Susan G. Komen for the Cure Signs Lease at Pew's Nonprofit Village

"This is a critical time in this country for health care reform and the war on cancer. By establishing firm roots here in the nation's capital, we are signaling that we plan to be actively engaged on behalf of the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors living in the U.S. and the people that love them," said Ambassador Brinker. "At the same time, cancer rates are rising at alarming rates in many regions of the world and there are significant economic and cultural barriers that prevent even the most basic care. It's a disease that is expected to kill 10 million people globally in 25 years without intervention. This must change, and from this office, we will work to do just that."