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Tag Archives: Breast cancer
Good News About Breast Cancer? Not So Fast …
I’ve written about cancer previously in these pages. In Against Medical Advice, I recounted what I learned when someone I loved (I called her Bonnie) was diagnosed with breast cancer. In Poisoned, I traced Bonnie’s and my efforts, once her … Continue reading
Poisoned
Poisoned By John Unger Zussman When Bonnie was diagnosed with breast cancer almost two years ago, she was unwilling to chalk it up to random chance. She took it personally. “I wasn’t unlucky,” she said. “I was poisoned.” Last month, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anticancer, Breast cancer, Breast Cancer Action, Cancer, Cancer prevention, Carcinogens, Environmental toxins, Environmental Working Group, Food toxins, Pinkwashing, President's Cancer Panel, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Think Before You Pink, War on cancer, Women's Health Eating and Living (WHEL) study
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Against Medical Advice
Against Medical Advice By John Unger Zussman A woman I’ll call Bonnie sat in the exam room with her husband, waiting for her oncologist. They held hands without speaking, wearing thin, brave smiles. (I’ve given Bonnie a pseudonym, and refrained … Continue reading
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Tagged Breast cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Oncology, Radiation
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