Mastectomy

Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation

2013-05-15 12:39:44

"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...

Angelina Jolie will also get ovaries removed

2013-05-15 09:50:00

Actress Angelina Jolie, who got a double mastectomy to lower her chances of breast cancer, will also have her ovaries removed, according to People magazine. Jolie said in a New York Times editorial Tuesday that she had her breasts removed and...

Angelina Jolie among growing number of women choosing mastectomy before cancer

2013-05-14 16:57:00

Actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy rather than risk developing breast cancer hit close to home for Melissa DeSantis, a Bel Air mother of three children. As DeSantis read about Jolie's experience, she began to feel a sense of...

Donations, registrations down for Komen Maryland Race For the Cure

2012-10-04 17:59:00

Komen Maryland counts on Race for the Cure to pay for programs and support services related to breast cancer, but as the date for the 20th annual event approaches the group is facing steep declines in the number of people signed up and the amount of money...

Targeted breast cancer therapies coming to the forefront in treatment

2012-10-20 13:44:00

If there ever was a right time to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Beth Thompson found one. In February 2006, the pea-size tumor in her right breast was too small for a clinical trial of Herceptin, a targeted therapy that had proved effective in advanced...

Good Deeds: Spotlight on Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center

2012-10-12 15:11:00

Nonprofit organizations abound in Howard County and Howard Magazine highlights who they are, what they do and how you can help. Name: Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center Who: Leslie Rogers, director Q: What is your mission? A: The Claudia Mayer...

Breaking the breast cancer code

2012-09-26 08:26:00

How many children have you had, and did you wait until after 30 to have the first one? Do you have more than one drink a day? Did you get your period before you were 12? Do you exercise? Have a low-fat, high-fiber diet? Did you breast-feed? Do you work...

Judy Blume battling breast cancer

2012-09-06 10:53:00

Judy Blume, the chronicler of youth angst in such books as "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," is writing now about a much more personal battle against breast cancer. In a blog post titled !@#$% Happens, Blume...

10 awkward questions with Giuliana Rancic

2012-03-27 14:48:00

We often watch a reality show about a couple and assume they won't be a couple for much longer. It's not that we're cynical; it's just the facts of reality TV life. But "Giuliana & Bill," featuring Giuliana and Bill Rancic, seems to have broken that...

From Sun Magazine: Giuliana Rancic isn't afraid to bring reality to reality TV

2012-02-08 03:57:00

Growing up in Bethesda, Giuliana Rancic thought there was nothing more glamorous than the news women she saw on TV. First at the University of Maryland, College Park, then at graduate school in Washington, she trained to join their ranks, heading with...

Researchers turn attention to breast cancer prevention

2011-10-13 09:00:00

Cheryl Corbin's mother and grandmother had breast cancer, so an oncologist suggested she be tested for an inherited gene mutation linked to the disease. But when the results came in, she didn't show up to hear them. "I was afraid to hear the words,"...

The journey of breast cancer survivorship

2011-09-30 07:38:00

After months of chemotherapy and radiation, Susan Faber had finally finished breast cancer treatment and conquered the disease. It should have been a happy occasion. But Faber felt at a loss earlier this year as she rang the gong at Johns Hopkins...

One of the defining moments in the history of breast cancer occurred in 1974 when the first lady, Betty Ford, spoke openly about her mastectomy, lifting a veil of secrecy from the disease and ushering in a new era of breast cancer awareness.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Actress Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times op-ed piece that she recently underwent a preventive double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. Jolie noted in the piece that she carries the BRCA1 gene that increases a woman's risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

2013-05-14 17:24:48

Famed as a TV presenter of "America's Got Talent and Sharon, 60, wife of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, developed colon cancer in 2002. She started the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Foundation in association with Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

2013-05-14 05:54:46