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After Inflammatory Breast Cancer: What Breast Cancer Awareness Month Means to Me

By Phyllis Johnson Health Expert

October is a time for memories.

 

Last Saturday I volunteered at our local Komen Race for the Cure and saw that I'm not the only one who remembers those who have struggled with breast cancer. Everywhere there were T-shirts, signs and pictures of those who have gone before us -- "In memory of" or "in celebration of."

 

I remember Thelma Robinson, my mother's sister. She was diagnosed when her grandchildren were small. Her treatment bought her seven years to watch them grow, but when the ...

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Changing The Face Of Cancer: Breast Cancer "Dream Team" Named
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...funding.   Two of those Dream Teams will study breast cancer: one focusing on women’s... Read more »

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Pregnant, With Breast Cancer: From Breast Biopsy to Can I Have My Baby Back, Please?
By Traci Mulder , Health Expert

...Traci Mulder, and I am 40 years old. I have been a breast cancer survivor for six years, since... Read more »

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Breast Cancer Recurrence: Is It Back?
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...day, I live comfortably with the fact that I have breast cancer. It’s invasive. It escaped... Read more »

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Dorothy Hamill's Breast Cancer Diagnosis: She’s One of Us
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...revealed Saturday that she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer . Join the club none of us... Read more »

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Where Will It Go? Metastatic Breast Cancer Part 3
By Phyllis Johnson , Health Expert

...   After breast cancer treatment, becoming obsessed with symptoms and worrying Read more »

Health Guide

Just Diagnosed with Breast Cancer? Breast Cancer Patient Stories and Information
... If you’ve just learned that you have breast cancer, you may be encountering some of the most anxious moments of your life. Although research has come a Read more »
Symptoms of Breast Cancer: Breast and Nipple Changes
...breast; if it’s tinged with blood; or if it’s clear and sticky.  In addition, a rare form of breast cancer, Paget’s disease, starts with a red, scaly, itchy rash, over and around the... Read more »
Types of Breast Cancer: Recurrent Breast Cancer
... Q. I had breast cancer in the past, and I’m really scared of it coming back. What can you tell me about recurrent breast Read more »
Participate in the American Cancer Society's Breast Cancer Event
... October 2: You can log more steps in the fight against breast cancer this October by participating in a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Sponsored by the Read more »
Run, Walk, and Skip to Support Breast Cancer Research
...you. Women all over the country have been walking, running, fundraising, and volunteering to help stop breast cancer in its tracks. Race for the Cure is the largest series of 5K fitness walks in... Read more »
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