Tell a friend about breast cancer
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Jamaica Cancer Society will be intensifying its efforts to increase the level of awareness among women about the disease.
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WhatÂs a friend for? These days, to chime in on consultations. And then thereÂs synchronized surgery.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer cells have a lot in common with a cut finger.
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One out of every seven women will become a victim of breast cancer, but more than half of those who get the disease, beat it. On Friday, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a number of East Tennessee women are celebrating their survival.
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Lorie Williams thought for months that she might have a lump in her breast. But when the doctor said it was cancer, she was still stunned. After all, she was just 29 years old, no one in her family had ever had breast cancer, and she had never heard of anyone getting the disease so young.
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NEW YORK  - Women with breast cancer faced with treatment decisions are often not told by their surgeons about the possibility of breast reconstruction after a mastectomy, a study confirms. When these conversations do occur, many more women choose mastectomy, researchers found.
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&quot;Think pink&quot; is a familiar cry come October&#39;s Breast Cancer Awareness month. And the feminine shade is definitely something to keep in mind while shopping.
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Friends suggest that her increasing presence in her husbandâs campaign reflects a clarity that comes from her cancer diagnoses.
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My friend talks rapidly on the phone. Her husband has just been diagnosed with a rare skin cancer. It is a second marriage for both, a good marriage. But suddenly they've started to bicker. This is not like them. The change is scary. What is happening here?
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"Seven weeks is a long time to be running back and forth. Mentally and physically, it's very draining."  Women with early-stage breast tumors can undergo a shorter course of radiation without a greater risk that their cancer will come back years later, the largest study to test this suggests.The results are good news for women who must quit work or travel far to receive the five-week, daily treatments usually given.'This is very disruptive to your life. If we could achieve the same outcome with less frequent visits to the radiation center ... this would be a tremendous benefit,' said Dr. Julie Gralow of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Read more
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True or false: Breast cancer is less likely to strike a woman who has no family history of the disease. Believe it or not, the answer is &quot;false.
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NEW YORK  - A breast cancer family history,   as well as a woman's age and her own personal history of breast   cancer, may help identify women at increased risk of developing   ovarian cancer.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month is hard to miss. Its pink promotions are so pervasive during October that Halloween&#39;s orange-and-black motifs sometimes pale.
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(New Haven-WTNH, Oct. 22, 2004 1:05 PM ) _ One out of every seven women will get breast cancer in their lifetime. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 24 -- When gynecologist Samia al-Amoudi was found last year to have breast cancer, a disease that still carries an intense stigma in this conservative country where women are forced to cover in public, she decided to share the details in her newspaper column, shocking many...
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NEW YORK  - Being open and easy-going can  win you friends, and it probably won't raise your cancer risk  either, according to a study published Monday.
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This is the 20th year that October has been designated as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month to help educate women about breast cancer and the importance of early detection through mammography screening.