Breast Cancer Books

Chicken soup for the breast cancer survivor

by Jack Canfield

Just Get Me Through This!: The Practical Guide to Breast Cancer
By Deborah A. Cohen, M.D., Robert M. Gelfand

Breast Cancer Acrostic Poem

Brave
Remarkable
Esteemed
Amazing
Super
Talented

Careful
Amused
Never say never
Cheerful
Entertaing
Realistic

Celebrities helping breast cancer

Here is another list of clebrities that are helping breast cancer

• Christina Applegate
• P. Diddy
• Ellen DeGeneres
• Gisele Bundchen
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Jackie Chan
• Sadie Frost
• Kate Moss
• Paul McCartney
• Heather Mills
• Nicole Kidman
• Sheryl Crow
• Teri Hatcher
• Olivia Newton-John
• Morgan Fairchild
• Heidi Klum
• Anna Friel
• Ronan Keating
• Paris Hilton
• Amy Grant

Celebrities that have battled breast cancer

Here is a list of celebrities that have battle breast cancer ( idk if you know any of them but click on their names to view them)

Cynthia Nixon

Sheyrl Crow

Edie Falco

Kylie Minouge

Elizabeth Edwards

Robin Roberts

Jaclyn Smith

Christina Applegate

Melissa Etheridge

Diahann Carroll

Phil Mickelson's wife

Breast Cancer Organizations

Here is a list of organizations helping to fight breast cancer:

Breast Cancer Society of Canada
http://www.bcsc.ca/

Australian National Breast Cancer Centre
http://www.nbcc.org.au/

National Breast Cancer Organization
http://www.y-me.org/

BreastCancer Net
http://www.breastcancer.net/

Who have you lost to Breast Cancer

I have lost my grandmother to breast cancer, Many people lose their lives to breast cancer every year. This does not have to happen. We can help researcheres find a cure for it If you raise money, you have helped. If you have lost someone to breast cancer, you can help. Hurt can  help clear your mind and you can realize the danger of breast cancer.

DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast Cancer awareness month is October.

People symbolize breast cancer by wearing pink!

There is always a CIBC Run for the cure in October to help raise money and awarness for across Canada.



 There is also the Susan G Komen walk which is a 60 mile walk to awareness  and raise money for breast cancer reseach. This walk is spread out over a period of 3 days and it is mainly in Europe.

The ride to empower is a destination bike ride, which location changes every year.

Treatment for breast cancer

Some treatments for breast cancer are:

Surgery: where parts or all of the tumor is removed, there are 2 types breast consereving surgery or mastectnomy

Radiation therapy: aiming a bead of radiation at the tumor, external radiation is always given after breast conserving surgery,

Chemotherapy: chemo drugs interfere with the ability for the cancer cells to spread and grow, but they also damage healthy cells

Hormone therapy: a treatment to remove hormones from your body or blocks the actions and stops cells from growing

Biological therapy: the use of drugs to interfer e how breast cancer cells grow and uses the body's immune systems to destroy it

Keep in mind, these cures do not always work......

Breast Cancer Symptoms

Breast Cancer symptoms vary  from lumps to swelling to skin changes. Many Breast Cancer patients have no symptoms at all. Some symptoms are:
-inverted nipple
-crusting or scaling of a nipple
-lump or swelling of an armpit
-changes in breast size
-dimpling or puckering of skin
-redness or swelling of the breast

These symptoms are may not be caused by cancer. A diagnostic test is need to confirm. If you have any of these symptoms I recommend you go and see a doctor immediately!

Did you know?

An estimated 23,200 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,300 will die of it?

An estimated 180 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 50 will die of it?

On average 445 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every week and 100 Canadian women will die of breast cancer every week?

1 in 9 women are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer during her life time and 1in 28 women will die of it.

Breast cancer is responsible for 15% of women's death.

What does Breast Cancer mean?

Breast Cancer means.....  watching your loved one wheeled into the hospital
Breast Cancer means..... looking at the patient weak and frail
Breast Cancer means..... nursing, praying and hoping for them
Breast Cancer means..... spending every second with them
Breast Cancer means..... crying when they are gone
Breast Cancer means..... never wanting to say good bye

But it can also mean.....
New memories made
Watching them grow stronger
Rejoicing if they are cured