Dr. Cliff Hudis. (Rob Rich)

Palm Beach - On February 6, 2012, at The Breakers in Palm Beach, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation's (BCRF) held its annual Hot Pink Luncheon and Symposium featuring a panel of three of the nation's most informed breast cancer experts.

Sharing the latest breast cancer research advances, each panelist highlighted content that defined the title of the Symposium - Breast Cancer: A Year of Progress and Promise. Neiman Marcus hosted an informal fashion presentation featuring exclusive pieces from its Spring 2012 collection.

More than 250 guests attended the event, which raised over $500,000 toward BCRF's mission to achieve prevention and a cure for breast cancer.

Panelists included Larry Norton, MD, BCRF Scientific Director (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center); Edith A. Perez, MD (Mayo Clinic); Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School). The Moderator was Clifford Hudis, MD (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center).


Underwriters for the event included Braver Philanthropic Fund, The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust, The Evelyn & Leonard Lauder Foundation, Credit Suisse, and Neiman Marcus.

Co-Chairmen were Donna Acquavella, Louise Braver, Betsey Green, Joanne de Guardiola, Sandy Krakoff, Hillie Mahoney, Pauline Pitt, Tricia Quick, Hilary Geary Ross, Frances Scaife, and Judith Schlager

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, founded by Evelyn H. Lauder in 1993, is an independent not-for-profit organization committed to funding scientific research to achieve prevention and a cure for breast cancer in our lifetime. In October 2011, BCRF awarded $36.5 million to 186 scientists across the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and China. With over 90 cents of every dollar donated currently being directed to breast cancer research and awareness programs, BCRF continues to remain fiscally responsible, while funding brilliant investigators at major medical institutions worldwide.