Komen San Diego is the only organization that studies the County to identify the gaps in breast health care and access. We determine the most critical needs and work to increase access to early detection and quality treatment.
Komen San Diego provides financial assistance for breast cancer patients’ most critical needs during treatment. Support includes:
To access Komen’s financial assistance fund, contact Jewish Family Service at 858-637-3210 or breastcancersupport@JFSSD.org
BREAST CANCER SCREENING & DIAGNOSTIC FUNDFor women and men who are under-insured, uninsured and do not qualify for the state-funded program, Every Woman Counts, Komen San Diego’s breast cancer screening and diagnostic fund covers the costs of clinical breast exams, screening mammograms and diagnostic services.
For help accessing a free or low-cost clinical breast exam or screening mammogram, call 858-573-2760 or email info@sdkomen.org.
Komen San Diego funds mammograms on mobile mammography coaches to provide breast cancer screening where women work, live, pray or shop. Go to KomenSanDiego.org to find an event near you.
When a breast screening test reveals something abnormal, a follow-up test, known as a “diagnostic service,” is needed. Komen San Diego’s Diagnostic Fund covers the cost for:
• Mammograms
• Surgical consultations
• MRIs
• Breast biopsies
• Ultrasounds
• Ancillary services
For more information on how to access the Komen San Diego’s Diagnostic Fund, click here.
Care coordinators develop a personalized care plan for each breast cancer patient to help decrease barriers to treatment and provide linkages to support services. This program prioritizes metastatic breast cancer patients, low-income, uninsured and underserved patients, as well as breast cancer patients facing physical or transportation barriers.
San Diego: To access Komen San Diego’s Intensive Care Coordination Program, contact Jewish Family Service at (858) 637-3210 or breastcancersupport@JFSSD.org
South Bay: To access Komen San Diego’s Care Coordination Program in the South Bay, contact Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista at (619) 862-6612 or lugo.sabrina@scrippshealth.org
KOMEN HELPLINE• Support and counseling to anyone with questions or concerns
• Support groups for men and women diagnosed with breast cancer
• Low-cost mammography resources
• Additional financial assistance
Clinical trial information such as:
• Knowing when to consider a clinical trial
• How to find a clinical trial
• How to decide which trial is best
• What to expect during a trial
BREAST HEALTH COLLABORATIVEKomen San Diego leads a quarterly breast health collaborative to ensure the professional breast health community works together to identify best practices, build consensus, and provide a unified voice about the unmet needs of San Diego County and direction of breast cancer policy and care.
PUBLIC POLICYReal change can only come from changing the system. Komen is the non-partisan voice for more than 3.5 million breast cancer survivors and the people who love them. Komen translates the Komen promise to end breast cancer forever into action at all levels of government.
To reduce the incidence of late stage breast cancer among San Diego’s at-risk populations, the Susan G. Komen San Diego team provides breast health education outreach to address the absence of consistent and accurate breast health and cancer information in the African American and Latinx communities.
RESEARCHSusan G. Komen is the largest nonprofit funder of breast cancer research outside of the U.S. government and much of that investment has been awarded to scientists in San Diego. Nearly 70 percent of our research investment is focused on metastatic disease.