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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Winston-Salem woman finds strength during breast cancer battle : journalnow





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Winston-Salem woman finds strength during breast cancer battle

Winston-Salem woman finds strength during breast cancer battle
Winston-Salem woman finds strength during breast cancer battle
Today's Winston-Salem Journal is pink to help bring attention to one of the deadliest forms of cancer -- breast cancer -- during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.The Journal is bringing you this edition in partnership with the Susan G. Komen.Komen, which raises money for breast cancer research, estimates 246,660 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in 2016.About 40,450 women will die, the group says.


furthermore abc2news

36-year-old woman battles breast cancer

36-year-old woman battles breast cancer
36-year-old woman battles breast cancer
Jamie Williams has been through a lot this year.At the young age of 36, she was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer."I've come to accept it, and embrace it and learn to live with it," she said.Jamie wasn't even old enough to have a mammogram when she noticed something wasn't quite right with her body.


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Cold caps help breast cancer patients save their hair during chemotherapy

Cold caps help breast cancer patients save their hair during chemotherapy
Cold caps help breast cancer patients save their hair during chemotherapy
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.One in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.Women who've been treated for the disease say one of the most difficult things about chemotherapy is losing their hair.When the treatment kills cancer cells, it kills healthy hair cells right along with it, reports CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen.


not to mention theherald-news

Plainfield Post Office goes pink to raise breast cancer awareness

Plainfield Post Office goes pink to raise breast cancer awareness
Plainfield Post Office goes pink to raise breast cancer awareness
PLAINFIELD – Katrina Bond was diagnosed at 2:35 p.m. Dec. 22, 2015, with stage 1 breast cancer.It was an awful Christmas gift, she said.Fortunately, she was able to make a full recovery.On Wednesday, the Plainfield Post Office held a "Going Pink for Breast Cancer" event as part of the nationwide effort of the U.S. Post Office to raise awareness of breast cancer and funding for research to cure it.


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Hundreds come out for Wayne hospital's breast cancer walk

Hundreds come out for Wayne hospital's breast cancer walk
Hundreds come out for Wayne hospital's breast cancer walk
WAYNE - Over 300 participants laced up their sneakers and while adorning pink T-shirts at the fifth annual Health Partners Breast Cancer Awareness Walk at the St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital campus on Saturday.STAFF PHOTOS BY DEBRA WINTERS At top, members of the breast cancer walk committee, which includes St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital employees, gather.At center, Joan Taggart, a breast cancer survivor, shares her story with participants before singing "God Bless America."At bottom, pumpkins dictate words synonymous with battling breast cancer.


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