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Giving Breast Cancer Survivors Options

David Matthau — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:04:45 +0000

A New Jersey Congressman has reintroduced legislation that would help educate women about breast reconstruction and care options following cancer treatments.

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Angelina Jolie Says She Had Double Mastectomy

Townsquare News Network — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:50:21 +0000

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

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Advanced Breast Cancer Edges Up in Younger Women

Townsquare News Network — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:09:50 +0000

A new study finds that advanced breast cancer cases have increased slightly among young women. It's still uncommon in women younger than 40, and experts are uncertain about the reasons for the increase.

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Christie Declares Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week

Christina LoBrutto — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:57:09 +0000

Governor Chris Christie has officially declared the week of Oct. 21-27 as "Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week" to spread the word that breast cancer does not only affect women.

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Men at Risk for Breast Cancer As Well – Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Christina LoBrutto — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:52:15 +0000

Breast cancer awareness is often directed toward women, but it is important for men to be informed as well.

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Women Over 40, Have You Had a Mammogram? [AUDIO]

Kelly Waldron — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:00:28 +0000

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and officials with the Cancer Institute of New Jersey are urging all women to take charge of their health and get routine breast screenings.

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Study: `Smart Bomb' Drug Attacks Breast Cancer

Townsquare News Network — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:00:48 +0000

A combination of drugs that acts as a sort of "smart bomb" against breast cancer cells without damaging healthy ones has undergone successful early testing.

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Forget the Politics, Give to Komen for a Cure

Steve Trevelise — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:30:20 +0000

Six weeks after our sons Albert and Lennon were born ,my wife Deneen went for a postpartum checkup. What they found was a lump in her right breast. Within weeks it was diagnosed as invasive ductal carcinoma, another way of saying breast cancer. What followed was a lumpectomy, 16 weeks of chemotherapy, 6 weeks of radiation , and 18 months of a drug called Herceptin. She’s currently on a drug called tamoxifen which blocks her body from producing estrogen. During this ordeal she lost all her hair an a considerable amount of weight.

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