Stater Bros. Super Rx Pharmacy Offers Free Breast Cancer Treatment Drug Tamoxifen During Month of October

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among U.S. women. During the month of October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Stater Bros. Super Rx Pharmacy will offer a free thirty-day supply, based on common dosing of Tamoxifen, a drug commonly used to treat breast cancer.  

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Tamoxifen decreases the chance of breast cancer coming back in women who have already received treatment and also helps to prevent breast cancer in women with a high risk of developing breast cancer.  To participate in the program, customers must have a valid doctor's prescription.  No membership or other commitment will be required to obtain the thirty-day supply.

"At some point in their lives almost everyone has been affected by cancer," stated Jack H. Brown, Stater Bros. Chairman and CEO.  "Stater Bros. Supermarkets believes in doing the right thing for the right reason, and we are so proud to be able to assist in the fight against cancer by offering this medication free of charge to those brave women battling this disease."

During the month of October, Stater Bros. Charities, the charitable arm of Stater Bros. Supermarkets, is also raising funds to help fight all forms of cancer by presenting the 3rd Annual Believe Walk, which will take place on Sunday, October 3, 2010, in Redlands California.  For more information, visit www.believeIE.com.  

Stater Bros. Super Rx Pharmacy is committed to offering healthy living programs for its customers, such as a Free Antibiotic Program that offers a 14-day supply of selected antibiotics, including refills, at no charge to anyone with or without health insurance coverage who presents a prescription.  Stater Bros. Super Rx Pharmacy has also introduced a $4 Generic Prescription Program.  Over 300 commonly prescribed medications are $4 for a 30-day supply or $10 for a 90-day supply.  

Stater Bros. Supermarkets was founded in 1936 in Yucaipa, California, and has grown steadily through the years to become the largest privately owned Supermarket Chain in Southern California and the largest private employer in both San Bernardino County and Riverside County, with annual sales in 2009 of $3.77 billion.  The Company currently operates 167 Supermarkets, and there are over 18,000 members of the Stater Bros. Supermarket Family.  Stater Bros. is the proud recipient of the "2010 Community Service Award" from America's Supermarket Industry and will celebrate its 75th Anniversary in 2011.

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