Cure asked readers to send us photos of their cancer experience. Here and on the pages that follow are their submissions, breast cancer moments from those who feel that sharing their experiences will help those who come after them.

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Jane Treadaway of Mobile, Alabama, celebrates four years of survivorship this year. Photos 1 & 2 were taken by her son Bradly Dever Treadaway, who calls them a testament to love and life.

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	Survivors Betsy Katz (far right), Jana VanAntwerp (center), and Cindy Stephens say they would never have met were it not for the six-week lecture series on breast cancer they attended in Dallas after their diagnoses in 2001. “None of us thought we needed or wanted a support group,” says Katz. “But when the lecture series was over, we decided to get together once a week for dinner just to keep in touch, and it became so much more.” The three woman helped each other through treatment, hair loss, and reconstruction. Katz says they started out at a chance meeting “and now we are friends for life. We can’t imagine not knowing each other.” Photo by Mark Waggy

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Laura Nichter liked her mother Helen’s bald head, so on their first trip out for pizza after chemotherapy, she pulled off her mother’s hat and announced to the restaurant, “Hey everyone! Look at my mommy’s bald head.” “From that day on I would remove my hat in public places. My daughter’s love and courage gave me strength.” Photo by Helen’s husband Mark Nichter, Cherry Hill, New Jersey