National Breast Cancer Coalition

What A Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Won't Change

Fran Visco | Posted 05.23.2012

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Fran Visco

In September of 1987 I was a successful lawyer in Philadelphia, advocating for my clients and women's rights. I was also a wife and mother. Then I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

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Breast Cancer: A Women's Issue all Presidential Candidates Should Agree On

Fran Visco | Posted 04.21.2012

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Fran Visco

We demand a commitment and a plan of action to end breast cancer. We demand leadership that will bring the world of public policy together to save lives.

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Confused About Breast Cancer? I'm Not

Fran Visco | Posted 04.15.2012

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Fran Visco

Are we talking about the breast cancer issues that really matter?

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What I Think About the Current Breast Cancer Debate

Fran Visco | Posted 04.04.2012

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Fran Visco

I've been told it's impossible to end breast cancer. People said the same about curing polio or putting a man on the moon. But I'm hopeful.

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WARNING: Breast Cancer Awareness Month May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Fran Visco | Posted 01.15.2012

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Fran Visco

We need the truth and not the hype about breast cancer and we need it 12 months a year.

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Celebs, Nonprofits Partner For Lifetime Movie On Impact Of Breast Cancer

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.10.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

Since 1994, Lifetime Television has been a leader in promoting awareness and activism around the issue of breast cancer. Combining advocacy work with ...

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Fight Breast Cancer: We Must Win

Brian Buck | Posted 12.06.2011

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Brian Buck

It broke my heart when I heard the news. Only six years old, Olivia faced the rest of her life struggling to hold onto the memory of her mother. I didn't know her mother. Only that she was 31 years old.

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Progress in Breast Cancer: A Reality Check

Fran Visco | Posted 07.03.2011

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Fran Visco

If we are serious about ending breast cancer we must understand the reality of the disease at every level.

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It's November: Time to Talk About Elections, Turkey and Breast Cancer?

Fran Visco | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fran Visco

It's November. Another Breast Cancer Awareness Month has come and gone. But breast cancer hasn't. It's still here. It's still killing more than 1,400 women around the world each day.

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Why I'm Not Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Fran Visco | Posted 11.17.2011

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Fran Visco

This is the 25th breast cancer awareness month. We are being asked to celebrate that fact -- which is symptomatic of the problem. Why do we try so hard to make breast cancer palatable, comfortable, pink?

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