For most people who get them, tattoos are a form of self-expression. But for some breast cancer survivors, a tattoo can have an entirely different purpose: It can help them love the look of their reconstructed breast after a mastectomy. Often the last step ...
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Updated: April 30, 2021Nearly every woman knows someone who’s had breast cancer—whether a loved one or a friend. More than 300,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with the disease this year, and more than 40,000 will die of it.Without a doubt, the ...
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Genetic testing and cancer care have a complicated relationship, as recently discussed in Gina Kolata's New York Times piece, "When Gene Tests for Breast Cancer Reveal Grim Data but No Guidance." Kolata discusses the potential for unclear results with ...
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Originally published in Forward, Spring/Summer 2017 By Paige Allen Cancer can take people through a series of waiting rooms, infusion rooms, operating rooms, and hospital rooms. When it’s over, another problem can be lurking in a different room: t...
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Over her three decades as a nurse at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Pam Jakubek, RN, MSN, has worked plenty of shifts over holidays, caring for patients while her family — and often theirs — waited at home.“As much as I wanted to be home, especially when my daugh...
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During a TRIP Initiative to Fox Chase Cancer Center during the summer of 2015, Sanjna Shelukar, 17, noticed a cancer patient struggling with her seatbelt as she got into her car. She couldn’t be sure, but guessed that wearing a seatbelt was extremely uncomf...
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