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With recent advances in breast cancer treatment, doctors are often able to reduce the amount and intensity of treatment women receive, while maintaining equally good cancer outcomes, according to Sunny Mitchell, MD, Medical Director of The Breast Center at Montefiore Nyack Hospital.

Breast cancer was always a concern for Valerie Blackwell-Howard, 58, a wife and a mother of three. “My mother had breast cancer when she was 38 years old, but didn’t die of it,” says Valerie. “My grandmother also had it, but she didn’t die until she was 96.” Because of her family history, Valerie always made certain to...

Despite a family history of breast cancer, learning she had three cancerous breast tumors was a shock for Marilynn Kluger-Faver. After a long career working in the corporate offices of Staples, Marilynn retired and took time to enjoy the little things in life. At 72 years old, Marilynn...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women, except for skin cancers. Currently, the average risk of a woman in the United States developing breast cancer sometime in her life is about 12%. According to the American Cancer Society, that means there’s a 1 in 8 chance she will develop...