Dr. Kathleen T. Ruddy, a breast cancer surgeon, created the Breast Health & Healing Foundation in April 2008 when, after years treating patients, she came to the realization that working toward a "cure" was simply not enough. She realized that even if she could cure every single woman with breast cancer, there would still be hundreds of new cases every day — more than a million new cases around the world each year. No, "cure" was not enough. Dr. Ruddy knew there were plenty of breast cancer foundations, some of them very powerful. Undaunted by the prospects of competing with giants, Dr. Ruddy pressed on, because THIS FOUNDATION IS DIFFERENT. Dr. Ruddy is looking for the causes of breast cancer — the "pure cure." Dr. Ruddy realized that despite the fact that the world was awash in pink ribbons it was, nevertheless, time for a CHANGE. It was time for a new way of thinking about breast cancer: it was time to discover the causes of breast cancer and use that knowledge to prevent the disease. In her own words, "We must find the causes of breast cancer, and we must use this knowledge to prevent the disease." Dr. Ruddy’s journey in the fight against breast cancer began in 1973, when her own mother was diagnosed with the disease. Dr. Ruddy’s career over the past thirty-five years has continued her unrelenting quest to understand the nature of this disease. Dr. Ruddy created the Breast Service at Clara Maass Medical Center in 1995. She has cared for thousands of women with breast <b>…</b>
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