The Rams teamed up with American Cancer Society for the event, which was sponsored by the team’s A Crucial Catch partners – Ameren, Quest Diagnostics, MasterCard and the Jim Butler Auto Group. “I think that you’re kind of shunned”.
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Clinical breast exam is a breast exam by a doctor or nurse, who uses his or her hands to carefully feel for lumps or other changes in the entire breast area. “They know the responsible thing is to go in and get checked because there’s such a high rate of success if you find it early”.
One in seven Colorado women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
Through Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s “Beyond the Breast” campaign, women and men are drawing attention to what it’s like to live with metastatic (Stage IV) breast cancer, while advocating for better-funded research, with the hashtag #beyondthebreast.
“Everyone was shocked, we weren’t expecting it”, Dunbar said.
Klouda says DNA sequencing of tumors is another method being used to tailor a treatment that fits the cancer – something he says wouldn’t have been done for breast cancer patients 20 years ago.
She didn’t, Dunbar went through 20 rounds of radiation treatment, four rounds of Chemotherapy and had a lumpectomy in June of 2014. “She was fine, but that was enough, it sends a chill down your spine”, said Andrea. “She was texting me and calling me all night about how happy she is, excited is about that”.
Before last weekend, Steinberger had already received close to $5,000 in donations, and said the total value of the prizes donated for Sunday’s event reached $60,000.
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Maybe it’s the way I’m selling it – so, I am walking 39.3 miles in New York City on October 17-18, and every dollar I bring in can make a world of difference. Had her cancer been found a year later, it might not be such a positive story. “They’re like oh I saw the players wearing their pink shoes and gloves and towels and then at the game or anywhere you see them they’re like hmm what’s going on”. “December 19, I have a new birthday”.
