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Angelina Jolie says cancer fears led her to have double mastectomy
ReutersMay 14 (Reuters) - Actress Angelina Jolie said on Tuesday that fears of developing breast cancer because of a gene mutation led her to have a preventive double mastectomy this year, urging other women to take steps to see if they had a similar risk....Tags: Breast Cancer, The New York Times, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer
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Breast cancer: Taking no chances
Khaleej TimesWith breast cancer claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of women annually, many are choosing to remove their breasts before diagnosis, but is this a drastic alternative? ?Kelly Clarke talks to women who have undergone prophylactic mastectomies As...Tags: United Kingdom, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Treatments, Medical Research, Oncology
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Improving outlook for women diagnosed with breast cancer
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.Improved testing, treatments and awareness are significantly improving the outlook for women diagnosed with breast cancer in the Mountain Empire and across the nation -- yet it remains one of the leading health problems for women. While the rate of...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Health Treatments, Heart Disease, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Mother, daughter fight breast cancer
Victoria Advocate, Texas"Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah," is what Linda Amaro heard in October -- the voice of what sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher saying indecipherable nothings. Amaro felt the world stop, and she felt the air leave the room. "You have breast cancer," the...Tags: Science and Technology, Breast Cancer, Health Treatments, Biotechnology, Cancer
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At This Race, All Who Run Or Walk Are Winners
The Hartford CourantSue Brown and Valerie Small and Claudia O'Connell meet to run three or four times a week, usually in the early morning. They run and they talk. And talk. Sometimes loudly. Sometimes so loudly that people tell them to pipe down (since it's 5:30 a.m.)....Tags: New Britain, Diseases and Illnesses, Running, Breast Cancer, Road Running
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More than 5,000 turn out for Central Virginia's Race for the Cure
Richmond Times-DispatchWanda Bruster's name tag for Saturday's Komen Central Virginia Race for the Cure listed her survival time from breast cancer: three months. "Everything is looking good," the Henrico County woman said. "It just happens to be a tiring week after this last...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Radio Industry, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Four time cancer survivor, Claretta Jasper, remains hopeful
After serving 20 years in the United States Army, a career which included a yearlong tour in Kuwait during the first Persian Gulf War and six months in Turkey during Operation Provide Comfort, Claretta Jasper had it all figured out when her retirement...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), American Cancer Society, U.S. Army
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Fundraiser lifts Gilda's Club to new heights
Forum Publishing GroupHoping to enlist more residents in their efforts to provide cancer support, members of Gilda's Club in Fort Lauderdale recently hosted a fundraising event in which participants rappelled down the side of a high-rise building. Over the Edge for Gilda's...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Breast Cancer
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Drizzle doesn't douse dragon boat fire
The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)Raindrops weren't a deterrent for the 32 teams participating in the eighth annual Saint Martin's University Dragon Boat Festival races Saturday at Budd Inlet. More than 700 paddlers representing teams ranging from Seattle to Portland were there to cheer...Tags: Breast Cancer, Salt
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South Florida Jews help unearth clues to genetic diseases
South Florida has one of the world's largest populations of Ashkenazis — Jews of Central and Eastern European descent — making it home to some potentially groundbreaking medical research. In Boca Raton, the Parkinson's Disease and Movement...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Autism, Religion and Belief, Delray Beach
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Relay for Life continues mission to stop cancer
Victoria Advocate, TexasFor James Monroy, Relay for Life was always about others grappling with cancer. Like the woman with a double mastectomy or the man who lost his life after a battle with pancreatic cancer. But not his son; no, not that peewee-looking 7-year-old with...Tags: Leukemia, Relay for Life, Health Treatments, Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer
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Minorities wait longer for breast cancer surgery
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, black and Hispanic patients were more likely to wait weeks for treatment, in a new study from California. Researchers found treatment delays were also more common among poor...Tags: Science and Technology, Social Issues, Health Treatments, Medical Research, University of California, Irvine
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