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Women’s Well-Being & cancerarticles

Below are the best articles we could find on Women’s Well-Being and cancer.

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What Women Should Tell Their Bosses When They Have Cancer

We hear a lot about the struggles of working women and the notion that we can create some semblance of order between managing responsibilities at home and at work. It’s the elusive work/life balance every working woman longs to achieve.

Molly MacDonald

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Was My Mastectomy a Betrayal of Feminism?

Until I had doctors remove my breasts and rebuild them again, I was a feminist who never saw herself as particularly feminine. Since then, I’ve questioned my feminist cred and tossed out my jeans in favor of dresses.

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Support Groups for Lesbians with Breast Cancer

Treatment for breast cancer is difficult for any woman, but for a lesbian, it can be especially difficult.

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Fitting Breast Cancer Treatment into Your Schedule

Whether to work during treatment is a very personal decision that depends on a number of factors, including your financial and work situation, how you experience treatments and their side effects, your privacy preferences, and, perhaps, a desire or not to keep your daily routine going.

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What Cancer Takes Away

When I got sick, I warned my friends: Don’t try to make me stop thinking about death.

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Can the World Mend in This Body?

The author writes that what she does on behalf of healing any individual or being must also be healing, even if not directly extended, for the world itself.

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Sleep Apnea and Cancer: Is There a Link, and in What Cases?

A study looking at the data of thousands of participants suggests that there may be a link between severe sleep apnea and the likelihood of developing cancer. However, this link appears to be stronger in women.

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Audre Lorde: A Black Lesbian Feminist Experience of Breast Cancer

First published over 40 years ago, Audre Lorde’s memoir about her breast cancer diagnosis and mastectomy remains one of the most powerful stories on body image, illness, and women’s pain.

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