Through our partnership with the Women's Cancer Programs of EIF, the dollars donated through Lee National Denim Day will directly fund the early detection and treatment research and community breast cancer programs detailed below:

Not only will your dollars directly support major research initiatives at six of the leading research institutions in the country, but each of the six institutions will establish laboratories named after the program. Translational laboratories are marked on the map above in blue.

The six institutions are working together – a first in the research world – and Lee National Denim Day funding will help dramatically increase the rate at which laboratory breakthroughs can be translated to more effective therapies for patients.

WATCH VIDEOS to learn more about the treatment research from Dennis Slamon, M.D., Ph.D. and Director of the UCLA School of Medicine.

Lee National Denim Day funds will support the EIF Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery Project – a multi-year effort led by world-class scientists to develop a blood test for the early detection of breast cancer. This project is an unprecedented collaboration between nationally and internationally recognized scientific leaders focused on a singular goal – to discover biomarkers that can detect breast cancer when it can be cured.

Biomarker Discovery Project institutions are marked on the map above in black.

WATCH VIDEOS to learn more about the Breast Cancer Biomaker Discovery Project from Lee Hartwell, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Funds collected through Lee National Denim Day will also allow the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund to create a unique multi-media web-based and print resource dedicated to providing individuals with breast cancer, those at risk, and their families and friends all the tools they need to make informed decisions about all issues in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. This resource will allow them to become advocates for themselves and others.

WATCH VIDEOS to learn more about how Denim Day funds support the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund.