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    May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  1. Mastectomy gives peace of mind

    Albuquerque Journal
    A few days after Angelina Jolie announced she had undergone a double mastectomy to beat the odds of getting breast cancer, Albuquerque native Lisa Jey Davis shared her own version of a very similar story. And she has no regrets. Davis, 47, a 1983...

    Tags: Chemotherapy, Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy, The New York Times, Healthy Diet

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. The Mount Airy News, N.C., Jessica Johnson column

    The Mount Airy News, N.C.
    The human body contains an estimated 30,000 genes. We must pay over $3,000 to access some of the information in two of those genes, information that reveals our chance of dying of a terrible disease. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are two genes that can contain a...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Justice and Rights, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Women's Health

    3. May 15, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  3. Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy helps understanding of difficult decision

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Patients and experts say that actress Angelina Jolie's stunning announcement Tuesday that she had her breasts removed after learning she carried a genetic mutation that increases the risk of breast cancer will help others understand the issues behind...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Menopause, Osteoporosis, Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy

    4. May 15, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  4. Local doctors weigh in on Jolie's double mastectomy, her willingness to reveal surgery

    The Times, Munster, Ind.
    Angelina Jolie's announcement Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy to reduce her chance of developing breast cancer is drawing attention to a decision that everyday women have weighed. The actress penned an op-ed for the New York Times,...

    Tags: Angelina Jolie, Indiana University Northwest, Mastectomy, The New York Times, General Practitioners

    5. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Preventive mastectomy simply a matter of life and death

    Fear of cancer is a horrible thing. It stays with you all day long, and it wakes you up at night.
    Fear of cancer is a horrible thing. It stays with you all day long, and it wakes you up at night. I didn't want to live with that, especially when I knew I could do something about it. Like Angelina Jolie, I have a genetic mutation that increased my...

    Tags: Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy, Mother's Day, U.S. Supreme Court, Family

    6. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Angelina Jolie, the BRCA mutation and me

    Late Monday night, friends and colleagues started sending me Angelina Jolie's op-ed about her decision to have a double mastectomy. Like Jolie, I have the mutation in my BRCA1 gene that pushed my lifetime risk of developing breast cancer to nearly 90%. (It also raised my risk of ovarian cancer above 50%.) Also like Jolie, I chose to get a double mastectomy to reduce my risk of <a>breast cancer</a> to less than 5%. In 2007, I wrote a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/me-anna13,0,3940486,full.story">first-person story</a> in the Los Angeles Times about finding out I had this mutation and how I decided what to do about it.
    Late Monday night, friends and colleagues started sending me Angelina Jolie's op-ed about her decision to have a double mastectomy. Like Jolie, I have the mutation in my BRCA1 gene that pushed my lifetime risk of developing breast cancer to nearly 90%....

    Tags: Angelina Jolie, Mother's Day, U.S. Supreme Court, Mastectomy, The New York Times

    7. May 14, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. Erie County woman fights cancer while pregnant

    Erie Times-News, Pa.
    Jenise Kaliszewski had been trying to get pregnant for less than a month when she first noticed a painful lump near her left armpit in June 2012. A friend told Kaliszewski, 30, to see a doctor, even though the pain had subsided. The doctor sent the...

    Tags: Healthcare Provider, Cancer, Health Treatments, Oncology, Breast Cancer

    8. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. 3-D nipple tattoos a growing business in breast reconstruction

    Sheryl, a 49-year-old mother of two, never thought she would get a tattoo, but six months after a bilateral mastectomy to remove both her breasts, she plans to get not one but two tattoos.
    Tribune
    Sheryl, a 49-year-old mother of two, never thought she would get a tattoo, but six months after a bilateral mastectomy to remove both her breasts, she plans to get not one but two tattoos. Sheryl’s family is riddled with breast cancer. When she was...

    Tags: Radiation Therapy, Plastic Surgeons, Mastectomy, Surgery, Fine Artists

    9. Feb 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Area artist helps pioneer 3-D nipple tattoos for breast cancer patients

    After undergoing treatment for <a href="../../health/breastcancer/">breast cancer</a>, Lillie Shockney, the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center, had nipple reconstruction &mdash; twice.
    After undergoing treatment for breast cancer, Lillie Shockney, the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center, had nipple reconstruction — twice. Despite the many shades of patients' skin tone, "The color choices for doing it in the...

    Tags: Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Plastic Surgeons, Saudi Arabia, Surgery, Reconstruction

    10. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Cancer's funny?

    Not long after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994, Christine Clifford walked into her local Barnes and Noble with a simple request: "I'd like to see all of your humorous books about cancer."
    Not long after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994, Christine Clifford walked into her local Barnes and Noble with a simple request: "I'd like to see all of your humorous books about cancer." The clerk shot her a dirty look: "That's sick."...

    Tags: Medical Research, Radiation Therapy, Cancer, Apple iTunes, The Big C (tv program)

    11. Oct 9, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  11. Yvette Kaweblum

    Grateful that a breast examination as part of a study of an automated ultrasound device led to her cancer diagnosis, Yvette Kaweblum testified at a Food and Drug Administration hearing in Washington, D.C. in April. The device was approved by the FDA last month.
    Grateful that a breast examination as part of a study of an automated ultrasound device led to her cancer diagnosis, Yvette Kaweblum testified at a Food and Drug Administration hearing in Washington, D.C. in April. The device was approved by the FDA...

    Tags: Cancer, Human Interest, Women's Health, Pembroke Pines, Health Treatments

    12. Oct 9, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  12. Amy Byer Shainman

    Faced with a family history of breast, ovarian and uterine cancers, and a high likelihood that she might get one or more of the cancers, Amy Byer Shainman underwent a preventive double mastectomy with reconstruction surgery and a hysterectomy.
    Faced with a family history of breast, ovarian and uterine cancers, and a high likelihood that she might get one or more of the cancers, Amy Byer Shainman underwent a preventive double mastectomy with reconstruction surgery and a hysterectomy. "Surgery...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Cancer, Hysterectomy, Cervical Cancer, Palm Beach County

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