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Race for the Cure draws large crowd

Gay Royer, center, of Costa Mesa, a five-year cancer survivor, hoists a rose into the air as she listens to fellow survivors at this year's Susan G. Komen Orange County Race for the Cure at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. An estimated 30,000 breast cancer survivors, supporters and activists took part.

Gay Royer, center, of Costa Mesa, a five-year cancer survivor, hoists a rose into the air as she listens to fellow survivors at this year’s Susan G. Komen Orange County Race for the Cure at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. An estimated 30,000 breast cancer survivors, supporters and activists took part.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Thousands of breast cancer survivors, supporters and activists participate in the 2008 Susan G. Komen Orange County Race For The Cure.

Race for the Cure

Becky Keith, a nine-year breast cancer survivor, holds up a prayer pillow and a rose at the Susan G. Komen Orange County Race for the Cure in Newport Beach.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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A poster memorializing cancer victim Kathleen Dunham is posted on a tree as people participate in the coed 5-kilometer run/walk at the Susan G. Komen Orange County Race for the Cure in Newport Beach.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Race for the Cure

Sharon Murphy of Newport Beach, a one-year breast cancer survivor, celebrates and poses for snapshots after participating in the women’s 5-kilometer run/walk at the Susan G. Komen Orange County Race for the Cure.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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