by
Sarah
Thursday, October 04 2007
From the Funky Winkerbean Web site: "For the first time in a comic strip, Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk has depicted the death of a young wife and mother from the recurrence of breast cancer. Lisa Moore, a major character who is battling breast cancer for a second time, succumbs to the disease on Oct. 4, 2007, leaving behind her... Read more
by
Sarah
Tuesday, August 28 2007
This morning I went to check out Newsday reporter Lauren Terrazzano's column "Life, With Cancer," to see what kind of pithy commentary she had on the Livestrong Presidential Cancer Forum. I had been reading and admiring Terrazzano's column on and off for months, as she documented her battle with lung cancer. To me,... Read more
by
Sarah
Thursday, March 01 2007
Emily Wax, a Washington Post foreign correspondent in her early 30's, was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. For the paper's Style section this week, she covered the Living Beyond Breast Cancer conference, which took place last weekend in Arlington, VA. "It's as close as you can get to having cancer and still... Read more