The Butler Breast Cancer and Women’s Cancer Support Group’s Pink Night Out is planned this year for 3 to 9 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Highfield Community Center, 229 Highfield R...
October 03, 2023
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The Butler Breast Cancer and Women’s Cancer Support Group, in partnership with Boscov’s, will hold its annual Friends Helping Friends fundraising event Oct. 18.
During s...
October 03, 2023
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BUTLER TWP — When women come to the salon room at the Cancer Support Services Center at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at Independence Health System’s Benbrook Medical Campus...
October 03, 2023
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BUTLER TWP — Ursula Slater had several mammograms done previously, each one easing her mind with the knowledge that she was cancer-free. The one she had done in the sprin...
October 03, 2023
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When going through life’s battles, we all need something, or someone, to lean on.
For breast cancer survivor Cheryl Parish, 63, of Slippery Rock Township, that person was...
October 03, 2023
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Terri Such should be the poster child for getting regular mammograms.
While Such, 67, had her first such test in her 30s, she figured because no females in her extended f...
October 03, 2023
Community
The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition celebrated its 30th anniversary and kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Tuesday, Oct. 3, by turning the fountain at the S...
October 03, 2023
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Schaefer there when others call
Schaefer there when others call
October 03, 2023
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Debi Bell first learned of her breast cancer diagnosis in 2009, and she quickly learned how costly cancer can be — literally.
Within months, Bell was faced with numerous ...
October 03, 2023
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BUTLER TWP — Those who drive past the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at the Independence Health System’s two medical oncology locations likely picture worried patients going ...
October 03, 2023
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For many women, getting fitted for a bra after having a mastectomy can be a very emotional time. Staff members at K&J’s Complete Woman in Seven Fields urge women to brin...
October 03, 2023
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says there is no direct link between toxic exposure during service deployments and breast cancer, but acknowledges concern and enc...
October 03, 2023
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The Women’s Imaging department of Independence Health System Butler will be open for appointments on Saturday, Oct. 7, because the department gets so busy during Breast C...
October 03, 2023
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A Cranberry Township woman will embark on a long journey to raise funds for breast cancer — without ever leaving her home.
Karen Weiss will ride a total of 200 miles on h...
October 11, 2022
Community
Butler County Community College students have organized an effort to place pink donation buckets on the college’s main campus, solicit gift cards for a raffle and sell pi...
October 08, 2022
Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — The team at K&J’s Complete Woman, which began with a wish to offer apparel to women with cancer, knew the last place sick people wanted to spend more time...
October 04, 2022
The Butler Breast Cancer and Women’s Cancer Support Group, in partnership with Boscov’s, is holding its annual Friends Helping Friends fundraising event to benefit the or...
October 04, 2022
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The sixth annual Pink Out Night will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Butler Moose, 225 W. Jefferson St.
The event benefits the Butler Breast Cancer and Women’...
October 04, 2022
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Cheryl Schaefer knows what it’s like to navigate through breast cancer treatment firsthand. She’s a three-time cancer survivor who jokes that she keeps trying to get some...
October 04, 2022
Local News
While breast cancer can be life-altering, dangerous, and deadly, routine mammogram screenings can help catch cancer early and detect issues before symptoms emerge.
Allegh...
October 04, 2022
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When clinical nurse manager Shannon Dunlap started her career, outcomes for breast cancer patients looked a lot different than they do today.
“The treatments that we had ...
October 04, 2022
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An annual event celebrating life and victory over cancer will return to Cranberry Township this November for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
The 17th ...
October 04, 2022
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