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RSL trainers learn value of support with moms' breast cancer battles

RSL trainers learn value of support with moms' breast cancer battles

SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake's athletic trainers deal with all sorts of injuries on a weekly basis, but it has been their mothers' bouts with breast cancer that taught them how to help in an entirely new manner.October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.The most common invasive cancer in women around the world, it is estimated one in eight women will be diagnosed with the disease in her lifetime.And while it's not nearly as common or discussed, men can also be diagnosed with breast cancer.


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Study researches breast cancer disparities in black women

Study researches breast cancer disparities in black women

Researchers have launched a massive study to try and figure out why African-American women are at a higher risk of being diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease that's harder to treat and often leads to death."African American women have a worst prognosis with breast cancer," said Dr. Mark Keaton with the Georgia Cancer Center.He added that, that has been a widely-known fact for years.For the most part, doctors attributed the disparity to socioeconomic factors like decreased access to health care, diagnosed at a more advanced stage.


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Fighting breast cancer gets personal for Lightning radio voice Dave Mishkin, wife Dulcie

Fighting breast cancer gets personal for Lightning radio voice Dave Mishkin, wife Dulcie

TAMPA — As the Lightning's longtime radio voice, Dave Mishkin has called hockey games all over the world, from Pennsylvania to Prague.But on Feb. 20, Mishkin provided play-by-play from the living room of his Brandon home, where he was needed the most.His wife, Dulcie, being treated for breast cancer, slept in another room, zapped from another round of chemotherapy.Their terrier mix, Cleo, kept her company.


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Researchers tackle metastatic breast cancer

Researchers tackle metastatic breast cancer

When Miriam Slome was diagnosed with stage 4, or metastatic, breast cancer two years ago, it had spread to her bone marrow, abdomen and ovaries.CBS News"I don't believe I've ever experienced fear the way I did when I was told I had metastatic breast cancer," Slome said.The five-year survival rate is 26 percent."We have a lot of work to do to improve survival for metastatic breast cancer," said Dr. Linda Vahdat, director of breast cancer research at New York Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine.