Breast Cancer

In honor of CURE co-founder Kathy LaTour, who passed away June 19, 2020, a fellow VOICES writer shares the lessons she learned by reading Kathy’s insightful words.

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."

“Anyone who met my mother was touched by her spirit. She challenged people to be curious, to seek more, to learn more and to challenge themselves,” LaTour’s daughter, Kirtley Perkins, wrote on Facebook.

In partnership with CURE®, Susan G. Komen Greater New York City hosts its 4th Annual Patient Navigation Town Hall "Empowering and Mobilizing Our Patient Navigation Workforce". Oncologists, community health workers and patient navigators will get together on June 23rd, via webinar, to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cancer landscape and how professionals and patients can navigate the fallout moving forward.

In this episode of the “CURE Talks Cancer” podcast, we spoke with a breast surgical oncologist and gynecologic surgeon about why the topic of gynecologic health is a taboo subject when it comes to cancer treatment, and what patients can do to treat those changes.

Even those who have undergone mastectomies can enjoy a vintage bralette. And maybe being more comfortable with who I am, a survivor who did not opt for reconstruction, can be a lesson to others.

A breast cancer survivor reflects on the double mastectomy and reconstruction process two years out from beginning the process.

"Good luck, and if you can’t keep your hair, just remember it puts a bad hair day in perspective."

When a cancer diagnosis is handed down a new commitment to the cancer journey is made, but for every patient, it's a different commitment with its own sacrifices, challenges and perspective.

“The cancer care community urgently needs data on the effects of COVID-19, specifically in patients with cancer,” ASCO President Dr. Howard A. Burris III said in a press release.

Chemotherapy killed my veins, and quarterly blood tests won't let me forget that. How it's impossible to ever forget the changes cancer brings.

One cancer survivor details protecting the story of other survivors from those who would sensationalize it.

CURE® remembers the life and work of Patrice “Patti” Hennessy patient advocate and loving grandmother, who passed away from cancer on January 28th.

A breast cancer survivor celebrates her 10-year "cancerversary" during the global pandemic and finds ways to feel grateful.

Although one non-profit has decided to place fundraising efforts on the back burner since the start of COVID-19, one of the organization’s founding members notes it is still sticking to its mission.

Celebrating the five year cancer-free mark for one survivor amid the COVID-19 pandemic makes it all the more important.

Most people are in the dark about Lynch syndrome, a condition that predisposes individuals to cancer. Patient advocacy group AliveAndKickn works to illuminate the issue.

With the COVID-19 Pandemic making a major impact on the cancer landscape, Dr. Len Lichtenfeld discusses how the coronavirus is impacting the patient's cancer treatment and what can be done to navigate it.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the country, patients with breast cancer who were scheduled to have reconstructive surgery, or were considering the procedure, have been forced to wait until all elective surgeries can begin again. However, the AiRS Foundation continues to educate women on their options for breast reconstruction.

Undertaking the cancer journey is a daunting task with its own challenges and tough questions to face, but that doesn't mean you have to do it alone.

“(Feeling calm after my breast cancer diagnosis) had to do with the fact that I empowered myself with education.”

As we enter a new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic cancer survivors know all too well what that "new normal" means.

You don't have to be "difficult" to speak up for yourself and get the care you deserve.

Having cancer is hard enough, but "orphan diseases" can add another degree of division and its own form of social distancing.

As patients begin to look at what’s to come when lockdown measures in place are relaxed a new logistical puzzle will pop for some.

There are advantages and disadvantages to delaying elective reconstructive breast surgery, according to one expert.

A newly diagnosed patient talks about her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients with breast cancer have come to terms that the risks of having reconstructive surgery at this time are too great, according to one expert.