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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"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: Breast Cancer, Celebrities, Chemotherapy, Angelina Jolie, Family
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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 to People magazine. Jolie said in a New York Times editorial Tuesday that she had her breasts removed and...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Angelina Jolie, The New York Times, People (magazine), Ovarian Cancer
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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 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: Franklin Square Medical Center, Breast Cancer, Family, Angelina Jolie, Hospitals and Clinics
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Donations, registrations down for Komen Maryland Race For the Cure
Komen Maryland counts on Race for the Cure to pay for programs and support services related to breast cancer, but as the date for the 20th annual event approaches the group is facing steep declines in the number of people signed up and the amount of money...Tags: Harbor Hospital, Breast Cancer, Mammogram, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Hospitals and Clinics
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Targeted breast cancer therapies coming to the forefront in treatment
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: Otis Brawley, Chemotherapy, American Cancer Society, The New York Times, Medical Research
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Good Deeds: Spotlight on Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center
Nonprofit organizations abound in Howard County and Howard Magazine highlights who they are, what they do and how you can help. Name: Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center Who: Leslie Rogers, director Q: What is your mission? A: The Claudia Mayer...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Family, Cancer, Personal Service, Health Treatments
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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? Do you work...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Mammogram, Chemotherapy, Medical Research, Cancer
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Judy Blume battling breast cancer
Judy Blume, the chronicler of youth angst in such books as "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," is writing now about a much more personal battle against breast cancer. In a blog post titled !@#$% Happens, Blume...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Movies, Cancer, Rentals, Labor Day
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10 awkward questions with Giuliana Rancic
We often watch a reality show about a couple and assume they won't be a couple for much longer. It's not that we're cynical; it's just the facts of reality TV life. But "Giuliana & Bill," featuring Giuliana and Bill Rancic, seems to have broken that...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Television Industry, Cancer, George Clooney, Bill Rancic
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From Sun Magazine: Giuliana Rancic isn't afraid to bring reality to reality TV
Growing up in Bethesda, Giuliana Rancic thought there was nothing more glamorous than the news women she saw on TV. First at the University of Maryland, College Park, then at graduate school in Washington, she trained to join their ranks, heading with...Tags: Giuliana DePandi, Celebrities, Colleges and Universities, Chicago, George Clooney
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Researchers turn attention to breast cancer prevention
Cheryl Corbin's mother and grandmother had breast cancer, so an oncologist suggested she be tested for an inherited gene mutation linked to the disease. But when the results came in, she didn't show up to hear them.
"I was afraid to hear the words,"...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Chemotherapy, Medical Research, Human Body, Colleges and Universities
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The journey of breast cancer survivorship
After months of chemotherapy and radiation, Susan Faber had finally finished breast cancer treatment and conquered the disease.
It should have been a happy occasion. But Faber felt at a loss earlier this year as she rang the gong at Johns Hopkins...Tags: Fatigue, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Hospitals and Clinics, Biotechnology
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