One morning during the summer of 2016, I rolled over in bed, my hand brushed across my right breast and I felt a lump. I had just turned...

When a person is diagnosed with cancer they will have a variety of treatment options which may include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation,...

On February 18, 2016 I was sitting at the breast care center waiting my turn for my first (and as it turned out later, also my last)...

My cancer was found during a routine mammogram in July 2009. Hearing the words “You have cancer” started the roller coaster ride of a...

What do you think when you hear the words, “I am sorry you have cancer?” It sure wasn’t what I expected to hear. With my 24 year old...

In review of a previous survivor’s story I wrote*, it’s easy to see that I was in a very different place then as compared with today...

Did you ever wonder why some women get chemotherapy but others don’t? Or why some women are eligible for shorter courses of radiation...

The Environmental Working Group’s database, Skin Deep, pairs ingredients in more than 37,000 products against 50 definite toxicity and...

Having seen my granny and younger sister battle breast cancer, I knew the importance of performing monthly self breast exams. In October...

Growing up the youngest of six and having red hair (actually strawberry blonde) I was picked on A LOT. I learned to be tough and how to...

Women who undergo any type of treatment for breast cancer are affected in a multitude of ways. Survivors and health care providers...

One day you see the headlines proclaim that decreasing dietary fat will reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. Almost the very next...

In February of 2002, as I was preparing myself for my annual mammogram, I was feeling fine and having no problems. Then my life suddenly...

In the last three years, there have been increasing reports on the use of less than whole breast irradiation following lumpectomy for...