Florida Breast Cancer Coalition Research Foundation

TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THOSE IMPACTED BY BREAST CANCER BY SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHO SUBMIT PROPOSALS ON INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IPACT ON BREAST CANCER. THE GRANTS MUST BE IN ONE OF 5 AREAS OF RESEARCH: BASIC, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL BREAST CANCER RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF BREAST CANCER;RESEARCH ON POSSIBLE LINKS BETWEEN BREAST CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT; PSYCHOIMMUNOLOGICAL RESEARCH; AND INNOVATIVE AWARDS AND IDEA GRANTS. THE FOUNDATION RECEIVED 28 PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING. 16 INDEPENDENT REVIEWERS WHO WERE FROM STATES OTHER THAN FLORIDA AND WHO HAD NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ANY OF THE RESEARCHERS OR INSTITUTIONS THAT SUBMITTED PROPOSALS REVIEWED PROPOSALS IN THEIR INTEREST OF RESEARCH. 4 DIFFERENT RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RECEIVED AT LEAST 1 GRANT. THE TITLES OF THE GRANTS THAT WERE AWARDED WERE ESTRONE CONTRIBUTE TO ER+ BREAST CANCER PROGRESSION IN OBESE POSTMENOPAUSAL FEMALE THROUGH IMMUNE EVASION PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF EARLY MARKERS OF CANCER TREATMENT-INDUCED CARDIAC INJURY IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IMPROVING BREAST RADIOTHERAPY SETUP AND DELIVERY USING MIXED REALITY VISUALIZATION LMPORTANCE OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEDTOR4 /FGFR4L IN MEDIATING BREAST CANCER METASTASIS IDENTIFYING METABOLIC VULNERABILITIES INDUCED BY ACIDOSIS IN BREAST TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT A DUAL EPIGENETIC/AUTOPHAGY INHIBITOR AS A NOVEL STRATEGY TO TREAT TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCERPHASE II STUDY OF SCREENING BRAIN MRIS IN STAGE IV BREAST CANCER DEFINING AND TARGETING THE PRO-TUMORIGENIC METABOLIC MICROENVIRONMENT OF LEPROMENINGEAL METASTASIS IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER NADK AS AN ESSENTIAL METABOLIC ADAPTION OF METASTATIC TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER.

DURING THE 2020-2021 FISCAL YEAR, THE FLORIDA BREAST CANCER RECOGNIZED THAT COVID WAS HAVING A PROFOUND NEGATIVE EFFECT ON BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY IN MANAGING THE FINANCIAL STRAINS THAT ACCOMPANY PATIENTS IN ACTIVE TREATMENT DURING A TIME OF A PANDEMIC. INSTEAD OF ONLY ONE GRANT PERIOD FOR DIRECT SERVICE FUNDS, THERE WERE TWO GRANT PERIODS. THE TWO GRANT PERIODS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 42 GRANT PROPOSALS. A TOTAL OF 24 GRANTS WERE AWARDED WITH SOME ASSISTING PATIENTS WITH OBTAINING 3D MAMMOGRAMS, OTHERS WITH LIVING EXPENSES, WITH THE LARGEST GROUP OF GRANTS SIMPLY FOR COVID RELIEF FUNDING. AGENCIES IN 12 DIFFERENT COUNTIES RECEIVED GRANT AWARDS.

THE FLORIDA BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS FOR EDUCATION STATEWIDE. THE EDUCATION GRANTS ARE AWARDED IN SUPPORT OF INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN FOUR PRIORITY AREAS: EDUCATE WOMEN IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY NEED TO BECOME PROACTIVE FOR THEIR OWN BREAST HEALTH THROUGH EDUCATION WORKSHOPS; PROVIDE EDUCATION TO BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS, THEIR FAMILIES AND ADVOCATES ON LIFE AFTER OR WITH BREAST CANCER, INCLUDING THE "TRANSITION PHASE" FROM ACTIVE TREATMENT TO SURVIVORSHIP; PROVIDE EDUCATION ON BREAST HEALTH TO YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN WITH A FOCUS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGES; AND CREATE AND PROVIDE A METHOD OF EDUCATION ON LATE STAGE BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE OF THESE DIAGNOSES IN THE AREAS THAT EXCEED THE STATE OF FLORIDA AVERAGE FOR LATE STAGE DIAGNOSIS. FOUNDATION RECEIVED 27 EDUCATION PROPOSALS AND FUNDED 12 GRANTS WITH A TOTAL FUNDING OF $106,426.16.