Breast

• ‘Short 10 grams’: Alberta breast reduction candidate impacted by funding changes

  "Knowing how many grams that is prior to surgery is an incredibly difficult thing to do," said one of two dozen Calgary plastic surgeons.

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  May 25, 2023
  
• Breast cancer survivor calls for access to routine mammograms for all Canadian women in their 40s

  'Eighty per cent of women who get breast cancer have no family history ... so we can't restrict it to just women with a family history,' said Dr. Jane Seely of The Ottawa Hospital.

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  Nov 3, 2022
  
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• Tattoos: a tool to help women recover from mastectomy trauma

  'I wanted to look at something on my chest that I put there, and that is a positive,' said a breast cancer survivor choosing tattoo artistry to cover her mastectomy scars.

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  Oct 1, 2021
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• Calgary breast cancer survivor wants self-exams taught in schools

  It's a critical tool for women, giving them an early chance at diagnosis. A breast cancer survivor wants to make it mandatory for educators to teach students how to self-exam.

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  Feb 27, 2020
• ‘I wanted them out’: Cancer concerns prompting second look at Biocell breast implants

  "I was told when I had them 17 years ago that they were the safest on the market, and that was why I chose them," one recipient told Global News.

  Jun 11, 2019
• Breast, colon, lung cancer survival rates below average in Hamilton region: cancer report

  The cancer report projected there would be 10,333 new cancer cases for the region in 2017, and nearly 4,000 deaths.

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  May 17, 2017
• Connecticut woman ‘verbally assaulted’ for breastfeeding at Target

  Jessie Maher captured the incident on video. While breastfeeding, she said the man yelled, "Can't you do that somewhere else? ...That's f*****g disgusting ... You are nasty."

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  Jun 14, 2016