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Beverly Brownstein, an enterprising entrepreneur
The Philadelphia InquirerBeverly B. Brownstein, 75, who helped her husband build an ad agency and later ran her own businesses, died May 13 at her Bala Cynwyd home after battling breast cancer for several years. Born in South Philadelphia, Mrs. Brownstein was 19 when she...Tags: Marketing, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Mount Airy, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chocolate Cake
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Area woman goes for the save with prophylactic bilateral double mastectomy
The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.When Katie Kosma hears the word cancer, a pool of emotion floods her heart. "Awful ... you hear the word can cancer and most people can fight it, but sometimes you hear the word cancer and you know what their future and families have in store," Kosma...Tags: Services and Shopping, Photography and Video, Photography Supplies and Services, Social Media, Mastectomy
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Komen Race for the Cure: Tales of triumph
The Columbus DispatchCarol Maye wanted to walk in the 21st annual Komen Race for the Cure. "But I'm having a little trouble with my legs," said Maye, who was diagnosed with breast cancer a little more than a year ago and is still recovering from several rounds of...Tags: Running, Biotechnology, Nursing, Science and Technology, Health Treatments
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Volunteers Needed
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, Bethlehem, needs volunteers to make phone calls inviting Lehigh Valley corporations/employees to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Kickoff Breakfast. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays June 11 to...Tags: Nazareth, Allentown
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LETTER: 'You Need To Be An Advocate For Your Life'
I am a 46-year-old woman, married and the mother of six children. I was doing a self-exam and came upon a small, hard "pea" in my right breast. I carry the BRCA1 gene mutation -- I was tested in 2009 after my mother had recurring breast cancer. I had...Tags: Hysterectomy, Mastectomy
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Greencastle Relay for Life is a time to 'celebrate, remember and to fight back'
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comTina Schaubroeck of Greencastle walked around the track at Kaley Field with a renewed pep in her step during the American Cancer Society’s 19th Annual Greencastle Relay for Life on Saturday. “I just found out this past March that I am free of...Tags: Leukemia, Schools, Cancer, American Cancer Society, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Newsmaker Q&A: Pat Halpin-Murphy
Pat Halpin-Murphy is president and founder of the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition. The coalition, founded in 1993, is a statewide nonprofit providing public awareness of breast cancer and encouraging increased public and private funding for research,...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Medical Research, Plastic Surgery, Research, Mastectomy
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Angelina Jolie's decision to get double mastectomy isn't unusual in Lehigh Valley
Kelly Vanek, a runner, cyclist and triathlete, was listening to sports talk radio in the car when the conversation shifted to Angelina Jolie. The actress and sex symbol took the public by surprise last week with the announcement that she had her healthy...
Tags: Radio, Pancreatic Cancer, The New York Times, Mastectomy, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Wrestler eyes new fight
The Leader-TelegramEric Peissig is motivated to succeed. "If there is an opportunity out there ... I have a hard time turning that down," the 18-year-old said. "If success is right in front of me and I can take it, I'm going to go for it." Peissig is one of seven...Tags: High Schools, Schools, High School Sports, Football, Awards and Prizes
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Surgeon and patient: Jolie decision right
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.WVU Hospitals Interim Chief of Surgical Oncology Hannah Hazard said a double mastectomy is something doctors counsel patients to undergo if they have the same genetic trait that led actress Angelina Jolie to undergo the procedure. Hazard performs...Tags: Oncology, Women's Health, Family, Mastectomy, Mammogram
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Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]
We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, U.S. Supreme Court, Government Health Care, Mastectomy, Social Issues
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Letters: Jolie's choice
Re "Why Jolie's surgery? It's for the kids," Column One, May 15 My story is similar to Angelina Jolie's, though there are some differences. Ten years ago, at the age of 43, I had a prophylactic double mastectomy because I was the single mother of two...
Tags: Oncology, Mastectomy, Autism, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Medical Specialization
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