TJMS commentator Jacque Reid and co-host Sybil Wilkes discuss the importance of breast cancer awareness and keeping up with mammograms and other preventative procedures.
Entrepreneur and breast cancer survivor Tracy Nicole joined “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show“ to share her story and advice on how to prevent and beat the…
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Well, I am aware that my breasts may be on the small side, but until a scary situation a while back, I never had to request – let alone, beg – anyone to pay attention to my “little friends.” After the humiliation of being turned down, darn-near staging a one-woman […]
Ebony Steele is a breast cancer survivor, and she shares her story in the video above. Find out more about this disease that has hit African American women especially hard by clicking here.
Jeff Johnson talks about male breast cancer in today’s 3 Things You Should Know. Since it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Jeff drops some knowledge not only how…
Today, Majic 102.1/Houston midday radio personality Kandi Eastman announced on air that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. “Good Morning America” host and breast…
When it comes to black women and breast cancer, the news is often disheartening. According to the Black Women’s Health Imperative, recent studies released have revealed that: Black breast cancer patients are more likely to die than white patients, regardless of the type of breast cancer they contract, raising the question of why black patients […]
CHICAGO (AP) — New research suggests that bad genes may be responsible for more breast cancer cases in black women than has been previously known. About 1 in 5 African-American women with the disease have an inherited mutation that drastically raises their risk for breast and ovarian cancer, according to a study released Monday. It […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results. It has […]
Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, troubling new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts for decades, doctors found. Patients shouldn’t panic — radiation has improved cancer survival, and […]
No major headline or call to stop the presses. Excuse my language, but it really does SUCK. But what sucks even more is to sit idly by and do nothing about cancer. A generation has passed since cancer sucked the life out of my world. January 7, 1993. To borrow from The Temptations: “that day […]
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breast cancer treatment: Kadcyla (kad-SY’-luh) is designed to target only the tumor cells, while leaving healthy cells intact. Kadcyla, from Roche, is a combination of the drug Herceptin, a powerful chemotherapy drug, as well as a third chemical that links the two treatments together and keep everything intact […]
