Thursday, November 8, 2012
Patrons of Giant Food Stores and Martin's Food Markets helped raise over $20,000 for the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Per a Giant Food Stores press release: GIANT Food Stores and MARTIN’S Food Markets turned green into pink for October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with $36,710 in donations to local organizations that support breast cancer research, education, and/or awareness. “Breast cancer affects so many of our shoppers and their families and we are proud to help raise awareness in our stores and support local organizations in the communities we serve in helping to find a cure,” said Jeff Beaulieu, vice president, sales and merchandising. The following organizations are recipients of donations from GIANT/MARTIN’S: These funds are being donated as a result of GIANT/MARTIN’S donating five cents of every pink reusable shopping bag sold throughout the …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Breast cancer isn't age specific. Here's how to cope with treatments and augmentations if you are diagnosed earlier in life.
Generally speaking, a woman in Pennsylvania has 125 in 100,000 chance of getting invasive breast cancer, according to this breast cancer statistics chart from komen.org. An American woman in her 30s has a one in 232 chance of getting the disease, and a woman 20 years her senior has a one in 42 probability, according to the website. “Although we aren’t certain, the cause of breast cancer in younger women is likely caused by a genetic predisposition,” says Ann H. Partridge, M.D., M.P.H., the medical oncologist director of the Adult Survivorship Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. While breast cancer treatment in young women is often effective, the chance of recovery tends to be worse in women under 40. …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Meet a local woman who didn't just overcome breast cancer - she kicked its butt.
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Patch sat down for a Q & A session with local breast-cancer survivor and activist, Kerri Conner-Matchett. She was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer at the age of 33, when her daughter, Madison, was just 2. An Elkins Park resident, she is the author of My Mommy Has Breast Cancer, But She Is Ok. Patch: When were you diagnosed with breast cancer? Kerri: April 2008, 10 years after my mother's diagnosis. Patch: How did you find the cancer? Was there a family history? Did you have higher-than-normal risk for developing breast cancer? Kerri: I have been getting mammograms since the age of 29, because my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 41. The only year I did not get a …
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates of incidence of breast cancer in the country. But early detection of breast cancer through routine exams saves thousands of lives every year.
Studies have shown that early detection of breast cancer improves the chances of a cure. That in itself is the most important reason to make an appointment today for a breast exam or mammogram. Here is a list of local places where you can go for mammograms and breast exams in Montgomery County: Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington Health Center/Mary T. Sachs Breast Center - Schilling Campus, and Abington Health Center - Warminster Campus. Call 215-481-EXAM to scheduling an appointment. Lansdale Hospital. Call 215-853-8040 to schedule an appointment. Mercy Suburban Hospital, East Norriton. Call 610-292-7100 to schedule an appointment. Lansdale Imaging Center.Call 215-393-7179 to schedule an appointment. Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. …
Friday, October 12, 2012
It was no accident that the pink ribbon was selected to become the internationally recognized and accepted symbol of breast cancer.
When you see a pink ribbon in October, or any other time of year, you know what it means: breast cancer. It’s an internationally recognized symbol of breast cancer awareness, of moral support for breast cancer sufferers and survivors, of financial support for breast cancer research and hope for a cure. But why a ribbon? And why pink? According to Think Before You Pink’s History of the Pink Ribbon, the ribbon movement took flight in the 70s, when the wife of a hostage in Iran tied yellow ribbons around the trees in her front yard, to show hope for the safe return of her husband. Her story appeared on the nightly news, and people around the country tied their own yellow ribbons in a show of solidarity. In 1990 AIDS activists adopted the …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here's a list of local breast cancer support groups.
One in 8 American women and 1 in 1,000 American men will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives. It’s estimated that more than 2 million people are diagnosed with breast cancer and fight for their lives each year. Breast cancer is difficult to face alone—for both patients and their loved ones. To help in the battle, there are a number of local resources and support groups. Breast Cancer Support Group, Lansdale Hospital. This self-help group for breast cancer patients meets the first Monday of each month from 5 to 6:30 p.m., as well as the third Thursday of each month from noon to 1:30 p.m. Learn coping techniques through sharing of ideas and experiences. For more information call Callie Durivage at 215-412-5093. Can Surmount. …
Thursday, October 20, 2011
This year, the American Cancer Society estimates 2,190 new cases of invasive breast cancer in men in this country. They estimate 410 men will die.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Allen Wilson doesn’t mind being a poster child for a pink cause. “Exploit me,” he said. Wilson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 when he was 51. Now he’s using his experience to save other grandfathers, fathers, sons, brothers and uncles. Wilson, of Houston, noticed a lump under his nipple, but he ignored it until the day he collided with one of his sons while playing basketball. He did some research and decided he needed to see his doctor. “Two days later, I had a mammogram. It’s amazing what those technicians can do with so little tissue to work with,” he said. Wilson had a mastectomy and chemotherapy. His hair was falling out, so his two sons helped give him a Mohawk and paint half red and half green for a family Christmas card. …
Breast cancer survivors and mastectomy recipients talk about their life afterward.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Life without the girls. No more tatas. Adios to the twins. About 80,000 women every year have one or both breasts removed. Some of these are after breast cancer, and some of these follow a pre-diagnosis. The results for life after mastectomies differ in every way physically, socially, economically and emotionally. Some survivors are just plain thankful for the potentially deadly body parts to be gone, while others are devastated by the pain or by their new appearance. Tobey Young chose a double mastectomy several years ago after testing positive for the gene associated with high-risk breast cancer. She had lost her mother 18 years earlier to breast cancer, and another relative had been recently diagnosed. “I had a decision to make. I …
“It’s good to be positive and to let them know as much as they want to know.”
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Be prepared for all kinds of inquiries but here’s the main question most children will want to know, “What about ME?” Then, “How will my schedule change?” “Will you still have time for me?” “Is this my fault?” “Am I going to get it?” “Will I lose my hair, too?” Even the most compassionate children, who will surely want to know that their parent is going to be OK, will want to know the impact the disease and treatment will have on them, said Marsha T. Oakley, nursing coordinator at The Hoffberger Breast Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center in Maryland. “It’s good to be positive and to let them know as much as they want to know,” she said. Breast cancer survivor and author Lisa Klenoshek agrees. Her daughter, Zoey, was 4 when Klenoshek was …
Onyx
1:10 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
All this pink ribbon campaign I see on EVERYTHING, and all the companies who will donate hundreds of thousands $$ to Susan Koman foundation NO woman on this planet should ever have breast cancer again. Where and to who does this money benefit, other than the Koman family members who are still living? I think this is a sham....if anyone has benefitted from this foundation, please correct me. I … more ›