MANHASSET, NY (May 30, 2013) – The Junior Coalition of the Manhasset Women’s Coalition Against Breast Cancer (MWCABC) presented a $10,000 check to Feinstein Institute for Medical Research investigators Iuliana Shapira, MD and Annette Lee, PhD (holding check in photo). The Junior Coalition of MWCABC are high-school age members who run their own fundraising efforts in support of North Shore-LIJ programs, as well as share holiday treats with families on the North Shore University Hospital Palliative Care unit. The money, part of the MWCABC’s $90,000 gift made in April 2013, will go directly to the Breast and Ovarian Specimen Bank, a joint research endeavor of the Feinstein Institute and North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute. The specimen bank serves as a vital resource for discovering and validating new biomarkers for the early detection of breast and/or ovarian cancer, as well as predicting the disease course and outcomes, treatment response and risk of relapse.
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