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Article Abstract:

Scientific inventions and promising weapons against the disease of breast cancer are presented. Painless early detection of the disease, self-examination of the breast to detect cancerous growth with a palm-sized device, customized chemotherapy predicted by the doctor, vaccination for the women who have finished treatment for better survival, and quick treatment of radiations for rural women who cannot take six months to move to another area for treatment are discussed.

Author: Levy, Carla Rohlfing
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2005
Methods, Usage, Breast examination, Pap test

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Don't pity me: How to react to a woman with cancer makes all the difference in how she feels

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A woman boxer, suffering from breast cancer narrates her feelings on people's reaction over her. She hates people pitying over her or sympathizing her, and states that being a loner she prefers to go solo to her lumpectomy and no one accompanies her for her chemotherapy.

Author: Gorov, Lynda
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2005
Psychological aspects

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Breast cancer: why where you live matters

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Many women suffering from breast cancer do not have access to the best treatment. The answers of efficient doctors to the myths and queries of these women are presented.

Author: Houppert, Karen
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2003
Diseases

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Subjects list: Care and treatment, United States, Diagnosis, Breast cancer, Health aspects, Women
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