From the Washington Post article by Lisa Friedman:

Almost one in 10 of the women who get breast or ovarian cancer are born with a gene that could warn them. Advance warning could give them choices for early detection and even for prevention — but most of them still don’t know.

In the U.S. alone, close to 300,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. That means 300,000 this year, 300,000 next year, the year after that, and every year until we find a cure. Globally,1.6 million women are diagnosed every single year.

In the feature film-Decoding Annie Parker-now being screened internationally to raise awareness of the BRCA gene, the need for testing, and money for further research, Dr. Mary-Claire King whose research discovered this genetic link is portrayed by Academy Award winning actress Helen Hunt. Dr. King has a clock in her office, marked at every twelve minutes. “That’s how often a woman dies of breast cancer. . . What if it’s your mother, your sister, or your wife?”

BRCA GENE AWARENESS has an exclusive agreement with the filmmakers of Decoding Annie Parker to use this wonderful, informative, inspirational, and heartfelt movie to try to make sure that women everywhere have that advance warning-that most of them will know, and that in the charitable partnerships we forge in the next few months in our benefit screenings of the movie, we can raise funds for detection, prevention, and a cure. Watching this movie could save your life, while you help save others.

To help in this effort, please sponsor or donate to this cause.