When as a 62-year-old wife, mom, and nana, my only health concern was my diabetes. I loved life, enjoying my grandchildren, traveling with my husband, and enjoying our farm. I had just started my new journey becoming an Independent Paparazzi Consultant. On October 5th, 2018, while I was driving home pulling my trailer full of jewelry, reminiscing over the wonderful day I had, I rubbed my armpit and there was a lump! I got scared. I didn’t tell my husband for a couple of days.

Iowa is often associated with its iconic cornfields and farms, but the state offers much more than that. From rolling hills to towering...

This article is an update to the April 2022 article “Hope After a MetastaticDiagnosis.” This is a feel good story for me. I was diagnosed...

October isn’t just breast cancer awareness for women, but men too! The American Cancer Society estimates how breast cancer will impact American men in 2024:  • 2,790 men in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. • About 530 men will die from breast cancer. That means 1 in 726 men will develop breast cancer. Marlyn Washburn was one of them (read his story in the April 2024  Touch of Courage newsletter). When Marlyn’s own daughter was diagnosed with b

Cold, hollow, a blur. These are the feelings I experienced when I was told I had stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer, along with the BRCA1 gene, at the age of 33. No one can prepare you for that news and you can’t help but think of the worst. We often hear that no one knows your body better than you, but this became a reality for me after my diagnosis. For five months prior to my diagnosis, I had been complaining about pain in my breast. The pain was constant, not excruciat

A SURVIVOR STORY BY CHERI NELSON I am sure most people can relate with the phrase, “It won't happen to me.” That was what I thought. I...

We have all heard how important sleep is for our health. The stress of a cancer diagnosis and treatment on the body and mind can make...

The Beyond Pink TEAM began 35 years ago with a mission to increase mammography utilization and provide a breast cancer support group. It...

By Athena Puski, MS LGC Licensed Genetic Counselor Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics You’ve...

By Dr. Andrew Nish, Medical Director, John Stoddard Cancer Center, Des Moines, Iowa There is a plethora of advertisements trying to sell...

by Barbara Christie-Pope, PhD Professor of Biology, Cornell College Metastasis is the movement of cancer cells from a primary tumor to a...

I will be celebrating 3+ years breast cancer free. To help me celebrate I want to ask all my women friends and family to do a self-exam...

by Christine Carpenter and Lori Seawel Did you know Iowa has played an integral role in breast cancer research that is saving lives right...

Little did Ellen Duffy know when she joined Beyond Pink TEAM, because her mother was a breast cancer survivor, that she would be...

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A survivor’s story by Angela Hamilton My name is Angela Hamilton and I am a breast cancer survivor! My cancer was caught during a routine...

During and following my treatment for breast cancer I became aware of what really mattered and I discovered an intriguing combination of...

A survivor’s story by Cheryl Thayer My journey started in September of 2010. I had off and on muscular back pain, so when my left breast...

My story began in August, 1999. I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I had surgery to remove a mass by my thyroid. I didn't have...

Obesity is a condition in which a person has an unhealthy amount and/or distribution of body fat. A scale known as the body mass index...