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January 08, 2019
JoAnn Callender is a 'breathless beauty'

Five years ago, JoAnn Callender stood before her mirror, took pictures of her breasts and said goodbye to them - the next day she had a double mastectomy. She went into surgery, having accepted the new her that would emerge, but at the same time [...]
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October 12, 2018
39You can help my cancer battle39

SIDDINA Henfield is seeking the public's help to raise funds to help in her fight against breast cancer. In May 2018, the 35-year-old was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.Ms Henfield, pictured, has had a lumpectomy and a double mastectomy. Sh

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October 11, 2018
Cancer fighter’s will to survive

Yvette Williams was diagnosed with breast cancer on the 27th July 2000. One week later she had a mastectomy...She is one of many women in The Bahamas who made the radical decision to save their lives...

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October 04, 2017
For BahamasLocal.com Breast Cancer is Personal-Search Engine Partners with Komen Bahamas Race for The Cure

BahamasLocal.com might not know everything, but they know they?ve got to do something to get rid of breast cancer. The popular search engine has partnered with the Susan G. Komen Bahamas Race for the Cure for a second time, in a bid to raise awareness about the disease...

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January 16, 2017
'A day of hope and celebration'

The tears flowed on Saturday as 24-year-old Zitalia Fox told the story of learning two years ago she had breast cancer and needed a double mastectomy to save her life.
"I was devastated," said Fox, who was among nearly 200 breast cancer survivors who mounted the stage in a celebratory atmosphere, wearing pink and waving pink roses, at the end of the seventh annual Susan G. Komen Bahamas Race for t...

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Struggle for survival
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November 01, 2016
Struggle for survival

When we stopped by the home of Frances Marinette Lewis, in Hunters, Grand Bahama, last Wednesday, it still looked as if a bomb had been dropped on it.

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New lease on life
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October 26, 2016
New lease on life

Mothers look forward to their children's milestones -- their progression from birth to the toddler stage, then onto adulthood, and eventually the children becoming parents themselves, and the cycle taking place all over again.

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Take your life back
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October 06, 2015
Take your life back

Anyone who has faced a cancer diagnosis knows that they would need to not only battle the insidious disease, but also attend to their physical and emotional well being in order to meet the challenges they would face on the way to recovery.

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October 14, 2014
Saluting Our Breast Cancer Survivor

The Battle is not yours, but the Lord's-Maxine Missick...?Your test results are here. The doctor wants to see you as soon as possible. Bring your daughter with you.? Somehow I knew and, with the mini counseling session provided by my doctor prior to the mammogram, I had the basis of strength to cushion me through the next traumatic months...

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October 10, 2014
Saluting Our Breast Cancer Survivor

My Journey Through Cancer-Ethel Johnson...

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