Breast cancer death rates have dropped 39 percent over the past 26 years, according to an Oct. 3 report from the American Cancer Society. Much of that is due to the measures taken for early detection and follow-up prevention to detect cancer and keep women cancer-free.
Everyone knows that hair loss is a potential side effect of cancer treatment. Some women take it as a time to express a completely different side of them. Some search for a wig that matches their “regular” hair, and some just opt to recite the “bald is beautiful” mantra. Each survivor has to decide what works best for her, and the choices abound.
The first reaction was shock. Then she was petrified.
It’s just a number until it hits your family. According to the American Cancer Society, about 252,710 cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed this year in women, and nearly 41,000 will die from it. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month .
When she was officially diagnosed with stage 2a estrogen-positive cancer in a lymph node, Renee Bradberry’s life turned upside down. With a wonderfully supportive husband, Troy, and a 4-year-old son just entering preschool, she knew she had a lot to live for but was not aware of the positive impact a new friendship formed through her diagnosis would bring.
Mary Bennett was not your typical breast cancer patient.
