Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. Participants were treated to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. Coburn also debuted her soon-to-be released single “Ain’t No Rodeo.”The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Country singer Candy Coburn poses on the National Mall. Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. Participants were treated to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. Coburn also debuted her soon-to-be released single “Ain’t No Rodeo.”The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. The morning’s festivities opened with the Parade of Pink, as nearly 3,500 breast cancer survivors and international representatives marched into the mall to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. Participants were treated to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. Coburn also debuted her soon-to-be released single “Ain’t No Rodeo.”The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. Participants were treated to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. Coburn also debuted her soon-to-be released single “Ain’t No Rodeo.”The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. Participants were treated to a live performance of “Pink Warrior,” an inspiring song by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn. Coburn also debuted her soon-to-be released single “Ain’t No Rodeo.”The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. Honorary Chair, Dr. Jill Biden, a long-time advocate for breast health education and wife of Vice President Joe Biden, addressed the day’s participants during the opening ceremonies. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. Honorary Chair, Dr. Jill Biden, a long-time advocate for breast health education and wife of Vice President Joe Biden, addressed the day’s participants during the opening ceremonies. She was accompanied by her granddaughters seen here exiting the stage. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Close to 50,000 breast cancer survivors and activists descended on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on June 5, 2010 for the 21st annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure. Honorary Chair, Dr. Jill Biden, a long-time advocate for breast health education and wife of Vice President Joe Biden, addressed the day’s participants during the opening ceremonies. The event raises millions of dollars for the fight against breast cancer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)