FDA approves first pre-surgical breast cancer drug
A biotech drug from Roche has become the first medicine approved to treat breast cancer before surgery, offering an earlier approach against one of the deadliest forms of the disease.
View ArticleSurvivor spirit: Summerlin mom makes most of life after Stage 4 breast cancer
Summerlin resident Maura Bivens does not like December, not since 2007. December is when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer.
View ArticleEvents for National Breast Cancer Awareness month
Numerous activities and tie-ins are planned in observance of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness month, which is aimed at raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research and treatment.
View ArticleDrug trial deals new hope in woman's fight for life
Mary Ann Hoban’s fight against cancer was seemingly over from the start. The 83-year-old was given little hope to survive. But a drug trial changed all that, and she is making a remarkable recovery.
View ArticleTop trends in breast-cancer technology - speed, precision
Breast-cancer technology is getting faster and more precise. Where mammograms were once cold and painful, they are now more comfortable and more accurate. Where treatment used to take 30 minutes a day...
View ArticleObesity is No. 1 risk for breast, other cancers
Interested in knowing what you should eat to minimize your risk of breast cancer and other types of cancer? It’s simple — and it’s something you’ve heard many times before.
View ArticleComplete Prevention: Woman opts for double mastectomy to avoid sister's fate
Too often in her memories, Shiela Burns sees what terrifies her. Blood at first seeping, then spurting from tumors on the chest and back of her twin sister, Las Vegas optometrist Dr. Sheryl...
View ArticleHenderson resident stays ahead of cancer with exercise
Chemotherapy saps the strength and energy of most people. Michelle White isn’t most people.
View ArticlePink paper, fundraising event tout breast cancer awareness
For the fourth consecutive year, the Review-Journal printed its editions Wednesday on pink newsprint in recognition of October as breast cancer awareness month. The proceeds from retail sales, as well...
View ArticleHenderson home to unique breast cancer fundraisers
From the Rose Regatta Dragon Boat Race & Festival to the Big Shots Breast Cancer Fundraiser, Henderson-area residents find ways to have fun while raising funds to fight breast cancer.
View ArticleOctober means National Breast Cancer Awareness month is here
Here’s a list of activities and tie-ins planned in observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness month, which is aimed at raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research and treatment.
View Article‘No crying in baseball’
Throughout her battle with breast cancer, Vegas Valley Baseball co-owner Carol Ruegge’s spirits have been buoyed by her family, friends and a plethora of people associated with the organization, which...
View ArticlePink tattoos tell the stories of breast cancer battles
Everybody affected by cancer has a story, and sometimes they tell that story with a tattoo rather than words.
View ArticleLumpectomy works to rid cancer, preserve breast
Advances in knowledge and technology have made the less-invasive lumpectomy a more attractive course of treatment for those in the earliest stage of breast cancer.
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Breast cancer awareness paying off
Beyond the tragedy of breast cancer and the thousands of lives it affects and ends every year, there is hope.
View ArticleBreast Cancer Awareness Month events
There are plenty of events around the valley for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
View ArticleLouise Unell: Volunteerism a result of cancer
As a youngster, Louise Unell wasn't a girlie girl in love with pinks and purples. Yet today, Unell has a pink scarf and a pink cellphone cover, and she's proud of both.
View ArticleMaking Strides Against Breast Cancer set for Oct. 25
The annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is one of the largest networks of breast cancer awareness events in the nation, uniting nearly 300 communities to finish the...
View ArticleMammogram crucial to early breast cancer detection
Touch yourself. Thoroughly and often. A self-exam is one of the few ways to find a lump in the breast before the age of 35, when doctors and the Susan G. Komen of Southern Nevada recommend the average...
View ArticleWomen walk weekly to train for 60-mile Susan G. Komen event
Four women, 60 miles, all of it on foot: That's the task that four Summerlin-area women — Tammra Brunner, 53; Fay Orshoski, 73; Susan Schilder, 46; and Lori Candalino, 54 — have given themselves.
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