COME CELEBRATE ISRAEL AT THE

NYC 5K RUN/WALK

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF
RABIN MEDICAL CENTER

SIXTH ANNUAL

BEFORE THE CELEBRATE ISRAEL PARADE

HELP ERADICATE BREAST & OVARIAN CANCER

Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park

Battery Place, NYC
Sunday, June 5, 9:00 am
RAIN OR SHINE

REGISTER / DONATE
afrmc.kintera.org/schlep16
212-279-2522 afrmc.org

Children $18 Adults $36

CANCER SURVIVORS
WALK / RUN FOR FREE
SPONSORED BY

SUPPORTED BY

CONGREGATION
OHAB ZEDEK

WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE

WITH BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER

MOTHER. WIFE. SISTER. DAUGHTER. FRIEND. SURVIVOR

FACT: Join the only Jewish Walk/Run in the
world to benefit a BRCA Multidisciplinary
Clinic that serves women and men at high risk
of breast and ovarian cancer at Israels Rabin
Medical Centers Davidoff Cancer Center.
FACT: Rabin Medical Center partners with
Memorial Sloan Kettering and Dana Farber to
eradicate cancer.
FACT: 1 in 7 Jewish women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Over 22,000
women will develop ovarian cancer annually
in the USA. These forms of cancer are more
prevalent among Jewish women in the USA
and Israel.
FACT: 10% of breast cancer patients carry a
mutation in the BRCA genes, facing an 80%
chance of developing breast or ovarian cancer.

FACT: 2% of the Israeli population carries

the mutated gene, (higher than other ethnic
groups). Israeli women with a family history
of multiple malignancies, especially breast
and ovarian cancer, are routinely offered the
BRCA gene test at Rabin Medical Center.
FACT: Proceeds from this event benefit
the BRCA Multidisciplinary Clinic at Israels
Rabin Medical Center, a unique early management, life-saving clinic. Women will be
spared by early detection screening and
follow-up for breast and ovarian cancer.
FACT: The Davidoff Cancer Center at Rabin
includes six units and clinics and seven departments to provide treatment for various
types of cancer and will be expanded to twice
its present size by 2017.

RABIN MEDICAL CENTER

ONCOLOGY ANNUAL STATISTICS
TA M I D
THE DOWNTOWN
SYNAGOGUE

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American Friends of Rabin Medical Center
636 Broadway, Suite 218, NY, NY 10012

71,785 Outpatient Visits

50,175 Radiation Therapy Treatments
37,502 Chemotherapy Treatments
10,124 Integrative Medicine Unit

212-279-2522 www.afrmc.org

Looking for the fastest member of the NYC Jewish community.

We invite runners of all ages to compete for the title of fastest 5K Schlepper!

Peter G. Riguardi, CHAIRMAN Ron Cohen, PRESIDENT

Joshua Eli Plaut, Ph.D., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

TO DONATE OR REGISTER FOR THE NYC 5K SCHLEP RUN/WALK

American Friends of Rabin Medical Center is a 501(c)3.

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