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California Cancer Research Ballot Initiative Honors Cancer Victims & Fighters

  Campaign loses two of its own in 2011 to America’s second biggest killer       Sacramento, CA – The campaign to pass a June 2012 ballot initiative, the California Cancer Research Act (CCRA), today unveiled a new website inviting Californians to honor loved ones whose lives have been lost to cancer, heart and... Read moreChevron
posted 11/01/2011, comment (1)|
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Phyllis Johnson

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor
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Cancer, Anger, Fear, and Love

My annual oncology appointment was in the late afternoon, so I was sitting alone in the large waiting room when they came in.  The young man with a scraggly beard and long pony tail rising up from the crown of his shaved head paced back and forth in the tiny check-in cubicle while a tiny, little old lady sat in the chair.  I could hear... Read moreChevron
posted 10/28/2011, comment (1)|
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PJ Hamel

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Do You REALLY Need a Regular Mammogram?

“Mammogram’s Role as Savior is Tested,” an article published in today’s New York Times health section, questions whether our reliance on mammograms as an early detection tool translates to saving lives. Researchers’ answers? Not for the majority of women. So, should we stop having regular screening mammograms? Or is... Read moreChevron
posted 10/25/2011, comments (4)|
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When Your Body Didn't Read the Textbook: Diagnosing Breast Conditions with Unusual Symptoms

A reader wrote in concerned that she might have inflammatory breast cancer (IBC).  Although she had three of the symptoms of IBC--redness, swelling, and warmth--her doctors were confident that she couldn't have IBC.  She did not have the characteristic skin dimpling of IBC, and only part of her breast was affected.  Yet five... Read moreChevron
posted 10/16/2011, comments (0)|
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Survivorship: Cancer is Forever

The Cancer Support Community (CSC), a global project seeking to understand the needs and challenges of cancer survivors, issued a press release this morning summarizing data collected from over 1,000 breast cancer survivors.  Not surprisingly, that data shows that breast cancer survivors face lasting physical and emotional challenges as a... Read moreChevron
posted 10/11/2011, comments (5)|
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