Sharing a part of you to help find a cure
Volunteers play a critical role in helping our team research how to better treat, prevent, and potentially cure cancer. Tissue, blood, and other biospecimens, as well as medical records, are the foundation of nearly every cancer cure and treatment we use today.
Many of our recent exciting discoveries are in the growing fields of precision medicine and immunotherapy. We’re using patient biospecimens to find new ways to prevent and control treatment-resistant diseases like multiple myeloma, pediatric sarcomas, and triple-negative breast cancer.
And did you know that you can also donate “normal” tissue? We’re home to the world’s largest biorepository of normal breast cells—the Komen Tissue Bank.
Cancer patients donate tumor tissue or blood samples to our biobank.
Our biobank analyzes the samples and lets researchers know they’re available.
Our researchers test their ideas on donated samples.
Researchers publish their findings and create clinical trials for new treatments.
