Last year when I had my mammogram, they saw something suspicious and recommended a biopsy—a stereotactic biopsy. It meant nothing to me. A biopsy is something that I’d heard about, but... Read more >>

Is this you? “I am not sick; I feel well, so why go to the doctor?” Or are you telling yourself, “I know I should get that physical done, but not today, maybe next month.”... Read more >>

I had my annual mammogram this week. I know some women hate this procedure but I am relatively religious about it, in a non-practicing Catholicism sort of way, because the first year I had one, they... Read more >>

When I lost my grandfather last year, I could barely utter the word cancer. It had taken two of my grandparents. My paternal grandmother, Rosie, and my maternal grandfather, affectionately known to... Read more >>

It seems that cancer is running rampant any more. As if it’s in the tap water. My paternal grandmother had to have a double mastectomy, so of course that is always in the back of my mind as to... Read more >>

Four years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The cancerous tumor could not be felt by me or my gynecologist or the surgeon who performed my mastectomy. My film mammogram and my ultra sound were... Read more >>

Most women know what to look for with breast cancer—a suspicious lump during a self-exam, an abnormal spot on a mammogram. However, there’s another type of breast cancer that most women... Read more >>

Okay so the subject is harsh. Maybe someone will get this message and care! I am fifty-seven and still being tortured and they say, oh, it has to be this way, it’s the only way. It’s a... Read more >>

Cancer was hardly a word in my vocabulary until I came to work for 4Women.com. While I haven’t paid much attention to cancer, as an adult I have always focused attention on environmental... Read more >>

While spending the summer in Ontario, Canada, I noticed many women with the same pink key chains. Attached to their keys is a pink string with four cascading balls, from small to large. After seeing... Read more >>