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• Buddy Check 6

  Buddy Check 6: Breast cancer survival rates not improving for some

  That’s because they’re more likely to be diagnosed with a rare, aggressive type of breast cancer called Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
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  Mother, daughter test positive for breast cancer gene

  Kaity Kasper and her mother Debbie are cancer survivors.
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  Breast cancer victim leaves behind electronic love notes

  Lisa’s Story is the funny and inspiring emails written by local writer Lisa Thalhimer as she fought a very aggressive form of breast cancer.
• Buddy Check 6 / Health

  BUDDY CHECK 6: Menopause treatment linked to breast cancer

  A study in 2002 raised questions about HRT and an increased risk for breast cancer. Seventy percent of breast cancers are fed by estrogen.
• Buddy Check 6 / Community / Health / News

  House for breast cancer survivors opens in Jackson Ward

  The Central Virginia Chapter of the The Sisters Network, Inc. held the grand opening for their new sister house located in the city’s historic Jackson Ward neighborhood Friday afternoon.
• Buddy Check 6 / Health / News

  BUDDY CHECK 6: Breast cancer survivors offer unique show-n-tell to help patients

  It’s called National Reconstruction Awareness Day or National BRA Day.
• Buddy Check 6 / Health / News

  BUDDY CHECK 6: Free legal help for cancer patients

  Medical-legal partnerships have existed for a long time, but for the first time in Virginia, a cancer center has such help available at the hospital.
• Buddy Check 6 / Health

  BUDDY CHECK 6: Mammograms may not be enough to catch breast cancer

  An annual mammogram is the gold standard for screening, but doctors say it’s not perfect.
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  Hidden danger of some cancer treatments

  Don’t miss Stephanie Rochon’s Buddy Check 6 report.
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  Cancer survivors combat weak bones, pain

  Burton, 48, will have that pain for the rest of her life.
• Buddy Check 6 / Health

  Ellen’s Hope: Radiologist hosts annual breast cancer awareness luncheon

  Actress, producer, and breast cancer survivor Liza Vann will present “Good Decision-Making: It’s Not Just for Breakfast Anymore.”
• Buddy Check 6 / Health / News

  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.