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LOCAL BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR TO INSPIRE OTHERS AT EVENT (Ralston Recorder)

Trish Westphal Shares Story of Hope at Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Kickoff Breakfast WHAT: Trish Westphal is a fighter.

Breast-cancer survivors bring dragon boat racing to Portage Lakes (The Canton Repository)

Breast-cancer survivors — Stark County women among them — comprise the Dragon Dream Team, a dragon boat racing team based on Akron's Portage Lakes.

Event to discuss strides against breast cancer, rally support (Rockford Register Star)

Organizers of the area’s American Cancer Society “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk” will have a kickoff breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at Giovanni’s, 610 N. Bell School Road.

Taking Steps Against Breast Cancer (Wallaceburg Courier Press)

Taking Steps Against Breast Cancer formerly known as Candlelight Walk to Beat Breast Cancer is a non-competitive, pledge-based fundraising event organized by the Canadian Cancer Society.

Christina Applegate says she had a double mastectomy after breast cancer diagnosis (The Morning Call)

NEW YORK (AP) _ Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer — the really long view. Speaking on ABC News' "Good Morning America" in her first interview since announcing her diagnosis earlier this month, the "Samantha Who?" star said she had a double mastectomy three weeks ago. She'll undergo reconstructive surgery over the next eight months.

Christina Applegate shares good news in her breast cancer fight; Laurence Fishburne joins "CSI": The Morning After (The Plain Dealer)

Christina Applegate has good news. She's "100 percent" free of cancer after undergoing treatment for breast cancer, the "Samantha Who?" actress told "Good Morning America" in an interview taped Monday.

Volo malls sponsor raffle for Breast Cancer Network of Strength Illinois (Lake County Journals)

VOLO – The malls at Volo Country Village are sponsoring a raffle to raise money for Breast Cancer Network of Strength Illinois, which is an organization that focuses on making sure that no one faces breast cancer alone.

Christina Applegate: I'm Now 100% Free of Breast Cancer (US Weekly)

Christina Applegate is free of breast cancer after undergoing a double mastectomy. "I'm clear," Applegate, 36, told ABC News' Good Morning America Tuesday. "Absolutely 100 percent clear and clean. It did not spread. They got everything out, so I'm definitely not going to die from breast cancer." The Samantha Who? star admits it's been a hard battle. "Sometimes I cry," she said. "Sometimes...

Christina Applegate says she had a double mastectomy after breast cancer diagnosis (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

NEW YORK - Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer — the really long view.

Global phase-3 study of IMC-1121B in metastatic breast cancer commences (PharmaBiz)

ImClone Systems Incorporated, a global leader in the development and commercialization of novel antibodies to treat cancer, announced that the first patient has been treated in a global phase-3 clinical trial of IMC-1121B, its anti-vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) IgG1 monoclonal antibody, in women with metastatic breast cancer.