The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation believes that the intraductal approach to breast cancer is the path that will bring us to the beginning of the end of this disease.
To date, we have received more than half a million dollars to pursue our own intraductal research. Our current research projects include:
The Normal Breast Study—Correlation of Human Anatomy and Physiology in the Non-Lactating, Non-Cancerous Breast
In December 2005, the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation launched a landmark, pilot study on the normal breast. This groundbreaking intraductal study is using ductal lavage along with ultrasound and ductoscopy to advance our understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the breast ducts. It is only by understanding the normal breast that we will be able to identify what conditions are necessary inside the breast ducts for precancerous cells to grow and for cancer cells to invade and spread.
This study was made possible by a $300,000 grant from the Avon Foundation to launch the project; a $150,000 grant from S. Mark Taper Foundation to purchase a top-of-the-line ultrasound machine, and a $100,000 grant from the American Breast Cancer Foundation to purchase a top-of-the-line ductoscope.
The American Breast Cancer Foundation grant also is being used to build collaborative relationships with the University of Arkansas and the University of California, San Francisco, two research institutions that are working with the Foundation to perform analyses of the components of ductal fluid.
The Foundation is currently looking for volunteers interested in taking part in the Normal Breast Study. Volunteers must be over 18, live in the Los Angeles area, and not taking hormones. For more information on how to participate in this groundbreaking research study, click here.
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