Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Whitney Zelig walked around the streets of NYC with a camera in her bra to raise breast cancer awareness during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Regular breast screenings save lives and with October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, doctors are urging both women and men to get mammograms.

Not only did Weichert present a check to the American Cancer Society of more than $200K, but the total has now topped $1.6 million.

"It's a sign of strength to be able to seek out that level of support," said Jill Kaplan, program director for Cancer Support Community Central New Jersey.

Call 800-283-1015 during the program to ask a question about breast cancer on-air, or join the Facebook Live chat to ask the experts there directly.

The sample size of male patients is always so small, there's no opportunity for clinical trials.

New Jersey women are diagnosed with breast cancer more than any other form of the life-changing disease.

It was 12 years ago, during a postpartum checkup, that a lump was found in my wife Deneen's right breast.

If a parent should ever have to deal with the tough task of telling a young child that the parent has a serious illness, the likely first word out of the child's mouth is predictable: "Why?"

When Jennifer Waller found out she had colon cancer last month the 32-year old mother of two knew she wanted to fight back and raise awareness for early screening.