Laurie Hyndman credits access to other survivors, community support, and the team of specialists at the Breast Care Center in her recovery.
Breast Cancer
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Breast Cancer Awareness Begins with Prevention and Early Detection
Cancer awareness begins with prevention and early detection education in public health and continues with the individual cancer survivor experience.
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Klobuchar reveals she had breast cancer, is doing well
The Minnesota senator, 61, says it was detected during a routine mammogram, and eventually she had a lumpectomy to remove it.
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Sweet breast cancer research fundraiser arrives in Maine
Bakes for Breast Cancer, which raises money for Dana Farber Cancer Institute research, expands to Maine for the first time next week.
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Busting the myths of breast cancer screening
“My message to women is simple: receiving annual mammograms saves lives.”
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New England Cancer Specialists will soon offer scalp-cooling technology to help reduce hair loss in cancer patients
Scalp cooling technology works by lowering the temperature of the scalp before, during and after an infusion of chemotherapy, and the data behind this technology is strong.
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Health Experts: Breast cancer screening still important during the pandemic
Women are busy. Finding the time to get a mammogram may be challenging, especially during these times. That’s why MaineHealth is recognizing Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month by bringing awareness to the importance of mammograms.
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Mother and sons pen children’s book about cancer
Anita Lichman and her sons, Jacob and Max Lichman-Paul, hope ‘Making Room for Cancer’ will help families like theirs navigate a parent’s diagnosis and treatment.
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The Maine Millennial: Losing my locks for a good cause
A cosmetologist-cancer survivor in South Portland will turn my 16-inch ponytail into a wig for a woman going through chemo.
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Bernard Fisher, pioneering breast cancer surgeon-scientist, dies at 101
He helped move the field away from radical mastectomies, a disfiguring procedure he deemed unnecessary. He helped introduce the idea that the disease can move through the body via the lymph system.