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Avon Breast Center Dedicated

The Avon Products Foundation Breast Center has been established at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center of Columbia University Medical Center. The center was created with a $12.2 million grant from the Avon Products Foundation for breast cancer research, clinical care, education, and outreach at CUMC.

At the dedication ceremony, from left: Gerald Fischbach, MD, vice president and dean, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Karen Antman, MD, director of the Cancer Center; Andrea Jung, CEO of Avon Products, Inc.; Mr. Irving; and Herbert Pardes, MD, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.