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Breast Cancer

“Sometimes you just want to hear from somebody else that you’re going to get through it.” — Adrienne San Nicolas (Nathan Howard/The Columbian)

Breast cancer survivor learns her purpose

“Sometimes you just want to hear from somebody else that you’re going to get through it.” — Adrienne San Nicolas (Nathan Howard/The Columbian)

October 7, 2018, 5:59am Breast Cancer

Adrienne San Nicolas was featured in the 2016 Confronting Breast Cancer section. Read story

Trish Mayhew, a breast cancer survivor and oncology nurse at Legacy Cancer Institute, celebrates completing the 2017, above, and 2018, right, Hood to Coast relay with her team in Seaside, Ore.

Breast cancer survivors: Advice for the diagnosis — and beyond

Trish Mayhew, a breast cancer survivor and oncology nurse at Legacy Cancer Institute, celebrates completing the 2017, above, and 2018, right, Hood to Coast relay with her team in Seaside, Ore.

October 7, 2018, 5:59am Breast Cancer

A breast cancer diagnosis can be a terrifying thing, and can mean months or years of tests, uncertainty, surgical procedures, chemotherapy and radiation. Read story

D. Bora Harris interacts with a community member at Matt Dishman Community Center in Portland as part of an initiative to help reduce the breast cancer rate of mortality for African-American women.

Susan G. Komen leads initiative to reduce death rate of black women with breast cancer

D. Bora Harris interacts with a community member at Matt Dishman Community Center in Portland as part of an initiative to help reduce the breast cancer rate of mortality for African-American women.

October 7, 2018, 5:59am Breast Cancer

D. Bora Harris joined Susan G. Komen’s African-American data collection team because she felt a personal calling. Read story

Erin Maher, left, and her husband, Brandon, right, play with their children Liam, 4, left, and Illianna, 22 months, at Cascade Park in Vancouver.

Erin Maher says support important during cancer treatment

Erin Maher, left, and her husband, Brandon, right, play with their children Liam, 4, left, and Illianna, 22 months, at Cascade Park in Vancouver.

October 7, 2018, 5:59am Breast Cancer

The story: Erin Maher was featured in 2016. Read story

Irene Gielen and her bull mastiff, Alice, are pictured at her home in Vancouver on Sept. 11. Gielen tested positive for the BRCA1 gene in 2016 and since then has had multiple surgeries to reduce her risk of cancer. Gielen had a double mastectomy first and is currently healing from getting her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in late August.

Cracking the code on breast cancer risk

Irene Gielen and her bull mastiff, Alice, are pictured at her home in Vancouver on Sept. 11. Gielen tested positive for the BRCA1 gene in 2016 and since then has had multiple surgeries to reduce her risk of cancer. Gielen had a double mastectomy first and is currently healing from getting her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in late August.

October 7, 2018, 12:02am Breast Cancer

For Irene Gielen, it was better to know. Read story

Washington sues sham breast cancer charity

August 21, 2018, 9:19am Breast Cancer

A court found that a sham charity took millions of dollars from Washington residents donating to help fight breast cancer. Read story

Adine Usher, 78, meets May 24 with breast cancer study leader Dr. Joseph Sparano at the Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx borough of New York. Usher was one of about 10,000 participants in the study which shows women at low or intermediate risk for breast cancer recurrence may safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of survival.

Many breast cancer patients can skip chemo, big study finds

Adine Usher, 78, meets May 24 with breast cancer study leader Dr. Joseph Sparano at the Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx borough of New York. Usher was one of about 10,000 participants in the study which shows women at low or intermediate risk for breast cancer recurrence may safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of survival.

June 3, 2018, 2:20pm Breast Cancer

Most women with the most common form of early-stage breast cancer can safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of beating the disease, doctors are reporting from a landmark study that used genetic testing to gauge each patient’s risk. Read story

According to a study released on Wednesday, many women with a common and aggressive form of breast cancer that is treated with Herceptin can get by with six months of the drug instead of the usual 12, greatly reducing the risk of heart damage it can cause. F.

Study backs shorter use of Herceptin

According to a study released on Wednesday, many women with a common and aggressive form of breast cancer that is treated with Herceptin can get by with six months of the drug instead of the usual 12, greatly reducing the risk of heart damage it can cause. F.

May 21, 2018, 6:00am Breast Cancer

Many women with a common and aggressive form of breast cancer that is treated with Herceptin can get by with six months of the drug instead of the usual 12, greatly reducing the risk of heart damage it sometimes can cause, a study suggests. Read story

Special challenges face younger adults battling breast cancer

May 7, 2018, 6:05am Breast Cancer

The lump in Alex Whitaker’s breast appeared out of nowhere. Read story

Dr. Maya Guglin is a University of Kentucky cardiologist.

Breast cancer patients may skirt risk to heart

Dr. Maya Guglin is a University of Kentucky cardiologist.

March 26, 2018, 6:00am Breast Cancer

For years, breast cancer patients on the chemotherapy drug regimen of doxorubicin and Herceptin have risked heart damage. Read story