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When Andrea Francis learned she had breast cancer in 2005, her doctors in Buffalo and at the Cleveland Clinic recommended a lumpectomy for the non-invasive ductal carcinoma, stage 0, medium grade.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors are less likely to give black women radiation therapy after surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer than white women, researchers said on Wednesday, adding to evidence of racial disparities in U.S. medicine.
Doctors are less likely to give black women radiation therapy after surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer than white women, researchers said.
Chattanooga resident and dance artist Ann Law will present "Passion Flower," her one-woman dance concert about her experience with breast cancer, at East Tennessee State University on Saturday, Sept. 20. The 8 p.m. concert in the Bud Frank Theatre in Gilbreath Hall is co-sponsored by ETSU's Mountain Movers Dance Company, Division of Theatre and Dance, and Women's Resource Center.
Kathy Miller is grateful that she had insurance to cover regular exams and mammograms. It was at a routine check-up in 1996 that a physician’s assistant found a lump. A biopsy found the tumor was malignant, and Miller underwent a radical mastectomy.
A small Cooke County town is trying to top its personal best to help beat breast cancer.Last year, Lake Kiowa, a gated committee of about 2,000 residents in southeastern Cooke County, raised $79,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.It was the highest contribution from any Texas town for the foundation’s Rally for the Cure project and the second largest contribution in the nation.
MANILA, Philippines— Ang sakit ng kalingkingan ay sakit ng buong katawan ” (The pain in the little finger is felt by the entire body).
ME’ANNE Solomon and Alice Gonzalez are breast cancer survivors. But by all means, don’t feel sorry for them. They’re having the time of their lives.
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