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Keyword: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women of all ethnic backgrounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Cancer Society recommends that women at average risk for the disease start annual screening with mammograms between ages 40 and 44.
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By Diana Colapietro
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9/28/16
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Breast cancer is big business in America today, and high season for the industry is October. Personally (and it is personal), I feel exploited by the “pinking” of the world around me . . .
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10/15/15
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Despite years of research and publicity, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of death among women, behind only heart disease. The good news is . . .
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10/7/15
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to gauge your awareness. Are the following statements true or false?
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10/9/14
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Do we really want to see the bruisers of the NFL play for pink? As Breast Cancer Awareness month begins . . .
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9/25/14
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It is Oct. 31, 1951, a bitterly cold Halloween. My mother and I are rushing home from the neighborhood bakery in the late afternoon.
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10/31/13
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Breast cancer victims are our mothers, our sisters, our friends and, yes, sometimes our fathers and brothers.
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10/17/13
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I couldn’t wait for November. Once the calendar page turned, Breast Cancer Awareness Month was officially over.
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11/2/12
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Nassau County has one of the nation’s highest rates of breast cancer, and more than 1,200 women in the county were diagnosed with the disease from 2004 to 2008, according to the State Department of Health’s New York State Cancer Registry.
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10/11/12
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I am nothing if not trendy. On Oct. 7, I underwent surgery for breast cancer following a diagnosis two weeks earlier. It is, after all, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I wouldn’t think of having cancer any other time of the year.
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10/20/11
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