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Can Implants Cause Breast Cancer?

How Wellness Treatments Are Helping Women With Cancer Cope

by Christine Coppa

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How This Woman Living With Stage 4 Breast Cancer Became An Advocate For Others

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These Powerful Mastectomy Tattoos On Instagram Are Everything

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Why Breast Cancer Won't Stop This Ballerina From Pursuing Her Dreams

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What It's Really Like To Live With Metastatic Breast Cancer

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H&M Just Launched A Bra Collection For Breast Cancer Survivors

8 Brands Making It Easy To Support Breast Cancer Awareness

Johnson & Johnson Owes $4.69 Billion In Another Ovarian Cancer Case

Yesterday, Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women who said using the company's talcum powder for feminine hygiene caused

Why I Got My Nipples Tattooed After My Double Mastectomy

Following her double mastectomy, breast cancer survivor Kim was left with scars where she once had nipples. She felt as though a piece of her identity was

by Megan Decker

What It's Like To Be Diagnosed With Ovarian Cancer At 15

Three years ago, Caly Bevier's life changed when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at just 15. From there, the Ohio native, who had spent much of

by Kimberly Truong

Here's What You Need To Know About That Breast Cancer Scare On

On the season 8 premiere of Shameless, Kevin (Steve Howey) spends some “extra time” with a customer at the gay club where he works, to make a q

How A 22-Year-Old Woman Accidentally Discovered Her Breast Cancer...

Finding the lump in her breast was an accident — Leslie Almiron had lost part of her necklace in her bra one day and went to find it when she also felt s

by Kimberly Truong

The No-BS Truth About Losing Your Hair To Chemo

Apparently it’s a faux pas to show your cancer in such public manner. I disagree. It’s cancer, not fucking diarrhea.

Sheryl Crow Opens Up About Surviving Breast Cancer, Urging Others...

Ten years after beating breast cancer, Sheryl Crow is opening up about her experience and speaking out about why we need to be diligent about getting mammo

by Kimberly Truong

This Short Film Makes Cancer Almost Uncomfortably Relatable

One Saturday during veterinary school, Rebecca Hall, then 25 years old, was stretching when she felt a lump in her breast. It seemed to come out of nowhere

9 Intimate Photos Show The Reality Of Surviving Cancer

by Kimberly Truong

A Breast Cancer Survivor Got Real About Those Pink Ribbons You Se...

Right when October rolls around, it's almost impossible to avoid the pink ribbons and apparel that signal National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But

by Kimberly Truong

What Happens When You’re Told You’re “Too Young” To Worry

I’ve always been a rule-follower. It wasn’t just that I was a good girl who wanted to please people in authority positions — I was raised by two teac

The Secret Suckiness Of Life After Breast Cancer

Now that I’m two years past chemo and have a full-ish head of hair, people no longer tilt their heads and make meaningful eye contact when they ask how I

by Judith Basya

The Right Way To Do #NoBraDay

Friday October 13 is No Bra Day in the U.S. Since the date is about halfway through Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women use the day and the hashtag #NoBra

by Kasandra Brabaw

11 Products This Former Beauty Editor Swore By During Cancer Trea...

by Jen Anderson

For Erin, Jessica, Serena, MaryAnne, Ayanna, & Champagne

We’re living in dark times, man. Between the wildfires and the hurricanes and the resurgent popularity of Nazi ideology; gun violence, the threat of nucl

by Amelia Harnish

Breaking Up With My Time-Bomb Breasts

Growing up in my family, breast cancer was always the huge pink ribbon in the room. I was born exactly nine months after my aunt Iris, my dad’s little si

by Caitlin Brodnick

Shannen Doherty Shared An Emotional Photo For Breast Cancer Aware...

Former Charmed and Beverly Hills, 90210 star Shannen Doherty shared a powerful image on Instagram yesterday, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The

by Kasandra Brabaw

8 Photos Changing The Face Of Breast Cancer (NSFW)

by Sara Coughlin

Sofia Vergara Got A Mammogram & She Wants You To, Too

Modern Family star Sofia Vergara is often open about her medical history, including a battle with thyroid cancer when she was 28 and fertility struggles af

by Kasandra Brabaw

Meet The World's Youngest Breast Cancer Survivor

Two years ago, when she was just 8-years-old, Chrissy Turner's parents took her to the hospital after she complained about a painful lump under her ri

by Kasandra Brabaw

Why Eva Longoria Wants People To Talk About "Uncurable" Breast Ca...

This October, Eva Longoria is using her platform to call attention to an often untold story about breast cancer: what it can be like to endure the disease&

8 Common Breast Cancer Myths That Need To Be Cleared Up

The Breast Cancer Death Rate Has Dropped By Nearly 40%

Deaths from breast cancer have decreased in the last 20 years — but there's still work to be done. The American Cancer Society released a report on

by Kimberly Truong

What Even Is A Breast?

Breasts are more than just supple hunks of flesh that dangle off of a person's body and get shoved into bras. They're also functional glands that

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Why Kate Walsh Went For A Doctor Who Was Like Her Grey’s Anat...

"I love her so much..."

by Isis Briones

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The Sweet Reason These Girls Threw Their Friend A Surprise Prom
This student got a major, heartfelt surprise after falling in on prom night.
by Marquita Harris