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It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I will not stop talking about breast density

October 1, 2024 / Advocacy, Breast Density, Cancer Screening, Legislation, State Policy

By Ashley Inda Breast density. Breast density. Breast density. Breast density. Breast density. I feel like a broken record but I cannot and will not stop talking about BREAST DENSITY! As we enter Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we can’t talk about breast cancer without talking about breast density. I once had dense breasts but after […]

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“Hymn to Her”

July 31, 2024 / Impact of Breast Cancer, WBCC Anniversary

by Dawn Anderson Those of us of a certain age are probably familiar with this song. While written by a friend, it was performed by Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders in the mid-1980s. It is a little uncharacteristic of their style in that era, but it is something special. It didn’t hit me hard though

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A history of making change happen

April 30, 2024 / Advocacy, WBCC Anniversary, WBCC History

by Dawn Anderson “Time moves in one direction, memory in another.” – William Gibson This quote has been interpreted in a number of ways, but when I consider it, I tend to think about the importance of where we’ve been as it relates to where we’re going. Without acknowledging our history, it would feel rudderless

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Exploring “All the Carcinogens We Cannot See”

March 1, 2024 / Breast Cancer and the Environment, Cancer Research, Research

by Dawn Anderson If you were to ask the average person on the street how cancer develops, most would know that it involves a mutation in a cell in some part of our body. Many would guess that those mutations are caused by chemicals or inherited genetics. A recent article in The New Yorker by

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Feeling most like myself again

February 1, 2024 / Breast Cancer Advocacy, Support WBCC, Survivor stories, WBCC Volunteers

Amanda Walsh This January marked two years since I began breast cancer treatment. I vividly remember that cold, dark morning in early January 2022, when my husband and I drove to the hospital for my first surgery. I had spent the night before preparing as best as I could. Of course, it was impossible to

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January 3 is National Write to Congress Day!

December 30, 2023 / Breast Cancer Advocacy, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act, State Policy

by Lindsey Nathan O’Connor The U.S. observes National Write to Congress Day on January 3 every year, a day for citizens to exercise their democratic rights. It is crucial to write to your state and federal representatives and express what is most important to you, as their constituent. It is our duty as citizens to

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A Time for Reflection and Appreciation

December 2, 2023 / Uncategorized

by Dawn Anderson December. It’s a month that is heavy with meaning and emotion. Its arrival signals that the year is nearly over, and we tend to look towards a new calendar year with fresh eyes, new goals, ambitious plans. It is a spiritual time for many, when we express gratitude for the good in

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Studies reveal disturbing trends in breast cancer in young women

September 30, 2023 / Cancer Research, Survivor stories

by Dawn Anderson Amanda was 36 when her employer announced they were hosting a mobile mammogram event she could take advantage of. Having read that a “baseline” mammogram was recommended for women between 35 and 40, she signed up. She was the mother of a one-year-old, trying to have a second child and didn’t have

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Finding my voice through advocacy

August 31, 2023 / Breast Cancer Advocacy, Legislation, State Policy, Survivor stories, WBCC Volunteers

Amanda Walsh I was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2021. I was young, and my family was still reeling from two loved ones’ own breast cancer diagnoses earlier that same year. When I first found my lump, I thought, there’s no way I have cancer. Not right now. The universe wouldn’t allow that, right?

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Add Your Voice to the Shouting

July 30, 2023 / Breast Cancer Advocacy, Support WBCC, WBCC Volunteers

by Dawn Anderson In 1993, a 37-year-old Milwaukee native, Sherry Kohlenberg, spoke at the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s rally in Washington DC. “This year 46,000 women will die of breast cancer,” she says. “I will probably be among these statistics. I will leave behind my husband and partner of 18 years, a motherless child, a

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