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Breast Cancer

A new subject area on breast cancer is coming soon to Our Bodies Ourselves!

Our Bodies Ourselves is honored to continue the incomparable educational and advocacy work of Breast Cancer Action. Sadly, BCA ceased operations in December 2024, after 34 years of addressing breast cancer as a public health and social justice concern. BCA demanded attention to the environmental causes, racism, and capitalist greed that shape the breast cancer epidemic. “Think before you Pink” campaigns called out hypocritical pink ribbon profiteering by corporations. BCA demanded that our politicians and scientific community prioritize an end to breast cancer. (Read more on the BCA website.)

We will now carry forward this fierce history and legacy, making BCA’s materials the cornerstone of our upcoming breast cancer subject area.

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Stories & Conversations

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My Body, My Choice: Aesthetic Flat Closure after Mastectomy

In 2016, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. When I woke up from surgery, I was horrified to discover that I was nowhere near flat as agreed.

In 2016, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. When I woke up from surgery, I was horrified to discover that I was nowhere near flat as agreed.

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Heart Disease: Sex-Related Differences in Presentation and Treatment

Factors such as age, menopause and perimenopause, and breast cancer lead men and women experience heart health--and heart attacks--very differently. This article explains the connections.

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Factors such as age, menopause and perimenopause, and breast cancer lead men and women experience heart health--and heart attacks--very differently. This article explains the connections.