Breast Cancer Survivors Strut Down Runway At Pink Party In West Hartford : courant

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Breast Cancer Survivors Strut Down Runway At Pink Party In West Hartford

Breast Cancer Survivors Strut Down Runway At Pink Party In West Hartford

When Lori Rodden was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2013, her husband was worried she would die.Three years later, Rodden was one of the models strutting down the pink runway at Thursday night's Pink Party in Blue Back Square.All proceeds of the fifth annual event benefited the Susan G. Komen Foundation of Southern New England."My message to people is you have to go for mammograms and screenings," said Rodden, a member of the Komen board of directors.


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Women hit out at 'sugar-coated' Breast Cancer Awareness month

Women hit out at 'sugar-coated' Breast Cancer Awareness month

She's a well known champion of breast cancer campaigns and this year proved no different for Elizabeth Hurley as she stepped out in support of the charity.With October marking Breast Cancer Awareness month in the UK the 51-year-old actress has pledged her allegiance to Estee Lauder's 2016 campaign.Elizabeth stepped out in an array of pink ensembles while promoting the cause in New York City last week - however not everyone is in support of these high profile campaigns.Elizabeth Hurley is well known for her support of breast cancer charities, this year pledging her allegiance to the Estee Lauder 2016 campaign (pictured at its launch)A group of cancer sufferers have hit back at the 'saccharine' use of the colour pink and glistening events used to raise awareness about breast cancer.


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Black Women Are More LIkely to Die From Breast Cancer

Black Women Are More LIkely to Die From Breast Cancer

According to a recent study (pdf), black women are more likely than white women to die from breast cancer.The study, conducted by Mark Hurlbert, chief mission officer at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and Bijou Hunt, an epidemiologist at the Sinai Urban Health Institute, was conducted over the last decade and analyzed breast-cancer mortality rates by race for the 50 most populous U.S. cities between 2010 and 2014.It built on their prior city-level analysis from 1990 to 2009, Hurlbert wrote in Time.Their study found that in 1990, black women were 17 percent more likely to die than white women, and that number rose to 35 percent by 2000.


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Sandra Lee on Beauty and Breast Cancer

Sandra Lee on Beauty and Breast Cancer

Sandra Lee has a message for those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer: "I want people to know that at any time during this process, we're all beautiful," the celebrity chef, 50, tells PEOPLE in a new interview in honor of October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month in this week's issue.In March 2015, the Good Morning America contributor and Food Network star herself was diagnosed with DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ, a noninvasive cancer contained within the milk ducts that can become invasive if left untreated.She had a double mastectomy followed by reconstruction.And one of the revelations she had while going through the process, she says, was that there is no time or space for superficiality after a diagnosis.


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Video Web Chat with MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper: Breast Reconstruction

Video Web Chat with MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper: Breast Reconstruction

Many women eligible for breast reconstruction following cancer surgery are not being informed of their options.All women should know their options.It's time to close the loop on breast cancer.Join us for a discussion lead by Kristin L. Brill, MD, Program Director, The Janet Knowles Breast Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Director, Section of Breast Surgery and Andrew S. Newman, MD, Attending Surgeon, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.Program Director, The Janet Knowles Breast Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center at CooperDirector, Section of Breast SurgeryDr.Brill serves as the Director of The Janet Knowles Breast Cancer Program and as Director of the Section of Breast Surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center at CooperDr.