These women had their breasts removed to thwart cancer. Then came the pain.
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“Mastectomies are lifesaving surgeries that remove a patient’s breasts to treat breast cancer, which affects 1 in 8 American women over their lifetimes, according to the American Cancer Society.”
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— The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating cancer. The ACS publishes the journals Cancer, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and Cancer Cytopat…
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— The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. It was founded in September 2001 to directly lobby with the …
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— Hope Lodge is a program operated by the American Cancer Society (ACS) that provides free lodging to cancer patients and their caregivers when treatment is required away from home. Patients must be rec…
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“In the months following surgery, many women are afflicted by post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS), which spans from uncomfortable to disabling and can last years.”
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“PMPS is poorly defined, contributing to a wide range of estimates for its prevalence, reaching as high as more than 50% of mastectomy patients, according to studies.”
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— Urban studies is the transdisciplinary study of urban settlements and urban development—comprising the theory portion of the field of urban planning. Topics range from geography, sociology, anthropolo…
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“The Advancing Women’s Health Coverage Act was introduced in October to ensure insurance coverage after breast cancer treatment, including preventive mastectomies.”
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— Government-guaranteed health care for all citizens of a country, often called universal health care, is a broad concept that has been implemented in several ways. The common denominator for all such p…
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— Women's health is an example of population health, where health is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the abse…
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— The World Health Report (WHR) is a series of annual reports produced by the World Health Organization (WHO). First published in 1995, the World Health Report is WHO's leading publication. The reports …
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“President Donald Trump proposed deep cuts to research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2023.”
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“Congress rejected Trump’s proposed NIH funding cuts earlier this year, and the White House slowed the release of NIH grant money.”
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“Post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS) has been documented among cancer patients since the 1970s.”
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“The 'Angelina Jolie effect' refers to increased rates of genetic testing and preventive mastectomies following Angelina Jolie’s 2013 public disclosure of her preventive mastectomy.”
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“Bassan’s surgeries were covered by insurance, but she estimated her pain-related costs exceeded $200,000 in lost wages and savings.”
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