• Answers to questions about your breast cancer risk
• Emotional support and guidance in addressing feelings and other concerns
• Information about breast cancer screening, treatment options, clinical trials, support resources, and genetic counseling and testing
• Access to no-cost screening mammograms and diagnostic services based on income eligibility
• Financial assistance if you’re an income eligible breast cancer patient in treatment or living with metastatic breast cancer
• Navigation assistance in the healthcare system, including communicating with your health care providers, understanding treatment options and accessing the support services you need

Komen Patient Care Center Services (pdf)

• Provided more than 42,000 services through direct patient support programs that make up the Patient Care Center
• Provided screening and diagnostic testing for more than 3,000 people
• Granted financial assistance to more than 16,000 patients to help cover a variety of expenses related to treatment
• Provided more than 24,000 services through our free Helpline, which offers caring and compassionate support to individuals by trained specialists and oncology social workers in both English and Spanish

Komen has provided more than 42,000 services through direct patient support programs that make up their Patient Care Center and provided financial assistance to more than 16,000 individuals, amounting to more than $9 million in support.

More than 3 million people received breast health and breast cancer education from Komen.

Komen has invested more than $1 billion in over 2,700 research grants and more than 530 clinical trials.

Susan G. Komen Difference (pdf)

SUSAN G. KOMEN® is leading the fight against breast cancer, driving innovation and funding more breast cancer research than any other nonprofit, second only to the U.S. government.

Komen’s work has helped reduce the breast cancer death rate in the U.S. by 43% since 1989. There are now more than 4 million breast cancer survivors and people living with the disease in the U.S. today.

Komen’s Impact_A Dollar Could Fund (pdf)

Worldwide, breast cancer is still the most common cancer in women and the leading cause of cancer death among women.

• More than 300,000 people in the U.S. are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.
• About every 2 minutes, somewhere in the U.S., a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.
• Black women in the U.S. are about 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women.
• Latinas and Hispanic women tend to be diagnosed with later-stage breast cancers than white women.
• Nearly 44,000 people in the U.S. are expected to die from breast cancer this year alone.

Stand for H.E.R. Patient Care Center (pdf)