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Three-time cancer survivor gets a `Dream Day' from a blue genie

Miami :: FL :: USA | 4 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Any afternoon she doesn't have to spend inside a doctor's office, operating room or therapy clinic, Astrid Nicastri considers a pretty good day. So when a tall man in a red suit, wearing a blue genie mask, and driving a red Ferrari, pulled up to Nicastri's...

Tags: Astrid Nicastri, cancer survivor, Miami Seaquarium, blue genie, Miami-Dade, Miami Beach, Miami, Medulloblastoma, Breast cancer, Oncology, Cancer, Brain tumor, Health Medical Pharma

Solano County breast cancer survivors back regular mammograms

Vacaville :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Mammograms have always been an important lifesaving tool in the fight against breast cancer and they still are today. Keep doing what you have been doing for years -- talk to your doctor about your individual history, ask questions and make the decision...

Tags: breast cancer, cancer survivor, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Dora Mitchell, Vacaville, Medical imaging, Breast, Cancer, Breast self-examination, Screening, Oncology, Mammography, Health Medical Pharma

FMH hosts cancer survivors celebration dinner

Fairfield :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Fairfield Memorial Hospital held their Annual Cancer Survivor Celebration Dinner for local residents Tuesday night.  Nearly 250 survivors and guests attended the event held at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Christian Life Center in Fairfield.  The...

Tags: FMH Foundation, Fairfield Memorial Hospital, cancer survivor, survivor celebration, celebration dinner, Fairfield

Retired doctor selected National Volunteer of the Year

Pensacola :: FL :: USA | 10 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Dr. Sam LaMonte is the national Volunteer of the Year for the American Cancer Society. LaMonte began volunteering as a board member with the Escambia/Santa Rosa Unit in 1978. He became its president in the early 1980s, and was the Florida division president...

Tags: Dr. Sam LaMonte, Dr. LaMonte, Kathy Nettles, Pensacola, Oncology, Cancer survivor, Cancer, Health Medical Pharma

Breast cancer scan: Is 40 the right age or 50?

New Delhi :: India | 10 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

So what's the right age for an Indian woman to start getting screened for breast cancer -- 40 or 50?...Monday that regular breast cancer screening of women should start at the age of 50 as opposed to 40, which is the suggested age right now in the US.

Tags: breast cancer, age 40s, services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services, routine mammogram, secretary kathleen, U.S, cancer survivor, need mammogram, India, New Delhi, Screening, Cancer screening, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Breast self-examination, Oncology, Mammography, Breast cancer screening, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Cancer, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Medical imaging, Kansas Democrats, Politics, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Breast, Mastectomy

Breast cancer survivor center may open soon

Wichita :: KS :: USA | 11 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The Wichita Eagle The Center for Breast Cancer Survivorship is moving ahead and could be open by the end of the year at Cypress Medical Park, near 29th Street North and Webb Road. The center, in the works for more than a year, will help speed a return...

Tags: Judy Johnston, breast cancer, kansas affiliate, patient navigator, survivor center, Christina Osbourn, Wichita, CURE, Cancer survivor, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Race for the Cure, Health Medical Pharma

Hometown Hero: Pleasanton breast cancer survivor creates cookbooks for research money

Danville :: VA :: USA | 12 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

She underwent a double mastectomy and four months of chemotherapy, crediting the latest technologies with also saving her mother from the disease. A decade later, Stompro, whose grandmother also had breast cancer, continues to fight the disease in another...

Tags: Janice Stompro, Brett Stompro, breast cancer, half cups, maple syrup, cancer survivor, Pleasanton, food processor, Danville, Mammography, Sugar, Croissant, Breakfast foods, French toast

Cheerleaders unite in fight against cancer

Ashland :: KY :: USA | 12 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

To further bring the message home to spectators that anyone can be touched by the disease, each cheerleader wore the name of a cancer survivor or victim on a patch on her T-shirt. “That’s one thing with cancer. Everybody is affected by it some way,” said...

Tags: T.J. Love, Shiann Knipp, cancer survivor, Ashland, Human Interest

1,700 complete 60-mile cancer fundraiser

Scottsdale :: AZ :: USA | 12 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A volunteer gives high-fives to breast cancer participants as they make their way through Ahwatukee on the second day of annual Arizona 3-Day Breast Cancer walk. Nov, 14, 2009 Darryl Webb, Tribune About 1,700 tired and dazed, but proud women and men...

Tags: breast cancers, cancers survivor, Ahwatukee, Scottsdale, Cancer survivor, Breast cancer, Walking, Mastectomy, Health Medical Pharma

Bangor Daily News, Maine: 5,000 runners energize breast cancer survivors

Bangor :: ME :: USA | 2 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

5,000 runners energize breast cancer survivors Susan G. Maine — Melanie Robbenhaar left the Race for the Cure loaded down with goodies. Besides the pink rose she was handed for being a breast cancer survivor, she also carried to her van a tote bag that...

Tags: breast cancer, cancer survivor, Bangor

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