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According to the Breast Cancer Campaign, thousands of women still die from breast cancer yearly — because current treatments are not always effective and in some cases fail to kill the root of the disease.
In a comprehensive review of breast cancer research published today, 56 of the UK’s most influential breast cancer experts have identified […]
The leader in performance apparel and footwear - Under Armour- has launched its 5th annual “Power in Pink” campaign.
These, I got from Allison Blass (New Media Coordinator, MWW Group):
As part of the “Power in Pink” campaign, Under Armour is encouraging survivors and women currently living with breast cancer to share their inspirational stories of […]
How was your weekend people? Mine was just terrible, I was locked up inside the house. It has been raining non-stop the last week, including this weekend. A
t least on that front, my weekend just sucked. Otherwise, everything is good - great - in fact!
Meanwhile, I received the following email from Dianna McPhail (Designer […]
‘Desperate Housewives’ star Marcia Cross went to Capitol Hill last week, lobbying Congress to pass the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 to end “drive-through” mastectomies for women forced to leave the hospital hours after surgery.
Marcia Cross is campaigning to give women the choice to recuperate for at least 48 hours following a mastectomy […]
What if you submitted yourself to various cancer tests and you are asked to undergo the same thing again because the hospital screwed up the samples?
I bet you’ll be angry! I will be too.
Like what this woman experienced n in a Welsh hospital.
Deborah Martin, 43, has been told three separate biopsies for breast and stomach […]
A great new woman’s online community called Capessa has a feature video under its Health and Fitness section.
The feature video is entitled How I Used My Passion for Gardening to Fight Breast Cancer.
“My parents had been married for 62 years when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.”
My father had Alzheimer’s. My mother was his caretaker, […]
Approved by the FDA, a genetic test that can help in the assessment of risk of tumor recurrence and long-term survival for patients with relatively high-risk breast cancer - TOP2A FISH pharmDx - is the first approved device to test for the TOP2A (topoisomerase 2 alpha) gene in cancer patients.
The TOP2A gene plays a role […]
The quantity and identity of specific protein markers in the human saliva can be used as an early, non-invasive diagnostic test for breast cancer that can even be conducted by dentists.
Such were the findings of a new study by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
The study describes how the onset […]
36-year-old Canadian rocker Bif Naked admitted yesterday in the syndicated radio program “The Strombo Show” that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Recently married to Vancouver sports columnist Ian Walker, the singer (real name: Beth Torbert) stated in the said show:
“I have never been one to give up when an obstacle is placed in front […]
Here’s another celebrity that is in the news this week but sort of in a delicate way because of cancer.
Who can forget former Olympic gold medalist, figure skater Dorothy Hamill? Even if the rest of the world doesn’t know her, America knows her very well.
She is such a public figure who one (or two?) […]
Cancer therapies, healing, and society.
Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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