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Angelina Jolie's act will save women's lives
Los Angeles TimesFour days after her April 27 breast reconstruction, the third and final surgery aimed at sparing her an early death from breast cancer, Angelina Jolie was in good spirits at home. Upon paying a house call, her surgeon, Dr. Kristi Funk of the Pink Lotus...Tags: Government Health Care, Science, Breast Cancer, Science and Technology, The New York Times
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Angelina Jolie's courageous act will save women's lives
Four days after her April 27 breast reconstruction, the third and final surgery aimed at sparing her an early death from breast cancer, Angelina Jolie was in good spirits at home. Upon paying a house call, her surgeon, Dr. Kristi Funk of the Pink...
Tags: Government Health Care, Science, Breast Cancer, The New York Times, Science and Technology
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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. 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: Breast Cancer, U.S. Supreme Court, The New York Times, Ovarian Cancer, Family
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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%....
Tags: Breast Cancer, U.S. Supreme Court, Ovarian Cancer, The New York Times, Mastectomy
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3-D nipple tattoos a growing business in breast reconstruction
TribuneSheryl, 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: Artists, Reconstruction, Breast Cancer, Fine Artists, Plastic Surgeons
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Area artist helps pioneer 3-D nipple tattoos for breast cancer patients
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: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Saudi Arabia, Reconstruction, Breast Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics
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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." The clerk shot her a dirty look: "That's sick."...
Tags: Entertainment, Hospitals and Clinics, Breast Cancer, Seth Rogen, The Big C (tv program)
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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...
Tags: Radiology, Hospitals and Clinics, Boynton Beach, Breast Cancer, Mammogram
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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. "Surgery...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Plastic Surgeons, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Medical Professionals, Judaism
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Click here for breast cancer awareness events
BROWARD Through October Exhibt: Stories to Share Part IV North Regional Library, Coconut Creek Guests are invited to stop by the library’s art gallery to view Susan Buzzi’s book of photographs and stories from breast cancer survivors. Call...Tags: Mammogram, Broward Health Medical Center, Arts and Culture, Tamarac, Brunch
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Breast Cancer Awareness: Breast Reconstruction
PIX11.comArmen Kasabian, MD is Chief of Plastic Surgery and Reconstruction in the North Shore-LIJ Health System, and an Assistant Professor of Surgery NYU School of Medicine. He stopped by to tell us about breast reconstruction options. 1. All patients must be...Tags: Reconstruction, Breast Cancer, Obesity, Plastic Surgeons, Medical Procedures and Tests
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'CNN Heroes' recognizes Bellevue woman helping young breast cancer patients
CNNJust a year before turning 40, Judy Haley was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer that required an immediate mastectomy. The procedure and the treatments that followed left her fatigued, nauseated and in so much pain that she couldn't pick...Tags: Breast Cancer, Lymphatic System, CNN (tv network), Human Interest, Cancer
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