Triple Negative Breast Cancer At 36, Life With The BRCA1 Gene

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Triple Negative Breast Cancer At 36, Life With The BRCA1 Gene
Meet Kim and Stephanie, 39-year-old fraternal twins. Diagnosed about three years ago, they are both survivors of triple-negative breast cancer and both have the BRCA1 gene. Only five percent of women have that gene, but those that do are much more likely to get breast cancer one day. The twist? They are adopted, and didn’t know that their bir…

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Mccain Has Skin Cancer; Sarah Palin Is One Heartbeat Away - Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Mccain Has Skin Cancer; Sarah Palin Is One Heartbeat Away - Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Over the last few weeks, the issues of John McCain’s age and health have been pushed, with much resistance, back into the heart of the political discussion. Prompted in part by the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate, the topic crested with the release of a political advertisement calling attention to McCain’s history of skin cancer and the need for more informat…

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Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer At 40

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer At 40
This is Michele Hyra, mom to two little girls, wife to Matt, and fighting breast cancer every day. In July 2007, she was told she had 11 months to live. She’s still here. Hear the story of her Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer with lymph node involvement and extensive metastasis to the skeleton. Listen as Michele shares how she found her first lumps, talked to her daughters about breast cancer, pr…

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