Yes, I know. It's Breast Cancer Awareness month. Aside from the fact that every month is breast cancer awareness month for many of us, exactly what does the "awareness" mean? We recently conducted a survey to answer that question. If "awareness" means that the public is knowledgeable about breast cancer, our survey... Read more
You must know that next month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Everywhere you turn, there will be a sea of pink. Pink stickers on cars, pink pins, pink buildings and bridges, even airplanes painted pink. How nice. I decided years ago that I've had it with pink: I want action. And action is what the National Breast Cancer Coalition is all... Read more
I want an end to breast cancer. That is my ultimate goal. I want to know we can stop worrying that our mothers, daughters, sisters and friends may become one of the more than three million women living with breast cancer in the U.S. I know it won't happen this year. But this year we can at least get Congress to be more serious about this goal.... Read more
Breast Cancer is a political issue. The majority of research dollars come from the federal government, hundreds of millions of dollars a year to the world-wide scientific community. How many millions is a decision made by our elected officials. Medicare and Medicaid coverage decisions, often followed by private insurers, are a government function.... Read more
September 2007 will be the twentieth anniversary of my breast cancer diagnosis. Like most of us who have heard the words "you have breast cancer", I found it difficult to imagine a future, yet here I am. And I constantly think about the fact that since my diagnosis more than 860,000 women and nearly 9,000 men have died of this disease -... Read more
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