The Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research is a unique 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that raises funds for highly-focussed research in the field of early detection and prevention of women's cancers. Created in 1998 in memory of Lynne Cohen by her three daughters (then in their twenties), the Lynne Cohen Foundation is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art patient care for women and families at increased-risk of breast and ovarian cancer through the Lynne Cohen Preventive Care Programs; supporting research aimed at finding an ovarian cancer early detection test; and to funding highly-focussed, multi-institutional research which will lead to effective prevention strategies and interventions to improve the quality of life and survival rates of women with breast and ovarian cancer.

RESEARCH GRANTS 2008

I. LYNNE COHEN PREVENTIVE CARE PROGRAMS
The Lynne Cohen High Risk Screening & Prevention Project for Ovarian & Breast Cancer, MD Anderson Cancer Center;

The Lynne Cohen Cancer Screening & Prevention Clinic at Bellevue Hospital Center, NYU Cancer Institute (for underserved women);

The Lynne Preventive Care Clinic for Women’s Cancer at USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center;

The Lynne Cohen Breast Cancer Preventive Care Program at NYU Cancer Institute;

Lynne Cohen Preventive Care Program for Women's Cancers at University of Alabama at Birmingham

II. LYNNE COHEN REGISTRY

  Project Goal

The long-term goal of this project is to support and facilitate cross-institutional research which will lead to effective prevention strategies and interventions to eliminate the morbidity and mortality due to ovarian and breast cancers.  The immediate goal of the Lynne Cohen Registry is to collect information on patients who have been seen at any one of Lynne Cohen Consortium of Prevention Clinics:  USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, NYU Cancer Center, and the University of Alabama Cancer Center.

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III. GRANT SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR THE FOLLOWING:

"Study of the Incidence of BRCA Mutations Unselected Latina/Hispanic Ovarian Cancer Patients” in partnership with USC/Norris and LAC+USC Medical Center