Jared Woods

January 2018 Message from MBCC Executive Director

Dear Friends in Prevention,   As we usher in a new year, we are presented with the opportunity to look back on the tremendous progress that we made in 2017. Thanks to your sustained vision, generosity, and support, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) continues to work towards our mission of prevention by advancing our understanding … Read more

MBCC to Participate in STEEP 5-Year Project

Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) is proud to be partnering with our sister organization Silent Spring Institute, and their collaborators at the University of Rhode Island (URI) and Harvard University on a new study focused on highly fluorinated chemicals, also called PFASs.  The STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFASs) Superfund Research Center is … Read more

A Mother’s Wish to Support Mass Breast Cancer Coalition

Dear Friend, Our daughter, Ann (“Annie”), died March 28, 2015, at the age of 46. Her 16-year battle with cancer was courageous and inspirational to all who knew her. When she was just 30 years of age, she discovered a small lump under her arm while showering. There was no family history of breast cancer … Read more