Experts say there are things you can do to reduce your risk.
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Posted inThe Rangeley Highlander
Wandering: Hooked
“It’s all about the fishing and not at all about the fishing,” Bonnie Holding former Casting for Recovery Maine program coordinator
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UNE professor develops new test for breast cancer
The test, now awaiting FDA approval, would help during treatment of triple negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive forms of the disease.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
This Auburn woman had stage two breast cancer. She is trying to find a new normal after remission.
Often, so much energy is placed getting through treatment and getting to remission that cancer survivors struggle to pick up the pieces of their life after.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation / World, News
What is the breast cancer risk calculator recommended by Olivia Munn?
Munn said her score prompted further tests and the discovery of an aggressive form of the disease.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Marvelous Macarons to fundraise for breast cancer research
Bakes for Breast Cancer, an annual week long fundraiser supporting breast cancer researchers, is coming to Maine for the first time this year.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Kelly’s Angels to walk for breast cancer this weekend
Walks will be held the mornings of Oct. 9-11 on the Whistle Stop Trail between Farmington and Livermore Falls. Walkers are asking people out and about near the trail to give shouts of encouragement.
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Judy Faye Benoit
AUBURN — Judith Faye (Edgecomb) Benoit of Manchester passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 24, at Clover Health Care, in Auburn, where she received exemplary, attentive care for 40 months, challenged 15 years by Alzheimer’s and five years of kidney failure. She was a 36-year breast cancer survivor after surgery. Before her demise, the family gathered at […]
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Maine chief justice proposes new drug court in response to opioid crisis
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Chief Justice Leigh Saufley used her annual address to lawmakers Tuesday to propose a new drug court in response to the opioid crisis, provide an update on digitizing court records — and announce that she’s battled breast cancer. Saufley said she was diagnosed last summer thanks to an annual test that […]
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Montress E. Lambert
FARMINGTON — Montress “Mont” Estelle (Wing) Lambert, 103, passed peacefully on Wednesday afternoon on Dec. 27, at Edgewood Living Center in Farmington, where she had been a resident for eight years, with her son, Roger and devoted Edgewood staff by her bedside. Mont was born at the Wing Farm on the banks of the Sandy River […]