(CBC News) — Four months into her fight against Stage 2 breast cancer, Andrea Cianfrani learned she had a new health challenge to conquer. After recovering from a mastectomy, she received chemotherapy to attack the cancer, not knowing that it was also attacking her heart.
The 40-year-old had heart disease, the No. 1 cause of death for …
(Cynthia Weiss/ Mayo Clinic) — For many women over 40, a yearly screening mammogram to check for breast cancer is a fact of life – along with the anxiety of waiting for the results. But what if you could get a test that offered better cancer detection, fewer false positives and more peace of mind?
Dr. Robert Maxwell, a Mayo Clinic radiologist, …
(Meghan Collie/ Global News) — Until a few weeks ago, Brenda, 52, only had two mammograms — once when she turned 40 and again when she turned 50. Both came back clear.
At a third mammogram in September, things seemed normal until she received a phone call two days later.
“I got a call back … requesting I have another mammogram and ultrasound …
(All4Women) — Although perceived as a female disease, breast cancer affects men too, like Matthew Knowles, Beyoncé’s father. Dr Justus Apffelstaedt tells us more…
“For every 100 women that we see with breast cancer, we see one man,“ says Dr Justus Apffelstaedt, a Cape Town-based specialist surgeon with an interest in breast, thyroid …
(Daniela Galvez/ Latina) — Argentina has the second-highest mortality rate for breast cancer in Latin America, second to Uruguay.
This surprising fact has brought Argentine breast cancer organization Movimento Ayuda Cáncer de Mama (MACMA) to launch the #TodosAmanLasTetas, or #WeAllLoveBoobs, campaign, to raise awareness of …
(Kayla Redig/ Refinery 29) — I’ve always been a rule-follower. It wasn’t just that I was a good girl who wanted to please people in authority positions — I was raised by two teachers. Not doing what was asked literally never even occurred to me. …
(Eva Kiesler and Meredith Begley/ Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre) —Memorial Sloan Kettering scientists believe there are many reasons to be hopeful about the future of cancer care and research. Here, we take a look at five promising advances that are transforming the way we think about cancer and delivering new treatment tactics. …
(Rebecca Alter/ The Loop) — People say that ovarian cancer is a silent killer because we can rarely sense it coming; its symptoms are so vague and unapparent, that by the time they’ve been noticed, it’s often too late.Cancer survivor Erin Barrett was first diagnosed with the disease after becoming incredibly sick from what she …
(Miranda Larbi/ Metro UK) — A few days ago, Julia Louis-Dreyfus revealed that she has breast cancer.
The disease, it seems, doesn’t care about social standing, celebrity or wealth – if you get it, you get it. And if you miss the signs early on, it becomes an increasingly difficult battle to fight.
Despite the large numbers of women …
(Nichola Precious/ HuffPost Canada) — Three years ago, I had no hair and had just begun my first of 20 rounds of radiation.
Up to that point I thought I was living a fortunate and happy life in Halifax. I had married my best friend and the love of my life. Once our careers were underway we had two amazing children. When the …