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Preventive mastectomy simply a matter of life and death
Fear of cancer is a horrible thing. It stays with you all day long, and it wakes you up at night. I didn't want to live with that, especially when I knew I could do something about it. Like Angelina Jolie, I have a genetic mutation that increased my...
Tags: Family, Mother's Day, U.S. Supreme Court, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer
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Angelina Jolie, the BRCA mutation and me
Late Monday night, friends and colleagues started sending me Angelina Jolie's op-ed about her decision to have a double mastectomy. Like Jolie, I have the mutation in my BRCA1 gene that pushed my lifetime risk of developing breast cancer to nearly 90%....
Tags: Mother's Day, U.S. Supreme Court, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, The New York Times
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New options for breast cancer surgery treat women faster, gentler and preserve more tissue
AP Chief Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) — Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more...Tags: Breast Surgery, Surgery, Mastectomy, Angelina Jolie, Biotechnology
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3-D nipple tattoos a growing business in breast reconstruction
TribuneSheryl, a 49-year-old mother of two, never thought she would get a tattoo, but six months after a bilateral mastectomy to remove both her breasts, she plans to get not one but two tattoos. Sheryl’s family is riddled with breast cancer. When she was...Tags: Surgery, Arts and Culture, Breast Cancer, Artists, Radiation Therapy
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Area artist helps pioneer 3-D nipple tattoos for breast cancer patients
After undergoing treatment for breast cancer, Lillie Shockney, the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center, had nipple reconstruction — twice. Despite the many shades of patients' skin tone, "The color choices for doing it in the...
Tags: Breast Surgery, Surgery, Breast Cancer, Saudi Arabia, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Cancer's funny?
Not long after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994, Christine Clifford walked into her local Barnes and Noble with a simple request: "I'd like to see all of your humorous books about cancer." The clerk shot her a dirty look: "That's sick."...
Tags: The Big C (tv program), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Seth Rogen, Apple iTunes, Oncology
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Yvette Kaweblum
Grateful that a breast examination as part of a study of an automated ultrasound device led to her cancer diagnosis, Yvette Kaweblum testified at a Food and Drug Administration hearing in Washington, D.C. in April. The device was approved by the FDA...
Tags: Washington, DC, Lobbying, X-rays, Mastectomy, Radiology
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Amy Byer Shainman
Faced with a family history of breast, ovarian and uterine cancers, and a high likelihood that she might get one or more of the cancers, Amy Byer Shainman underwent a preventive double mastectomy with reconstruction surgery and a hysterectomy. "Surgery...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Cervical Cancer, Mastectomy, Palm Beach County, Hysterectomy
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Click here for breast cancer awareness events
BROWARD Through October Exhibt: Stories to Share Part IV North Regional Library, Coconut Creek Guests are invited to stop by the library’s art gallery to view Susan Buzzi’s book of photographs and stories from breast cancer survivors. Call...Tags: American Cancer Society, Halloween, Brunch, Surgery, Macy's
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Breast Cancer Awareness: Breast Reconstruction
PIX11.comArmen Kasabian, MD is Chief of Plastic Surgery and Reconstruction in the North Shore-LIJ Health System, and an Assistant Professor of Surgery NYU School of Medicine. He stopped by to tell us about breast reconstruction options. 1. All patients must be...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, Reconstruction, Obesity
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'CNN Heroes' recognizes Bellevue woman helping young breast cancer patients
CNNJust a year before turning 40, Judy Haley was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer that required an immediate mastectomy. The procedure and the treatments that followed left her fatigued, nauseated and in so much pain that she couldn't pick...Tags: Surgery, CNN (tv network), Stress, Human Body, Health
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The Finishing Touch for Breast Cancer Survivors
The 33 NewsCindy Davis has come a long way--almost three years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer--chemotherapy took her hair but not her sense of humor or hope. She had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery--but something was still missing....Tags: Breast Surgery, Health, Surgery, Breast Cancer, Health Treatments
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