The Avon Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to researchers at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and the Universities of Sonora and Guadalajara in Mexico. Scientists from the partnering organizations will engage in an international research initiative to assess the specific types of breast cancer occurring in Latinas in the United States and Mexico.

"In keeping with our mission to support the medically underserved, the Avon Foundation is proud to support four major institutions across two countries to help find the solution to the issue of breast cancer in Latina women," said Avon Foundation Executive Director Carol Kurzig.

The researchers will work together to collect clinical data, treatment data, and preliminary outcome data. They will also characterize tumors by genetic analysis.

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For more information:

"Breast cancer rates questioned in Latina population," Avon Foundation News, 05/09/2006

"Arizona Cancer Center to study breast cancer among Latinas," UA Press Release, 05/15/2006