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Phyllis Johnson

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor

Switching Employer Insurance Plans with Breast Cancer

Yesterday was my birthday, a very busy day at work.  I would have liked to rush home after work to enjoy a few quiet moments before my husband and I went out to celebrate.  But I had another meeting—an insurance meeting.   My employer is changing our health insurance options.  The employee contribution to the premium... Read moreChevron
Phyllis Johnson

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor

Diane Palmieri, Ph.D. Wins Grant to Study IBC can Metastasize to the brain

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 moreChevron
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Phyllis Johnson

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor

Breast Cancer Advocate Ginny Mason: Her Story

  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 moreChevron
Phyllis Johnson

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor

"It's the Kind that Black Women Get": IBC and the African American Community

"My friend died of breast cancer.  She wouldn't get any treatment.  It was that kind that black women get."   I had just met Bea, and in the course of our getting-to-know-each-other chat, she had mentioned that her husband was a one-year survivor of an aggressive cancer.  So I shared my story about being an eleven-year... Read moreChevron
Phyllis Johnson

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor

New Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Offers Promise

"Oh, yes. I've heard of IBC. It's that new type of breast cancer," people sometimes say to me. I can understand their reaction. When I was diagnosed in 1998, I had never heard of inflammatory breast cancer. Lately this most deadly form of breast cancer is getting more media attention, so people tend to assume if they have just now heard of IBC, it... Read moreChevron