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No Health Insurance? Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment on a Budget

What do you do when you’ve lost your job, you have no health insurance, and you find a lump in your breast?   Or you have a job but have no insurance, and make too much money to qualify for Medicaid?   Or… name your own financial/healthcare nightmare here. Including “I had a great job, I lost it, and now I have no... Read moreChevron
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Raising Funds for Cancer Research: Support the Little Guys

It seems like everyone has a hand out for a handout these days.From the little boys in baseball uniforms shaking cans of coins at you as you exit the supermarket, to the classy fund-raising letter you get from your local hospital—everyone needs money. Not surprising; with the economy just barely beginning to resurrect itself from the... Read moreChevron
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2008 War on Cancer Bill Aims to Improve Research, Treatment and Follow-up Care

What do U.S. Senators Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) have in common?Not their choice of which Presidential candidate to stump for, certainly. Not gender. Not geography. But they do have a common interest: cancer. Senator Kennedy for obvious reasons: he has an inoperable brain tumor. Senator Hutchison for unknown... Read moreChevron
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Stand Up to Cancer TV fundraiser Aims to Facilitate Cancer Research in New Ways

The word “change” has been in the news a lot lately, courtesy of Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama’s campaign ads. And change has been in the air, too, as summer’s heat gives way to fall. Is it possible the pace of cancer research is about to change, as well?Stand Up To Cancer, the much-touted TV cancer... Read moreChevron
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The Good and Bad of Susan G. Komen For the Cure

That colossus of breast cancer advocacy and research funding, Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, launched a new media campaign Tuesday, 19 months after a massive 25th anniversary celebration featuring a slew of edgy ads. (“If you’re going to stare at my breasts…”)The current promotion, called Imagine, features Komen’s... Read moreChevron

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