#changeherstory

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. What better time to celebrate our patients, our researchers, and the impact UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and Magee-Womens Research Institute make on breast cancer treatment and survival. With your support, we’ll continue to make history and #ChangeHerStory.

Our Story

Your Donation Can #CHANGEHERSTORY

Help us change the stories of those facing a breast cancer diagnosis. Your gift furthers world-class breast cancer research at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) and impacts essential patient care services at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital.

Our physicians and research teams are:

Working to predict severity, prognosis and response to treatments, in the earliest stages of breast cancer.
Studying the unique role of hormones and growth factors in the onset and progression of breast cancer.
Leveraging the latest genetic technology to better understand breast cancer drug resistance.
Studying how to individualize treatment of breast cancer before it spreads.

Much of our research becomes part of life-saving clinical trials. UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Magee conduct groundbreaking clinical research that contributes to an ongoing, new understanding of breast cancer treatment. Our scientists are currently running more than 20 clinical trials.

By supporting our science, you’ll help us bring new treatments and new hope to patients and their families. Thank you for helping us transform women’s lives today – and for generations to come.

Their Stories #CHANGEHERSTORY

Yolanda Murphy

‘Passion with a focus:’ After breast cancer, Yolanda Murphy builds a bridge to young survivors

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Siobhan Huck

Diagnosed in pregnancy, one woman redefines what it means to survive

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Deanne Whitley

By opting out of surgery, a courageous survivor may help redefine the cancer experience.

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Kathy Kulka

A career committed to research, and life-long friendship guide cancer patient’s success

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Adrian Lee, PhD & Steffi Oesterreich, PhD

‘Breast cancer is our passion:’ Husband and wife deliver a one-two scientific punch

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Carola Neumann, MD

Principal Investigator, Magee-Womens Research Institute

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The Women's Cancer Research Center: A Collaboration for Life

The Women’s Cancer Research Center (WCRC) is a collaboration between the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI). The mission of the WCRC is to reduce the incidence of and death from women’s cancers. This mission is achieved through the development and fostering of clinical research aimed at translating our discoveries into improved patient care.

Research programs focus mainly on breast and ovarian cancers, but also include other gynecological cancers. The WCRC is also focused on programs designed to educate and develop the next generation of researchers and physicians in women’s cancers.