Las Vegas, Nevada April 12, 2009-  What is Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC)?  Inflammatory  Breast Cancer is a rare but very aggressive type of breast cancer in which the cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast. This type of breast cancer is called “inflammatory” because the breast often looks swollen and red, [...]

Breast Implants and Cancer
My Story by Kathy Lassen 
I am a breast cancer survivor with a compelling story that I hope to share with the hundreds of thousands of women who undergo breast augmentation each year.  It is my wish to fill the knowledge gap that exists about breast augmentation and breast cancer diagnosis.
My story begins [...]

THE LUCK OF THE DRAW

I moved to Michigan from California about six years ago. I worked in the television industry and left a pretty good career to be with my then boyfriend, now fiance, who was in an accident and moved back with his parents to recouperate. I stayed in CA for a year, working [...]

Las Vegas, Nevada–April 6, 2009–Join Fight Pink and The American Heart Association for Start! Wear Sneakers to Work!  Take a stand against heart disease by participating in National Start! Walking Day on Wednesday, April 8. Get your company to sign up and celebrate by donning your sneakers to work and walking 30 minutes on this [...]

Miss USA's Bottle of Hope (pink flower) pictured with Fight Pink's BOH to the right
Las Vegas, Nevada- April 4, 2009-  Fight Pink, Nevada Cancer Institute and the Miss USA organization came together at NVCI to create “Bottles of Hope”.  WIth the kind help from the Las Vegas Polymer Clay Guild, Fight Pink joined A Special Bottles [...]

Susan’s Story…
On September 16, 2001 my mother passed away from an 8 year battle with lung cancer. It was the saddest day of my life. My dad was trying to adjust and my sister decided that she her husband and 18 year old daughter would move down from California to be with my dad and [...]

Hearing your only daughter tell you “I have Breast Cancer” is devastating. I thought about Joshua and Micah, my precious grandsons, – how hard this was on them – scared of their Mommy dying.
Of course the good news about it was how God worked everything out for our return from West Virginia. I had planned [...]

April 2, 2009–Katy, Tx….After a long night of fighting cancer cells our superhero is back on the chemo couch.  Suddenly Breast Cancer Woman springs to her feet to face her arch villain, The Beast! They stand toe to toe and eye to eye, circling, pacing with teeth clenched. The Beast reaches for BCW, but she is [...]

 
Las Vegas, Nv –April 1, 2009–The HALO Breast Pap Test gives doctors and patients a new method to monitor breast cancer risk, quickly and easily. All women are at risk for developing breast cancer. Unfortunately, by the time a woman can actually feel the lump, the disease is no longer in its earliest, most treatable [...]

If there is one thing that Cancer has taught me it’s that you always have a choice.
I’m Stacy I am a Breast Cancer Survivor. What exactly is a Cancer Survivor? A Cancer survivor is anyone who is diagnosed with Cancer, your family, friends, and co-workers are also survivors.
Anyone who is within your circle that shares [...]