Life / Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2021
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Women Have Some Control in Regard to Their Risk for Breast Cancer
No one, regardless of their age, occupation, skin color, or socioeconomic status, is immune to cancer. In fact, individuals might be hard pressed to say no one in their family and/or circle of...
Breaking Down Breast Cancer Surgeries
Doctors will discuss a host of treatment options upon diagnosing a patient with breast cancer. The course of treatment is ultimately determined by various factors, including the stage of the disease at the time of diagnosis. Doctors and patients now...
Department of Health Emphasizes Importance of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month continues, the Department of Health emphasized the importance of continuing breast and cervical cancer screenings. The state has seen many women and individuals postpone these essential screenings due to COVID-19....
Successful Comeback Day for Making Strides of Central PA
With its first live event since 2019, the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Central Pennsylvania attracted some 300 participants who walked, danced, celebrated life...
Road To Recovery Continues After Cancer Treatment Ends
The American Cancer Society reports that the five-year survival rate for all cancers combined that were diagnosed between 2009 and 2015 was 67 percent. That's a noteworthy and encouraging statistic,...
The Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
No two women are the same. But when it comes to breast cancer, women from all walks of life share various risk factors for a disease that the World Health Organization indicates is the most frequent cancer among women. Risk factors are anything that...
Finding the Right Support Groups, Resources as a Breast Cancer Patient
A strong support network can help breast cancer patients navigate their treatments and all of the uncertainty that can arise after a cancer diagnosis. Many women undergoing treatment for breast cancer lean on friends and family for everything from...
Are There Different Types Of Breast Cancer?
Millions of women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, more than 2.3 million women across the globe were diagnosed with breast cancer in...
The Role Of Staging When Diagnosing Breast Cancer
A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming, and people who receive such news may be flooded with a wide range of emotions. When delivering such a diagnosis, doctors share vital information about their patients’ disease. Those details can go a long way...
Conemaugh Health System Encourages Women to Schedule Mammograms During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute. One in eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer over the course of their lifetime. Throughout the month of...
