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Breast Cancer Myths

Save the Ta-Tas, Save Women?

Jessica S. Holmes | Posted 12.19.2012 | Women
Read More: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Breast Cancer, Pinkwashing, Breast Cancer Awareness, Lung Cancer, Rethink Breast Cancer, #1 Killer of Women, Heart Disease, Breast Cancer Myths, Keep a Breast Foundation, Breast Cancer Research, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Komen, Pink Ribbon, Women News
Jessica S. Holmes

"Save the ta-tas." The bumper sticker glared back at me as I made my morning commute to work as a breast cancer researcher, as if I needed reminding that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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25 Breast Cancer Myths Busted

Posted 12.26.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Breast Cancer, Deodorant Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Myths, Underwire Breast Cancer, Breast-Cancer, Breast-Cancer-Awareness-Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Healthy Living News

1. Myth: Only women with a family history of breast cancer are at risk. Reality: Roughly 70 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer have ...

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Rethinking Societal Attitudes About People Who Get Cancer

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Metastatic Breast Cancer Network, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Illness as Metaphor, Cancer Societal Stigma, Susan Sontag, Cancer Myths, Breast Cancer Myths, Cancer Stigma, Healthy Living News
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

Our personality does not make us more or less likely to get cancer, and its successful treatment is not essentially a matter of our outlook.

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Just a Kid: A Ten-Year-Old Battles Breast Cancer

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Breastcancer.org, 10-Year-Old, Breast Cancer Myths, Hannah Powell-Auslam, Survivors Club, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Mastectomy, Breast Cancer, Survivor Story, Healthy Living News
Ben Sherwood

With each new membership in the Survivors Club, there are lessons to be learned. While Hannah's case is extremely rare, it reminds us of some of the myths of breast cancer.

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25 Breast Cancer Myths And Misunderstandings

Health.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Breast Cancer Symptoms, Breast Cancer Myths, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Causes, Breast Cancer Month, Breast Cancer Awareness, Healthy Living News

1. Myth: Only women with a family history of breast cancer are at risk. Reality: Roughly 70% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no identifiab...

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