Over 35 years of Race for the Cure, treatments improve, survivor pool grows

IF SHE'S 40 YEARS OLD, THAT'S

GOOD SHELL. SHE DOES BEAUTIFUL.

>> WE'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE

DURHAM BULLS, ATHLETIC PARK

BEHIND US. HERE IT IS. TURNING

PINK FOR THE 30TH SUSAN G KOMEN

RACE FOR THE CURE. VENDORS ARE

SETTING THINGS UP RIGHT NOW

AHEAD OF THE BIG DAY, WRAL,

HEALTH REPORTER GRACE HABER

SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE EVENT'S

ORIGINAL ORGANIZERS ABOUT THE

PERSONAL MILESTONE THAT SHE

IS MARKING.

>> 35 YEARS CANCER FREE.

>> 35 YEARS OF MAKING THE MOST

OF EVERY MOMENT I PLAY

PICKLEBALL AND I WALK FOR LAURA

WHITMORE STAYING ACTIVE IS A

CRUCIAL PART. A DECADES LONG

MISSION TO PRIORITIZE HER

HEALTH HAD JUST TURNED. 31.

>> AND I WAS HAVING SOME PAIN

IN MY CHEST. SO I WENT TO THE

EMERGENCY ROOM. WHAT SHE

THOUGHT WAS ANXIETY TURNED OUT

TO BE CANCER. I WAS LIKE IN

MY 30'S. I WAS A NEW MOM.

>> AND

>> SO, YEAH, IT WAS A BIG

SURPRISE WHEN BART UNDERWENT

CHEMOTHERAPY AND LATER

RECONSTRUCTION WHEN SHE HIT

HER 5 YEAR MARK, SHE HELPED

PLAN THE TRIANGLE'S FIRST EVER

RACE FOR THE CURE. THESE ARE

THEIR SURVIVOR PHOTOS OVER THE

YEARS 2005, THE NUMBERS HAVE

GROWN PROMPTING NEW AND BIGGER

LOCATIONS IN THIS PHOTO.

I AM THERE FOR THE HAVE ON KIND

OF HAVE MY ARM AROUND MY

FRIEND. I REMEMBER THAT FIRST

YEAR. I CAN REMEMBER HOW MANY

WOMEN WE WERE, BUT IT WAS

DEFINITELY UNDER 110 OR 15

YEARS LATER. I CAN'T PICK

MYSELF OUT BECAUSE THERE'S

HUNDREDS OF WOMEN IN THE

SURVIVOR PHOTO AS THE DURHAM

BULLS ATHLETIC PARK TURNS PINK

FOR THIS YEAR'S SUSAN G KOMEN

RACE WITH GORE SAYS SHE'S

ENCOURAGED BY HOW FAR THINGS

HAVE COME. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE

DIDN'T JUST GO AROUND SAYING,

YOU KNOW, I HAVE CANCER OR, YOU

KNOW, MY MOM HAS CANCER.

I'M SO PROUD AT THE PROGRESS.

YOU KNOW, WOMEN'S HEALTH IS IS

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

CELEBRATING. 35 YEARS OF

SURVIVORSHIP. AND 35 YEARS OF

LIVING EVERY DAY TO THE