Tag Archives: Breast Cancer

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  Buddy Check 6: Tissue bank advances cancer research

  Did you know that cancer patients can donate their tissue to a bank where it will be used in research?
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  Breast cancer survivors inspire through dance

  It takes a lot of practice and courage to dance in front of hundreds of people when you’ve never done it before.
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  BUDDY CHECK 6: Can doctors create a breast cancer vaccine?

  The National Breast Cancer Coalition has set an unprecedented deadline to end breast cancer by 2020.
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  National Breast Cancer Coalition motivates doctors with 2020 deadline

  Part of the NBCC’s strategy includes encouraging doctors to create a breast cancer vaccine to prevent the disease from spreading.
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  VSU Health Services offers free mammograms

  If you are uninsured or underinsured, you may be eligible for a free or reduced cost mammogram.
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  Many African American women are not getting cancer screenings

  A large number of women not only put it off, they’re never screened and it’s having devastating consequences.
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  Beyond Boobs support group helps young breast cancer survivors

  These days it seems more women in their thirties — and some who are even younger — are being diagnosed with breast cancer.
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  One more reason to lose weight and exercise this year — or anytime

  A nutrition and public health expert at Richmond’s Massey Cancer Center talks about diet, exercise and reducing the risk for the disease.
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  Revolutionary news test could help you avoid chemo

  When you’re sick, you do your best to follow the doctor’s orders to get well. When your illness is breast cancer, doctor’s orders often include chemotherapy.