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Survivor discovers strength after breast cancer
Survivor discovers strength after breast cancer
Nobody in her family had ever had to deal with it so when a doctor found a pebble-size lump in her breast during a routine checkup nine years ago, Diana Cortez was shocked that breast cancer could be to blame."I was never looking for it," she said."I never did breast self-exams.He was the one that found it."She'd rescheduled her wellness checkup, which included a mammogram, twice, she said, before finally deciding to get it over with.
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Looking for answers on gap in breast cancer survivors
Looking for answers on gap in breast cancer survivors
The disparity is as troubling as it is profound.Eight percent of Caucasian women die within five years of being diagnosed with breast cancer.Among African American women, the toll is 21 percent.But what about women who do survive?
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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."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.
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Hundreds participate in walk to raise breast cancer awareness
Hundreds participate in walk to raise breast cancer awareness
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Sunday morning people went the distance in support.The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer awareness event consisted of a five mile walk starting at Cottonwood Mall.The non-competitive walk is meant to raise both awareness and funds for a cancer that has taken the lives of so many.One survivor told News 13 she could feel the support Saturday.
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Facebook censored a cartoon breast cancer awareness campaign
Facebook censored a cartoon breast cancer awareness campaign
In apologizing for the move, Facebook said that it examines "millions" of ad images each week and sometimes bans them by mistake.There's no denying that the internet giant has a lot on its plate, and that it would be difficult to completely avoid slip-ups.However, this is just the latest in a string of incidents where Facebook has been overly aggressive with takedowns, only to backtrack after a public uproar.And this time, it can't pin the removal on ambiguities in its existing policy -- it acknowledged that the original image was fine in its mea culpa.
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