breast cancer awareness

A breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. And just when you’re trying to cope with the shock and the fears about your future, you’re asked…

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Sisters Network Inc. (“SNI”), the only national African-American breast cancer survivorship organization, has launched TEENS 4 PINK, a new program that aims to educate and…

Eat well, watch your weight, do self-exams once a month and get regular mammograms – these are the well-known basics for detecting and surviving breast…

Former WNBA star, Pam McGee is a breast cancer surviver and she did it having faith all the way through. Listen to the encouraging words…

We know Pam McGee as a star basketball player, but she has overcome many trials to get where she is today. Listen to her give…

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Roland Martin talks with Dr. Janna Andrews and singer Kelly Price about breast cancer’s impact on Black women. White women are more likely to get a…

Breast cancer screenings help detect breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable stage. More than nine out of 10 women who detect breast cancer early…

When is Breast Cancer Awareness Month? National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, or NBCAM, runs through October of ever year, though according to the website, it’s…

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The sister of late Georgia death row inmate, Troy Davis, has died of cancer, the NAACP has confirmed. Martina Davis-Correia, 42, was diagnosed in 2000 with breast cancer. While battling cancer, Davis-Correia helped spread awareness about her brother’s case, maintaining that there was too much doubt in the details of his murder conviction to allow […]

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In 2011, an estimated 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women. Approximately 39,520 women are expected to die from breast cancer this year alone. Finding a cure for breast cancer is a battle with which every man, woman and child should be concerned! It is claiming the lives of our […]