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    May 15, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Angelina Jolie will also get ovaries removed

    Actress Angelina Jolie, who got a double mastectomy to lower her chances of breast cancer, will also have her ovaries removed, according<a title="People Magazine" href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20700372,00.html" target="_blank"> to People magazine. </a>
    Actress Angelina Jolie, who got a double mastectomy to lower her chances of breast cancer, will also have her ovaries removed, according to People magazine. Jolie said in a New York Times editorial Tuesday that she had her breasts removed and...

    Tags: Mastectomy, The New York Times, Breast Cancer, People (magazine), Angelina Jolie

    2. May 15, 2013 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  2. Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation

    "Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had <a href="/health/breastcancer/">breast cancer</a>. Why weren't you ever tested?"
    "Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...

    Tags: Mastectomy, Chemotherapy, The New York Times, Family, Heart Disease

    3. May 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Angelina Jolie among growing number of women choosing mastectomy before cancer

    Actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy rather than risk developing <a href="../../health/breastcancer/">breast cancer</a> hit close to home for Melissa DeSantis, a Bel Air mother of three children.
    Actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy rather than risk developing breast cancer hit close to home for Melissa DeSantis, a Bel Air mother of three children. As DeSantis read about Jolie's experience, she began to feel a sense of...

    Tags: Mastectomy, Oncology, Family, The New York Times, Franklin Square Medical Center

    4. Jan 30, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Susan Lee Marr, legal assistant

    Susan Lee Marr, a legal assistant and an active volunteer, died Saturday of ovarian cancer at her home in the Arcadia-Beverly Hills neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore. She was 55.
    Susan Lee Marr, a legal assistant and an active volunteer, died Saturday of ovarian cancer at her home in the Arcadia-Beverly Hills neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore. She was 55. Susan Lee Neukam was born in Baltimore and raised in Dundalk, where she...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, AIDS, Legal Service, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Business Enterprises

    5. Jan 9, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Pap smears can detect ovarian and endometrial cancers, Hopkins scientists find

    Johns Hopkins scientists have found a way to screen for hard-to-detect endometrial and ovarian cancers in women using a routine Pap smear, a discovery they hope eventually could reduce the number of deaths caused by the deadly malignancies.
    Johns Hopkins scientists have found a way to screen for hard-to-detect endometrial and ovarian cancers in women using a routine Pap smear, a discovery they hope eventually could reduce the number of deaths caused by the deadly malignancies. The...

    Tags: Oncology, Endometrial cancer, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Science

    6. Oct 18, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Research looks at how to better fight breast cancer in African-American women

    It is well documented that African-American women with <a href="../../health/breastcancer/">breast cancer</a> are more likely to have a more aggressive type of the disease that kills them, but why remains a mystery.
    It is well documented that African-American women with breast cancer are more likely to have a more aggressive type of the disease that kills them, but why remains a mystery. The answers may be found one day soon, as researchers focus more on the genetic...

    Tags: Chemotherapy, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Mammogram

    7. Nov 1, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. CookieRide delivers home-baked treats in Howard Co.

    Firefighters from the Rivers Park Fire Station had only one question for Casey Dyson as they sampled home-baked cookies from her fledgling delivery service: Does she pack cold milk on her scooter?
    Firefighters from the Rivers Park Fire Station had only one question for Casey Dyson as they sampled home-baked cookies from her fledgling delivery service: Does she pack cold milk on her scooter? Dyson, a Columbia resident who launched CookieRide in...

    Tags: Energy Saving, Howard Community College, Media Industry

    8. Oct 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Targeted breast cancer therapies coming to the forefront in treatment

    If there ever was a right time to be diagnosed with <a href="../../health/breastcancer/">breast cancer</a>, Beth Thompson found one.
    If there ever was a right time to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Beth Thompson found one. In February 2006, the pea-size tumor in her right breast was too small for a clinical trial of Herceptin, a targeted therapy that had proved effective in advanced...

    Tags: Chemotherapy, The New York Times, Medical Specialization, Trials, Cancer

    9. Oct 11, 2012 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  9. Hampden merchant sells Republican Club building; seeks liquor license for David's

    Back in April, David Morgan said he would be reopening his long-shuttered David's Restaurant and Deli in four to six weeks. He also said that he was taking the Hampden Republican Club building, which he owned, off the market.
    Back in April, David Morgan said he would be reopening his long-shuttered David's Restaurant and Deli in four to six weeks. He also said that he was taking the Hampden Republican Club building, which he owned, off the market. But six months later, the...

    Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hampden, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Democratic Party

    10. Sep 26, 2012 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  10. Breaking the breast cancer code

    How many children have you had, and did you wait until after 30 to have the first one? Do you have more than one drink a day? Did you get your period before you were 12? Do you exercise? Have a low-fat, high-fiber diet? Did you breast-feed?
    How many children have you had, and did you wait until after 30 to have the first one? Do you have more than one drink a day? Did you get your period before you were 12? Do you exercise? Have a low-fat, high-fiber diet? Did you breast-feed? Do you work...

    Tags: Mastectomy, Chemotherapy, Genetics, Genes and Chromosomes, Medical Specialization

    11. Sep 25, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. ACLU asks Supreme Court to reconsider gene patenting case

    The American Civil Liberties Union has asked for a second time that the Supreme Court invalidate Myriad Genetics Inc.'s patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, the latest salvo in a case with broad consequences for the future of gene-based medicine.
    The American Civil Liberties Union has asked for a second time that the Supreme Court invalidate Myriad Genetics Inc.'s patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, the latest salvo in a case with broad consequences for...

    Tags: University of Utah, Science, Trials, Cancer, Justice System

    12. Sep 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Gene patent case could impact patients, research

    Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her blood is sent to a lab in Utah.
    Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her blood is sent to a lab in Utah. That's because Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics Inc. owns the patents to the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2...

    Tags: Chemical Industry, Genetics, Medical Specialization, Trials, DNA

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