Breast Cancer Expert Cancer Vixen shares Breast Cancer management news and commentary at MyBreastCancerNetwork.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/51098/cancer-bitch Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:46:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen Did you know that dogs can get breast cancer? My dear friend Julia Szabo, who has the pet column in the New York Post, covers the sad fact that yes, dogs can get breast cancer,too. In her video, Dr. Andrew Kaplan, of City Veterinary Care, will tell you the facts. There's good news in her too, getting her dog Lupa, (a pit bull she adopted from the ASPCA) tested prompts Julia to get a mammogram for the first time. (Look for Yours... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/51098/cancer-bitch http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/46614/interviewed Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:47:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen   On October 1, the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I talked to the co-creator of the Pink Ribbon, the Founder of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Patron Saint of Breast Cancer herself, Evelyn Lauder.Evelyn Lauder: You're the first blogger I interviewed with.Marisa Acocella Marchetto: Really? Well, I hope it's good for you! Here we go. Evelyn, what made you start the BCRF?EL: I was looking for an existing charity to... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/46614/interviewed http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/45657/breast-left Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:51:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen On Friday, October 17th, National Mammography Day, Cancer Vixen partnered with New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the American Cancer Society and St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan at a press conference, to launch the "No Breast Left Behind" campaign. The "No Breast Left Behind" campaign, will raise awareness of the importance of funding mammograms for uninsured and underinsured women, a group more than twice as likely to be diagnosed... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/45657/breast-left http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/45078/population Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:02:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM!!! It's National Mammography Day on October 17, 2008! If you're 40 and over, or over 35 with a family history of breast cancer, make sure you get screened! And if you are uninsured or underinsured, and live anywhere near New York City, let me tell you where to go.         FREE Mammograms are sponsored by the Cancer Vixen Fund at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York. Friday... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/45078/population http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/42560/corporate Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:47:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen   I'm blogging from the Bath & Body Works in the Dadeland Mall in Miami, where I just did another in-store appearance, and as I was looking at the beautiful display, cakes, coffee and the happy hosts, this occurred to me: Memo to Corporate America... Do you want to increase traffic in your store?   Do you want to establish good will with your customers?   Do you want your products in magazines, get a buzz going... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/42560/corporate http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/42422/atlanta Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:13:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen GREETINGS FROM ATLANTA!   Wow. My first tour stop is here in Atlanta. And I'm with the Mastermind behind the Cancer Vixen-C.O. Bigelow line, the Fashionisto*Activisto himself, Ian Ginsberg! The Bath & Body Works people in Atlanta were amazing! They surprised me with cookies in the shape of shoes with magenta icing, (they were DEEEE-LISH!!!) magenta flowers and Fuji water with magenta ribbons tied around the bottles. The... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/42422/atlanta http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/42244/fashionista Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:42:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen SPECIALLY FORMULATED FOR FASHIONISTA* ACTIVISTAS, the limited edition Cancer Vixen - C.O. Bigelow Collection is out now, and $250,000 has already been donated to the BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION - THANK YOU C.O. BIGELOW!   Now, here's the inside scoop on how it happened... and the story behind the Cancer Vixen Survival Kit.   I was approached by my bff, West Village Icon Ian Ginsberg, 3rd Generation proprietor of C.O. BIGELOW... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/42244/fashionista http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/37376/diagnosis Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:31:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen It's easy to blame John Edwards - AND WE SHOULD. But what about Rielle Hunter? (Love the last name - talk about on the nose!)   It's bad enough to have to hear about a woman hitting on a married man, but to do it when the wife is going through a life-threatening illness and brag about it, to put your friends up to talk about it on your behalf on national television, to accept payment of campaign funds, to get paid off (and we all know... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/37376/diagnosis http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/34642/mammograms Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:04:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen Do I have to BEG?My oncologist, Dr. Paula Klein, and Nurse Practioner Mary Ann Guiliano were really happy about the Free Mammograms screening.   I was so grateful to have the opportunity and the ability to start the CANCER VIXEN FUNd which benefits uninsured women, as you know, I was one of 47 million uninsured when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.BUT I WAS A LITTLE UPSET...Maybe it was record-breaking heatwave here in... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/34642/mammograms http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/34645/spalapalooza Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:12:00 -0000 Cancer Vixen Here's what the New York Post Page Six wrote about it: It was a bash for breasts, but all eyes were focused below the belt on the blue-polished big toenails (with hand-painted yellow scorpions) of Silvano Marchetto. At the Cancer Vixen Spalapalooza! benefit for the Breast Clinic at St. Vincent's Hospital for uninsured women, the restaurateur showed off his toenails painted by the Cancer Vixen herself, cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto. Steve... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/34645/spalapalooza