Promoting October’s designation as Breast Cancer Awareness month, village officials partnered with the MLK Community Center to offer residents free screenings in Nassau University Medical …
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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10/21/21
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There is perhaps no disease that strikes greater fear in the hearts of women than breast cancer. It is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths, behind lung cancer, and . . .
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10/21/21
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There is perhaps no disease that strikes greater fear in the hearts of women than breast cancer. It is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths, behind lung cancer, and . . .
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10/15/20
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There is perhaps no disease that strikes greater fear in the hearts of women than breast cancer. It is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths, behind lung cancer, and . . .
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10/5/18
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Breast cancer has killed far too many of our wives, mothers, sisters and friends. It is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the U.S., after lung cancer, and . . .
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10/12/17
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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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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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In 1992, at the end of my second term in the Senate, I was approached by several courageous women from Long Island. They sat me down in my Senate conference room and brought to my attention that Long Island was producing higher-than-average rates of breast cancer.
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Al D'Amato
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12/17/09
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