Susan G. Komen More than Pink Walk: What you need to know [Video]

ST. LOUIS — June 8 is the Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk in St. Louis’ Tower Grove Park. Participants can register here.

One in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, according to Komen officials, and nearly 44,000 Americans die of breast cancer each year.

But there are much larger, encouraging numbers for cancer research and support. Those larger numbers have dollar signs in front of them. Komen officials said they are the largest nonprofit funder of breast cancer research outside of the U.S. government.

Still, in her journey, Komen-Missouri client Paris Chatman has learned that numbers are not her friend.

“When my breast cancer was found, it was at stage zero,” Chatman said. “That’s the stage where it’s considered to be curable.”

Later, Chatman discussed a series of photos displayed in her living …