Allison Campbell Jensen

Three friends were diagnosed with breast cancer this year. So far, so good, for each of them. I’m grateful for that, yet at the same time mindful that more is needed: more awareness, more support, more research. So I was glad to learn about the Sage Screening Program for medically underserved women while researching “Donating a Cure” for the May issue of Mpls.St.Paul magazine. Paying the bills may be the last thing on the minds of patients and their families, which is why Pay it Forward is there to help. In-depth exploration of family history is offered by North Memorial’s Humphrey Cancer Center. These efforts and research by physicians and scientists such as Dr. Douglas Yee, head of the Masonic Cancer Center at the U, all are supported by funds raised at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Sunday, May 8. The race goes on because, as Yee says:Race for the Cure_Allison “Unless we cure everyone with breast cancer, we know we’re not good enough.”