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Each Wednesday throughout October The Paducah Sun will publish a special “pink” section dedicated to educating and engaging our readers about breast cancer and breast cancer prevention.

A portion of the money raised through Think Pink will go to the local office of the American Cancer Society and be used in the region for breast cancer programs.

It is important to find and remove tumors while they are still small
by Michael de los Reyes mdelosreyes@paducahsun.com
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
The key in fighting cancer is finding and removing tumors while they are small. “Breast cancer is not a death sentence. We know so much more about cancer today than we did years ago,” said Sondr...
Money, other worries keep women from proper care
by SHELLEY BYRNE sbyrne@paducahsun.com
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Dr. Daniel Howard has a message for women worried they might have breast cancer. “There is nobody who has to sit home with a lump in their breast and say: ‘What do I do? I don’t have any money,’...
Repeated wins against cancer strengthen survivor
by STEVE VANTREESE svantreese@paducahsun.com
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Beverly Bess is a four-time winner in bouts with cancer, three of them breast cancer. For her experiences, the Metropolis, Ill., native and Hazelwood, Mo., resident champions early detection and...
Screening technology too good? Not to Carloss
by STEVE VANTREESE svantreese@paducahsun.com
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Some testing for breast cancer may be too good for practicality, some argue. Paducah’s longest serving oncologist doesn’t buy that. Dr. Harry Carloss retired in 2008 after 28 years of treating...
Agencies tackle patients’ social and financial needs
by Alan Reed areed@paducahsun.com
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Fighting a life-threatening disease like breast cancer can bring an enormous economic and emotional burden for patients, but help is available. Jamie Smith, cancer control specialist for the Ken...
Diagnoses mesh old, new technology
by Bill Bartleman bartleman@paducahsun.com
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Using X-rays to detect breast cancer began in the 1920s but it wasn’t until the late 1960s that specialized mammography equipment was developed and marketed. Mammography testing since then has i...
When risks exist
by Adam Shull ashull@paducahsun.com
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Genetic testing, early screenings are options for women at risk Karen Brown wanted to know the risks her daughter faces. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2008, Brown wanted...
Tests: Services available to help with costs
by SHELLEY BYRNE sbyrne@paducahsun.com
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Dr. Daniel Howard has a message for women worried they might have breast cancer. “There is nobody who has to sit home with a lump in their breast and say: ‘What do I do? I don’t have any money,’...
Cancer testing: What’s available
by Staff reports
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
The standard testing procedures used for detecting and evaluating breast cancer are mammograms, breast ultrasound, breast MRI and biopsy of breast cells. A mammogram is an X-ray of the breas...
Local doctor uses personal cancer experience to help patients
by Danielle Ray dray@paducahsun.com
Oct 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Cancer doesn’t fight fair. That’s what Dr. Lisa Chaney Lasher has learned from her experience with breast cancer, both as a survivor and as an obstetrician/gynecologist. Lasher, director of wo...
Something to talk about
by Adam Shull ashull@paducahsun.com
Oct 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Breast cancer talks changed for survivors of 22 years The similarities between Rudell Blalock and Jeanne Price are striking. Both made a life in west Kentucky, and married doctors who ser...
Know the common risks, factors of breast cancer
by MichaeL de los Reyes mdelosreyes@paducahsun.com
Oct 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Two groups of risk factors affect a woman’s chance of having breast cancer. One set of factors — age, family cancer history, genetics and menstrual cycle — cannot be changed, according to Medlin...
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