The Breast Views Blog: Breast cancer in men

Men can also get breast cancer because men have breast tissue just like women.

Read all about it at this link: Breast cancer in men

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Cancer Vixen

For the 101 page graphic novel about "what happens when a shoe-crazed, wine-swilling, big-city girl finds a lump in her breast", you'll want to take some time to read Cancer Vixen.

Click on the link: Cancer Vixen

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: BrCa1 and BrCa 2 Genetic Testing

It is estimated that about 6 - 10% of all breast cancer is genetic in origin - hence your increased risk if someone else in your family has the disease.

But did you know that scientists have isolated mutations on several breast and ovarian cancer-causing genes and that it is possible to be tested for the mutations?

Question is, would you want to know?

The following link leads to a four part story by a young woman who faces this question after learning that her mom has tested positive for BRCA1.

Click: Guide to Genetic Testing.

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Breast Cancer and Pesticides

Despite our city being blanketed in snow and our temperatures dipping into the double digit minus department, the cosmetic pesticide people are gearing up for spring. I've had three calls from 'Weed People' in the last week.

For me it's obvious. If you put poison on your property then you've got poisoned property. As a result, I'm off the phone in the time it takes to say NO thanks!

Its no wonder this story caught my eye. "Susan Teitelbaum, assistant professor in the department of community medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and colleagues recently completed a study looking at the effects of household pesticides on breast-cancer risk among women on Long Island."

Click on the link for a Q and A with Susan. Breast cancer and pesticides

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Don't Reject Money From 'Exotic Dancers For Cancer' - Commentary

Well then. Given that the universal qualifier for getting breast cancer is breast ownership, and given the on going plea from breast cancer foundations to give, give, give for the cause, cause, cause, this story is interesting and shamefully familiar.

Don't Reject Money From 'Exotic Dancers For Cancer' - Commentary

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: The Geography of Breast Cancer

This story from Ms. Magazine questions why there are breast cancer "hot spots" in the United States?

Click here to read The Geography of Breast Cancer.

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Prevent Cancer Now!

Here's a Canada-wide movement to eliminate the preventable causes of cancer. Click the link and explore the site.
Prevent Cancer Now!

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: This Day

Vanessa Turke helped found The Young and the Breastless, a support and advocacy group for young women living with breast cancer. She's also a brilliant artist, model for the Breast of Canada calendar, Breast Ambassador and mom.

The following link takes you Vanessa's most recent art video This Day.

To see a selection of her wonderful work, click on this link.

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Do Breast Exams Flunk?

Here's one of two paragraphs that stood out for me in this story.

"The Cancer Society and others have lead women to believe mammography results in early diagnosis. This is a lie. It takes eight years before a lump is large enough to detect which provides time for cancer cells to spread to other areas. This is not early diagnosis. One critic said it well, "Finding a cancer this way is damage control, not prevention"."

Click on the link to read the entire story.
Do breast exams flunk?

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Is Breast Cancer Awareness a Marketing Sham?

This feature story opens with a very interesting question.

"After 24 years of shocking pink ribbons, it has become impossible not to be aware of breast cancer. But does all that thinking pink really contribute to "The Cure," or is it actually designed to keep us from seeing red?"
Click the link to read more.AlterNet: EnviroHealth: Is Breast Cancer Awareness a Marketing Sham?

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Censoring a cancer victim's breasts

I've recently been given a subscription to Salon.com. The following story appears in today's Broadsheet section.

I'm not sure if non-Salon subscribers will be able to click through on this link - perhaps someone will be kind enough to let me know.

This story speaks to the reality that even though our breasts can be sexual, they are also functional. But as we know, when we "reveal a nipple, all hell breaks loose."Censoring a cancer victim's breasts.

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Dense Breasts

It doesn't matter if your breasts are big or small - but it does matter how dense your boobs are.

I know that this sounds like a bad joke. In fact researchers have determined that breast density is yet another risk factor for women and their doctors to consider when it comes to breast cancer. Click this link to read more details.The denser the breast tissue, the greater the risk of breast cancer: study

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: The bOOb Lady’s Blog

We've spent much of the last decade trying to think outside the box. Now The Boob Lady is hoping to help us think outside of the bra.

Get the boob scoop on bras, breast health, cancer, breastfeeding, cosmetic surgery, and all the breast! Click here to find out more The bOOb Lady’s Blog.

Sue Richards


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The Breast View Blog: Mastectomy Photos

The following link offers a seven year photographic journey of a breast cancer survivor. The images by Duane Reed are black and white with a strong artistic sensibility.
Gallery Presentation

Sue Richards

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