This Sunday, April 27, the Municipal Stadium of Los Corrales de Buelna will host one of Cantabria’s largest solidarity events: the 15th edition of “Luchamos por la vida” (“We Fight for Life”). Every year, this initiative brings together sports, social commitment, and support for scientific research — and this time, it returns with an ambitious goal: to break the Guinness World Record for the largest human pink ribbon, surpassing the current record of 8,264 people.
The event will kick off at 10:30 a.m. and will feature activities for all ages: children’s workshops, sports exhibitions, raffles, music, and the much-anticipated solidarity walk, which this year will be launched by footballer David Villa. In addition to aiming for a historic show of unity in the fight against cancer, the event has a strong research focus: all proceeds go to support scientific projects targeting this disease.
This year, the organizers will donate €20,000 to a project developed by the Melatonin and Breast Cancer Research Group at the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL), led by Dr. Virginia Álvarez García and Dr. Carlos Sainz Fernández. Their study addresses one of the most pressing challenges in modern oncology: understanding how aggressive breast tumors — such as triple-negative and HER2+ — develop resistance to treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
The research team is analyzing the role of a key protein, PKCϴ, in the DNA repair mechanisms that enable tumor cells to survive treatment-induced damage. Understanding these processes could lead to new therapeutic approaches that block the tumor’s ability to recover, increasing the effectiveness of current treatments and lowering the risk of relapse.
At IDIVAL, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to the “Luchamos por la vida” organization and everyone taking part for their commitment to science and health. Events like this one show that biomedical research is a cause that unites us all — and that every step (or every race bib) counts in the fight against cancer.
Would you like to be part of this historic and meaningful challenge?
There’s still time to sign up for just €3, which will go entirely to support cancer research. Click here to register
See you this Sunday in Los Corrales de Buelna!
