Melissa Etheridge Rock Legend & Cancer Survivor Joins The Noreen Fraser Foundation
The Noreen Fraser Foundation is thrilled to announce that Grammy & Academy Award winning rock music icon, cancer survivor and influential activist, Melissa Etheridge, has joined the Board of Directors of the Noreen Fraser Foundation.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2009 -- The Noreen Fraser Foundation is thrilled to announce that Grammy & Academy Award winning rock music icon, cancer survivor and influential activist, Melissa Etheridge, has joined the Board of Directors of the Noreen Fraser Foundation (NFF). This is the first time Etheridge has joined the board of a foundation for a cancer cause.
"We are very excited to have such a passionate cancer advocate and humanitarian join our board," said Noreen Fraser, President & CEO of the Noreen Fraser Foundation. "The Foundation will benefit greatly from Ms. Etheridge's insight and experience -- we look forward to working together to help women everywhere."
As a member of the NFF Board of Directors, Melissa Etheridge will be involved in the overall direction of the foundation, its programs and grants. "Being on the Board of Directors of the Noreen Fraser Foundation is a dream come true. I have been searching for an organization to lend my name and insight with the same beliefs, outlook and treatment practices to combat women's cancersas I do," states Etheridge. "I look forward to helping NFF achieve their goals," elaborated Etheridge.
In October 2004, Melissa Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer. Etheridge was praised for her performance at the 2005 Grammy Awards when she courageously performed bald from chemotherapy. In 2005, Etheridge recorded I Run for Life which references her fight with breast cancer, her determination to overcome it and her encouragement of other breast cancer survivors and their families. In 2008, Etheridge performed a special version of the song as I Stand for Life during the Stand up to Cancer televised event raising money for cancer research and recorded "Just Stand Up," a collaborative effort with 14 other artists, the proceeds of which benefit Stand up to Cancer.
The Noreen Fraser Foundation uses educational and awareness campaigns to raise funds for translational cancer research aimed at developing new prevention methods, diagnostic tools and non-toxic therapies to treat women's cancers. Noreen Fraser, a stage IV cancer survivor, has played a pivotal role in raising money and awareness of the importance of cancer research as co-creator and co-producer of Stand Up To Cancer, a movement which has raised over 100 million dollars for cancer research to date.
2008 Cancer Facts: The American Cancer Society has reported that breast cancer is the second most common cancer among American women. The chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time in a woman's life is about 1 in 8 (12%). In 2008, it was estimated that 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer would be diagnosed among women in the United States and that about 67,770 new cases of non-invasive (DCIS) breast cancer would be diagnosed.
Death rates from breast cancer have been declining since about 1990, with larger decreases in women younger than 50. These decreases are believed to be the result of earlier detection through screening and increased awareness, as well as improved treatment.
Cervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women. The number of American women with cervical cancer has decreased about 75 percent in the past 50 years - largely thanks to the Pap test. This screening procedure can find changes in the cervix before cancer develops. It can also find early cancer in its most curable stage. Gardasil, and FDA-approved vaccine, has also been recommended to reduce the risk of cervical cancer. Gardasil protects against HPV, a virus that is the leading cause of cervical cancer.
Ovarian Cancer will claim the lives of over 21,000 women this year. It is most often detected in a late stage and is a cancer that has been understudied. The Noreen Fraser Foundation intends to change this by investing in science that will find better treatments.
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