Support for those diagnosed with breast cancer
Breast cancer knowledge, wisdom and advice by survivors for survivors
Support for those diagnosed with breast cancer
Breast cancer knowledge, wisdom and advice by survivors for survivors
Last week, the Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care announced that it would be standing firm on its guidance that breast screening in Canada begin at age 50. In a symbolic gesture and a small win for those who vehemently oppose this decision, the Task Force did state that women in their 40s should …
The entire AskEllyn brand began with my book FLAT PLEASE. Here’s the story behind the story. I was shattered when I received my diagnosis of breast cancer. It was something that happened to other women, not to me. In the four weeks I waited for my biopsy and surgical consult I estimate I lost close …
I love to read and I’m a voracious reader. I mostly love fiction and can always get behind a good bodice ripper or beach read, I am from time to time drawn to non-fiction works to expand my rapidly shrivelling 59-year-old brain. Now that I find myself a bit of a women’s health crusader and …
Life is a funny thing, full of collisions and intersections. A chance call to a woman named Jennie Dale, who is the Executive Director of Dense Breasts Canada, and the decision to have my good friend and colleague photographer Hilary Gauld document my journey during chemotherapy, led me to I WANT YOU TO KNOW, one …
The Lancet’s Breast Cancer Commission, published on April 15, 2024, predicts that by 2040, the global incidence of new cases of breast cancer will be more than 3 million per year, with the greatest rise of breast cancer deaths globally in low-income and middle-income countries. Currently, there are 2.3M women globally diagnosed with the disease. …
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