Stacy was a young physician in training when I first met her. It was the summer of 2002 when we started our internal medicine residency training.

A breast cancer diagnosis is already tough enough to deal with, but having to consider what bras to wear after surgery, where to purchase wigs and hair-loss accessories without proper assistance can just add to the stress.

(NAPSI)We all reflect on how the women in our lives are so important to us and our families. FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. and the National Breast Cancer Foundation are working together to raise awareness and encourage all women to understand the importance of early detection of breast cancer. The partnership recently launched Images of Health, a campaign designed to provide educational resources and support for breast cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones.

(BPT) - A breast cancer diagnosis at any stage can be devastating. However, women with advanced breast cancer are also faced with the overwhelming reality that they must begin additional therapy, or that they will receive treatment for the remainder of their lives. There are an estimated 150,000 women in the United States living with stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Stage III locally advanced breast cancer and stage IV metastatic breast cancer – collectively referred to as advanced breast cancer - are the most progressed forms of the illness.

It’s amazing how a thoughtful little message from someone can brighten your day. You know, those handwritten notes slipped into a lunch box, pocket or briefcase; a card that mysteriously appears on your desk when you step away; a text that pops up on your phone.

The CDO Girls Softball Team will hold their annual Breast Cancer Awareness Game this Thursday March 15 at CDO's Gale Bundrick-Clark Enterline Field at 4 p.m. versus Vista Grande High School. 

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month—the perfect time to discuss the importance of mammography. Because breast cancer is often detectable in its early stages when there’s a good chance for a cure, breast cancer screening is essential to early detection.

Here is your chance to pay tribute to someone you love, send out a message of support to someone you know, or write a message of hope and inspiration. Join The Explorer by sending messages of hope in your own words as part of our Oct. 19 Paint the Desert Pink special section for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

(NAPSI)—It’s a fact-one in eight women will get breast cancer.¹ And until there is a breakthrough cure for all stages of breast cancer, the best way to survive it is to detect it early. Survival rates for early detection are 95 percent, but only 41 percent when diagnosed later.² With those odds, wouldn’t you like to know your breast cancer risk and be able to do something about it? If yes, chances are you’d probably want the same for your mom, sister, aunt and friends. Fortunately, there is good news for you and your loved ones and all it takes is a visit to your healthcare professional. With all of the right tools and a comprehensive breast health plan outlined by a healthcare professional, you and your loved ones can find out the risk for developing breast cancer and do something about it.

With a smile, Dorothy Nelson waited patiently on Oct. 7 to have an oncologist confirm what she already knew. She knew that recent back pain means she will have to go through more radiation treatments to stabilize the breast cancer running through her bones.

Special to The Explorer

More than 327,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed this year alone. The numbers are staggering, but the stories of the people diagnosed can be inspiring.

Vicki Koceja, RN-BC, BSN, MBA, OCN, FAAMA, PhD, has been named the clinical administrative director for the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, opening this September on the Banner Gateway campus in Phoenix.

Deborah Slabaugh is a longtime employee at Ventana Medical Systems, the Oro Valley company that creates instruments and re-agents for the detection of cancer.