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    May 15, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  1. Doctors detail Jolie's mastectomy, breast reconstruction; mother, grandma had ovarian cancer

    AP Chief Medical Writer
    Angelina Jolie's mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer — strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed to try to...

    Tags: The New York Times, Angelina Jolie, Reconstruction, Mastectomy, Ovarian Cancer

    2. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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.
    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: The New York Times, Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy, Mother's Day, Family

    3. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 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%. (It also raised my risk of ovarian cancer above 50%.) Also like Jolie, I chose to get a double mastectomy to reduce my risk of <a>breast cancer</a> to less than 5%. In 2007, I wrote a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/me-anna13,0,3940486,full.story">first-person story</a> in the Los Angeles Times about finding out I had this mutation and how I decided what to do about it.
    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: The New York Times, Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy, Mother's Day, Ovarian Cancer

    4. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  4. 3-D nipple tattoos a growing business in breast reconstruction

    Sheryl, 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.
    Tribune
    Sheryl, 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, Surgery, Health and Medical Professionals, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists

    5. Feb 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Area artist helps pioneer 3-D nipple tattoos for breast cancer patients

    After undergoing treatment for <a href="../../health/breastcancer/">breast cancer</a>, Lillie Shockney, the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center, had nipple reconstruction &mdash; twice.
    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: Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Reconstruction

    6. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. 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."
    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: Seth Rogen, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemotherapy, Apple iTunes, Laura Linney

    7. Oct 9, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  7. 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.
    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: Palm Beach County, Cervical Cancer, Reconstruction, Hysterectomy, Orlando

    8. Oct 9, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. 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 last month.
    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: Hospitals and Clinics, Soma (drug), Chemotherapy, X-rays, Politics

    9. Oct 9, 2012 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  9. Breast Cancer Awareness: Breast Reconstruction

    Armen 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.
    PIX11.com
    Armen 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: Health and Medical Professionals, Mastectomy, Reconstruction, Obesity, Breast Cancer

    10. Oct 4, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. 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: Tamarac, Hospitals and Clinics, Plantation, Dining and Drinking, Music

    11. Nov 7, 2011 |Story| KDAF-LTV

  11. The Finishing Touch for Breast Cancer Survivors

    Cindy Davis has come a long way--almost three years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer--chemotherapy took her hair but not her sense of humor or hope.
    The 33 News
    Cindy Davis has come a long way--almost three years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer--chemotherapy took her hair but not her sense of humor or hope. She had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery--but something was still missing....

    Tags: Surgery, Mastectomy, Chemotherapy, Diseases and Illnesses, Health

    12. Aug 5, 2011 |Story| KCPQ-LTV

  12. 'CNN Heroes' recognizes Bellevue woman helping young breast cancer patients

    Just a year before turning 40, Judy Haley was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer that required an immediate mastectomy.
    CNN
    Just 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: Surgery, CNN (tv network), Chemotherapy, Health, Stress

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