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Bangor Breast Care Nurses Among First In Country To Get Certified

Bangor Breast Care Nurses Among First In Country To Get Certified

BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Three breast care nurse educators at Eastern Maine Medical Center are among the first in the country to receive certification by passing the certified breast care nurse examination.

Komen Race for the Cure looking for volunteers

Komen Race for the Cure looking for volunteers

BANGOR, Maine  (NEWS CENTER) -- The 14th annual Komen Maine Race for the Cure in Bangor takes place in about three weeks...and volunteers are needed!

New drug shows great promise in fighting melanoma

New drug shows great promise in fighting melanoma

(NBC) -- Treatment options for advanced melanoma, when tumors from the deadly cancer have spread from the skin throughout the body are slim, at best.

Race for the Cure runners get ready

Race for the Cure runners get ready

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Racers are preparing to lace up their running shoes for this years Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure. 

Tri For A Cure raises $900,000 to fight cancer

Tri For A Cure raises $900,000 to fight cancer

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- 885 women took on the battle against cancer this afternoon in the 3rd annual Tri for a cure in South Portland.

Diagnosing breast cancer with MRIs

Diagnosing breast cancer with MRIs

LEWISTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- MRIs, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging, has been used by doctors for years as a way to scan patients' bodies.  It shows more detailed views of tissue.  Only recently, have doctors started using it to scan for breast cancer.

Girls reach puberty earlier, raising health concerns

Girls reach puberty earlier, raising health concerns

WASHINGTON (USA TODAY) -- American girls are hitting puberty earlier than ever - a change that puts them at higher risk for behavioral problems as adolescents and breast cancer as adults, a new study shows.

Dempsey Challenge: Eat ice cream for a good cause

Dempsey Challenge: Eat ice cream for a good cause

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- Participants in the annual fundraiser launched by "Grey's Anatomy" star and Maine native Patrick Dempsey can enjoy some special ice cream before biking off the calories.

Caring Connections helps women with breast cancer

Caring Connections helps women with breast cancer

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Donna Senesy is celebrating two years of breast cancer survivorship, and says Caring Connections continues to be among her important lifelines.

9 Year old boy raises money for Cancer Care of Maine

9 Year old boy raises money for Cancer Care of Maine

BANGOR, MAINE ( NEWS CENTER) --A 9 year old boy from Bangor who lost his grandmother to ovarian cancer decided to have a fundraiser for cancer care of Maine.

Booby Brigade heads to Boston

Booby Brigade heads to Boston

BAR HARBOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Four women from Mount Desert Island who call themselves the "Booby Brigade" will walk in the three-day walk for breast cancer in Boston this weekend to raise money for breast cancer research.

Stories of courage from the St. John Valley

Stories of courage from the St. John Valley

Born from a breast cancer support group in Northern Maine, a Komen Foundation grant enabled the publication of Valley of Courage, a collection of stories from survivors.

Yoga being studied for impact on cancer survivors

Yoga being studied for impact on cancer survivors

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers in Nashville are studying the potential impact of yoga on cancer survivors' quality of life.

Woman fired after telling employer she had breast cancer awarded $20K

Woman fired after telling employer she had breast cancer awarded $20K

TORONTO -- The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded $20,000 to a woman who was fired after telling her employer she had breast cancer.

NH ranks high in cancer screening

NH ranks high in cancer screening

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire public health officials say the state does well in screening residents for two types of cancer.

Why are millions of Americans going without potentially life-saving tests for common types of cancers?

Why are millions of Americans going without potentially life-saving tests for common types of cancers?

(NBC) -- Progress is being made but there's still more to be done. That's the key point coming out of a new report from the CDC on colon and breast cancer screening.

Breast Cancer: minimizing lymph node removal

Breast Cancer: minimizing lymph node removal

(LEWISTON) NEWS CENTER -- When women face surgery for breast cancer, the thought of mastectomies is usually the most heart-wrenching.  But often it's the removal of lymph nodes that causes the most physical pain.   

Exercise program designed for breast cancer patients and survivors

Exercise program designed for breast cancer patients and survivors

The lebed method promises to improve both physical and psychological health after a battle with breast cancer.

Collecting bras to support Breast Cancer research

Collecting bras to support Breast Cancer research

Dawn Debois' personal connection with cancer inspired her to join a Relay For Life team. That team was also raising money and bras for Athena's Cup -- a nationwide effort to beat the world record for the longest chain of bras.

 
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Breast Cancer: The Journey

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