“People who are in a position of finding out that they're at risk for some illness, whether it's breast cancer, or heart disease, are afraid to get that information - even though it might be useful to them - because of fears that they'll lose their health insurance or their job.” PeopleHeartMightJobsLosesRiskInformationPositionDiseaseFindingsCancerIllnessBreastsBreast CancerHeart Disease Author:Francis Collins
“One of the problems is that the notion of cancer has been so normalized. You hear about it so often, and it's not ok... it's not ok to normalize this disease. And with all of the pinkwashing that goes on where companies are selling products based on breast cancer month it's a lovely gesture, but consumers get so used to it that it becomes more normal.” Has BeensProblemUsedCompanyProductsMonthsGoes OnDiseaseNormalNotionCancerLovelySellingConsumersBreastsGesturesBreast CancerSelling Products Author:Jennifer Beals
“I am involved with so many charitable organizations. Lung Cancer because of my dad, Breast Cancer because as a woman and mother of two daughters I have to be, Lupus for my sister, Crohn's disease for a dear friend, as well as Oceana and The Plastic Pollution Coalition because we have to be responsible to save the planet!” WellsTwoMotherPlanetsDadInvolvedDiseaseDaughterOrganizationResponsibleMy DadDearCancerBreastsMy SisterPlasticPollutionLungsBeing ResponsibleCoalitionsBreast CancerCharitableDear FriendSave The PlanetTwo DaughtersLung CancerCharitable Organizations Author:Lois Robbins
“Women still, when they have breast cancer, go to work; they still lead their lives. They have to. I just did what I was supposed to do. I didn't want to exploit it or be too "actory" about it, if that makes any sense. That's also why I didn't shave my head; I feel like you have to earn that. I applaud other actors who do that and I am not ripping on them, but to me, that's a badge of honor if you're fighting this disease.” IfsWantFeelsStillsFightingActorsLike YouHonorDiseaseCancerBreastsExploitsBreast CancerBadges Author:Monica Potter
“If people can talk about having breast cancer, why can't people who have mental illness talk about mental illness? Until we're able to do that, we're not going to be treated with the same kind of respect for our diseases as other people.” PeopleIfsKindAbleDiseaseCancerIllnessTreatedMental IllnessBreastsBreast Cancer Author:Kay Redfield Jamison
“The pink campaign has also served to "normalize" and depoliticize the disease and that makes it less threatening for a LOT of companies to jump onboard and claim breast cancer as their cause.” CausesCompanyDiseaseClaimsCancerCampaignsBreastsThreateningBreast Cancer Author:Ravida Din
“anyone own a disease? I was also startled at the level of hypocrisy. How can a leading make up company not sign onto the "Campaign for Safe Cosmetics" and at the same time promote itself as leading the fight against breast cancer?” FightingLevelsCompanySafeDiseaseCancerCampaignsHypocrisyBreastsBreast CancerCosmetics Author:Ravida Din
“Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all.” HeartDiseaseRaisesCancerStrikesPerceiveOur FamilyWho We AreBreastsBreast CancerBreast Cancer InspirationBreast Cancer InspirationalCancer VictimCancer Awareness Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“Getting cancer can become the beginning of living. The search for one's own being, the discovery of the life one needs to live, can be one of the strongest weapons against disease.” InspirationalNeedsDiseaseWeaponsDiscoveryCancerStrongestBreast Cancer Author:Lawrence LeShan
“African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White women of the same age. Survival rates are worse among African-Americans for colon, prostate and ovarian cancers as well.” WellsAgeDiesWhiteDiseaseSurvivalRateCancerAfrican AmericanBreastsBreast CancerAmerican WomanAfrican American WomenProstateOvarian Cancer Author:Frank C. Garland
“Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene - in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses.” FeltDiseaseOriginalsPatientIllCancerSentencesSensesLiedBreast CancerObsceneCancer PatientsDeath Sentence Book:Illness as metaphor Source: Illness as metaphor
“We "need" cancer because, by the very fact of its incurability, it makes all other diseases, however virulent, not cancer.” NeedsFactsDiseaseCancerBreast CancerCancer And HopeCancer Hope Book:Myths & memories Source: Myths & memories
“I have experienced firsthand the tremendous impact breast cancer has on the women who fight it and the loved ones who support them. This is a disease that catches you unaware and, without the right resources, leaves you feeling frightened and alone.” FeelingsFightingSupportDiseaseResourcesImpactCancerBreastsFrightenedLoved OnesBreast Cancer Author:Ricardo Antonio Chavira