Is breast cancer a white women’s issue? At least for cancers with a genetic component,((A BRCA mutation is a mutation in either of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, which are …
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I had been working for I Grow Chicago, a non-profit organization helping “at-risk” youth revitalize one of the Englewood neighborhood’s many vacant lots by transforming it into an art garden. …
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My plastic surgeon told me that it would be like this. After I was diagnosed with a BRCA2 mutation,((As I’ve written about previously, in the summer of 2014, I was …