Breast Cancer

“My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman. Only a fraction of breast cancers result from an inherited gene mutation. Those with a defect in BRCA1 have a 65 percent risk [...]

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I have just changed the header for the site to reflect a new attitude of joy and hope.  I have been in the weeds with an eye opening new project that has consumed my time over the last few months, partnering with a brilliant social media marketing guy Brent Campbell of A Hundred Miles and [...]

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The insanity of the GOP Republican Party + Evangelical Right Agenda against Women continues. Shame on you Susan G. Komen Foundation ~ Planned Parenthood is a critical safety net for women across America and with so many of the middle class falling between the cracks into poverty, the role of Planned Parenthood in more important [...]

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“After reviewing the available studies,” she continued, “it is clear that women who take Avastin for metastatic breast cancer risk potentially life-threatening side effects without proof that the use of Avastin will provide a benefit, in terms of delay in tumor growth, that would justify those risks. Nor is there evidence that use of Avastin [...]

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