/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Government of Canada and Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to make important research announcement on breast cancer in young women/

TORONTO, June 12, 2014 /CNW/ - Ms. Stella Ambler, Member of Parliament for Mississauga South, and Mr. Patrick Brown, Member of Parliament for Barrie will join Ms. Sandra Palmaro, Co-CEO of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, and Dr. Stephen Robbins, Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research, to announce the team selected to lead a new national research program on breast cancer in young women.

This is a first-of-its-kind partnership between CIHR and CBCF and one of the largest grants ever awarded in this area.  They will be joined by members of the research team and a young mother and breast cancer survivor who will share her story.

When:	Monday, June 16, 2014
	10:00 a.m.
Where:	Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
	20 Victoria Street, 6th Floor
	Toronto, ON M5C 2N8

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SOURCE: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

David Coulombe, CIHR Media Relations, 613-941-4563; Yvette Thornley, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, 416-815-1313, ext. 284