This 14th, at the age of 74, at Denver International Airport while traveling between lectures. He was a disease has a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality; these patients warrant renowned Harvard researcher whose early observation that tumors have the ability to hijack the special and extremely prompt attention,” says Merajver. “The clinic is helping us help body's blood supply led to the theory of therapeutic anti-angiogenesis, which paved the way for a more women with the disease and track the specifics of a greater number of cases so we new class of drugs used in cancer and macular degeneration treatments. can better understand it, too. Soon we hope to have a definitive molecular signature of this disease and better drugs based on signaling pathways that are activated in inflamma - "There is no part of Judah's career that is not remarkable, even legendary," said Dr. Larry Norton, tory breast cancer. We need to stop its enormous capacity to spread.” Scientific Director of BCRF. "His creative insight, his perseverance, his scientific thoroughness, his focus on the interac - tion between the clinic and the laboratory, his teaching and lecturing skills, his ability to inspire, and most of all, his humanity, have had a profound influence on oncology that will continue to motivate advances for many years to come. EXECUTIVE BOARD OF One always had the feeling that in spite of his great achievements that the best was yet to come. It is our job to continue SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS his mission." Chairman and Scientific Director Dr. Folkman first received funding from BCRF when he was awarded the prestigious Jill Rose Award in 1997 for First early detection program for Arab women Larry Norton, MD outstanding contributions to breast cancer research. BCRF continuously supported his groundbreaking research since Memorial Sloan-Kettering in Palestine and Israel now in place Cancer Center that time. He was a compassionate, warm and wonderful friend to all who knew him, and he will be profoundly missed This winter, six Palestinian women took a BCRF-funded course in genetic counseling by everyone at BCRF.