Breast Cancer

Judy Kalb was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. The suburban Boynton Beach resident recovered only to see the cancer return in 2000. She underwent a bilateral mastectomy and treated with chemotherapy. Kalb had strong support from family and friends, but no one she could talk to with first-hand experience about the harrowing process. “It was very difficult back then,”…

It’s a day of strength and hope, celebrated around the world. This weekend, National Cancer Survivors Day was observed.   The day is meant to show that there can be life after a cancer diagnosis. One local mom is doing just that. Health and wellness advocate Tamara Rodriguez was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago. “I wanted to...

NBC 6 anchor Constance Jones shows how this brave woman has become an advocate for women’s health.

A breast cancer diagnosis and thoughts that she might not survive put high jumper Chaunté Lowe in a mindset to appreciate the good things in life – like family and faith. Lowe speaks about empowering women to take charge of their health.

Dr. Yepes said that enlarged lymph nodes is a regular side-effect of the coronavirus vaccine, and Miriam Gutt is only one of a handful of patients she’s seen in the last two months with a likely false positive mammogram as a result.

Marissa Bagg has the latest on why some experts are sounding the alarm about false positives on mammograms after someone has received a coronavirus vaccine dose.

Just as COVID-19 was beginning to impact South Florida, a local frontline nurse got news that forever changed her life.

Just as COVID-19 was beginning to impact South Florida, a local frontline nurse got news that forever changed her life.

One in eight women will have breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. For National Mammography Day, we were joined by Dr. Erika Hamilton of the Sarah Cannon Research Institute to discuss the importance of early breast cancer detection.

Johanna spoke with Patricia Yelpo, a team employee who is battling the cancer once again, about her struggles and what the team is doing to help in the fight.

Event chair Donna Randazzo has more on how you can take part and help Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Broward County in its effort to battle for a cure.

Even though COVID-19 put the world on pause, doctors don’t want you to press pause when it comes to your health.  “This year, because of the pandemic, we have definitely seen a delay in screening procedures, said Dr. Aurelio Castrellon, a breast medical oncologist at Memorial Regional Hospital.  According to a recent report in The Journal of the American...

Kerry Lawrence has more on why it’s never a bad time to get tested for something that could end up saving your life.

When a cancer patient loses their hair, it can often add stress to an already difficult situation.

The risk for developing breast cancer at any age is closely linked to a pet’s exposure to estrogen and progesterone in the first few years of life.

A Florida Woman, Tracy Jackson, and her dog, Chancellor, battle cancer and support each other during their most difficult times.

Just a couple of months after Jade Devis found out she was pregnant, a protruding bump appeared on her chest. It was the beginning of an ordeal that forced the first-time mom and her developing fetus to undergo chemotherapy together after Devis was suddenly diagnosed with breast cancer. She did three rounds before giving birth to her son Bradley in...

There are a small number of cases as only one in a thousand men will be diagnosed with it – but it’s just as harmful and even deadly if gone undetected.

The Los Angeles Chargers couldn’t hide their glaring shortcoming on Sunday, and the problem became even worse against the Pittsburgh Steelers.