Genetic test can reveal painful truth Sun, Nov 2, 2008 | Add a comment SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Wanda Stutsman was 32 years old and seven months pregnant when she began her first round of chemotherapy. Two months later, she delivered a healthy son with a full head of...

Reduce breast cancer risks by getting physically active Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Add a comment Get out of the chair and off the sofa. Take a daily walk. Practice good nutrition. That’s a start when it comes to reducing your risk of breast cancer or, for those who have had it, reducing...

Women’s Health Boutique Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment When customers diagnosed with breast cancer step into the Women’s Health Boutique in Northpark Mall, saleswoman Brenda Pickett knows that some need more than a prosthetic breast or a wig. Often,...

OU Cancer Institute gets Komen research grant Tue, Oct 7, 2008 | Add a comment The OU Cancer Institute and the Central Oklahoma affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced today that an OU researcher is the receipient of a three-year research grant from Susan G. Komen...

Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer Tue, Aug 15, 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years - starting as young as age 12 - can help protect girls from breast cancer when...

Cancer treatments Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Cancer treatments have progressed as understanding of the disease’s foundation has evolved. The classic way of doing things has been to remove the tumor and then blast the patient with...

Cancer Resources Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment When an Oklahoman is diagnosed with cancer, all too often the patient, friends and family turn to health care organizations outside the state. For the latest clinical trials and treatments,...

Reach to Recovery Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Genevieve Burns was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago. Today, the 79-year-old Warr Acres resident is a volunteer with Reach to Recovery, a program organized by the American Cancer Society,...

Breast cancer treatment Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment NEWCASTLE — Candace Romani was never one to quietly accept her fate. She fought cancer to a standstill, using surgery to remove a tumor in her breast and drastic nutrition and lifestyle changes...

Tammy Padgett Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Name: Tammy Padgett Age: 45 Type of cancer: Breast Date diagnosed: Dec.14, 2001 Where in treatment: Recovering Treatment center: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City....

My Experience - M.J. Van Deventer Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment When my surgeon asked me on Dec. 23, 2005, “Did you come alone?” I knew instinctively what she was going to tell me. After five mammograms and two needle biopsies, I wasn’t hopeful about the...

Judy Eason-McIntyre Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre went for a routine mammogram in 2006 and left stunned and wrecked emotionally. “It had always been a practice of mine to look at the film, even though I wasn’t quite...

Male breast cancer Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Edmond plumber Lonnie Fitzpatrick never saw it coming. At a family gathering in September of 2002, he leaned back in his dining room chair and put his hands behind his head. His mother...

Willa Johnson Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Willa Johnson is a former Oklahoma City councilwoman and was beginning her first term as an Oklahoma County commissioner when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “You hear people say,...

Health insurance and cancer Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment It helps you pay additional out-of-pocket expenses, such as deductibles, co-payments, lodging and transportation, which most insurance plans require you to pay.

Tonya Hughes Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment “Of course it’s very scary because the first thing that you think is that you’re going to die,” Tonya Hughes said before excusing herself from the phone in a breaking voice to close her...

Understanding Cancer Terminology Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Acute: Symptoms or signs that begin and worsen quickly; not chronic. Adenocarcinoma: Cancer that begins in cells that line certain internal organs and that have gland-like (secretory)...

Laura Geyer Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Name: Laura Geyer Age: 52 Type: Stage IIIA breast cancer Diagnosis: Nov. 28, 2000 Progress: Geyer is living like she’s in remission but still takes medication that blocks the uptake of estrogen...

Linda Gatewood Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Gatewood said she cried uncontrollably when she was told she had breast cancer following a routine mammogram and follow-up ultrasound. “At that point, I thought, ‘OK, my life is over,’ ”...

Religion and faith Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment TULSA — At 39, Lyn Thompson was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. A tumor three quarters the size of her breast threatened to divide the Tulsan from everything and everyone she held dear....