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posted 11/08/2009, comments (0)

Two Years Out: How's Your Emotional Health

Once upon a time no one studied breast cancer survivors' emotional health. Not enough survived; both doctors and patients assumed survivors should be grateful and move on with their lives. Now that 89% of breast cancer patients live at least five years, researchers are starting to look at survival issues. In... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/04/2009, comment (1)

Young women and breast health -- support the EARLY Act

I am happy to see the community debating the EARLY Act on this site. Approximately 36,000 new breast cancer cases are diagnosed in US women under the age of 50 each year -- more than the total number of cervical and ovarian cancers diagnosed annually. Even still, too many young women are told not to worry about breast cancer. The EARLY Act... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/22/2009, comments (0)

IBC Research Foundation: Kitchen Table Activists

October 16, 2009 the IBC Research Foundation in cooperation with the Milburn Foundation awarded a grant to Diane Palmieri, Ph.D. to study how inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) can metastasize to the brain. Dr. Palmieri, who is a National Cancer Institute staff scientist, is working with mouse models to understand how IBC... Read more Chevron

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Laura A. Learn-Hack

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posted 10/21/2009, comments (2)

a new phase is upon me

Yesterday I recieved my Oncotype dx Taylor X study results. After waiting 14 days I didnt even know if i wanted the result anymore. I had sort of gotten comfortable put cancer behind me, safely away where I didnt have to face it everyday. But here it is again. So this is the deal. The trial goes like this. (this test determines... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/03/2009, comments (10)

Tears and Rainbows: Ginny Mason, Cancer Advocate

Ginny Mason was only forty years old when sharp, shooting pains started in her breast. She thought the pains must be part of premenopausal changes. Then she noticed her bra didn't fit right. No it couldn't be swelling; maybe her bra was just old and stretched out. "You try to justify things because you don't want to... Read more Chevron

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