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Breast Cancer

Cancer survivor Jesie Jobson, 28, looks out the window at her Vancouver home Sept. 5. Jobson, who had had three breast tumors removed years earlier, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March.

A testament to testing

Cancer survivor Jesie Jobson, 28, looks out the window at her Vancouver home Sept. 5. Jobson, who had had three breast tumors removed years earlier, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March.

October 5, 2013, 5:00pm Breast Cancer

Jesie Jobson was 19 years old when she first felt lumps in her breast. Jobson wasn't sure if what she was feeling was normal. She had just graduated from high school. She had never felt another woman's breasts, so she had nothing to compare with hers. Read story

Dr. Toni Storm-Dickerson, second from right, and colleagues perform a bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

Instead of a lumpectomy, some going even further

Dr. Toni Storm-Dickerson, second from right, and colleagues perform a bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

October 5, 2013, 5:00pm Breast Cancer

Toni Storm-Dickerson carefully scraped breast tissue away from the underside of the 43-year-old patient's skin. Read story

Eva Cobb, 52, of Vancouver works the tiller position on the Pink Phoenix dragon boat team during practice on the Willamette River in Portland.

Survivors arise with Pink Phoenix team

Eva Cobb, 52, of Vancouver works the tiller position on the Pink Phoenix dragon boat team during practice on the Willamette River in Portland.

October 5, 2013, 5:00pm Breast Cancer

In ancient mythology, the phoenix is a brilliant bird with a fire spirit, colorful feathers and a tail of gold and scarlet. Read story