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Clinical Breast Care Project Background

The Clinical Breast Care Project (CBCP) is the outcome of the initial FY00 and subsequent Congressional appropriations, and consists of an extensive collaborative effort between Windber Medical Center (Windber, PA - 12th Congressional District of the Honorable John P. Murtha) and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, with funding management by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine.

Ultimate Goal of this project is to decrease morbidity and mortality of breast cancer among American Women. Through the interlacing of the five pillars, the CBCP will help lead the crusade against breast disorders with the following objectives in mind:

• Develop a comprehensive breast care center/system that enables health care providers with a multidisciplinary team approach to work toward a common goal.
• Empower women with breast cancer and other breast disorders with the decision-making tools and environment to enhance quality of life and to meet psychosocial needs of the patients and their families.

The five pillars of the CBCP of Walter Reed/Windber are (1) Risk Reduction (2) Focused Research (Genomics and Proteomics); (3) Tissue banking; (4) Biomedical informatics; and (5) Clinical Care. For more information, return to the home page and click on each pillar.