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Steve Davenport is the author of two poetry collections: Overpass (Arsenic Lobster/Misty Publications, 2012) and Uncontainable Noise (Pavement Saw Press, 2006). The terrain of Overpass is the Illinois floodplain across the river from St. Louis; the figure who hovers above it all is a woman diagnosed with breast cancer named Overpass Girl. Breast Cancer . . . → Read More: Speaking poetic truths about cancer 
ANNOUNCEMENT The National Breast Cancer Coalition urges breast cancer advocates to contact our representatives to Support the DOD Breast Cancer Research Program. Congress must appropriate money in order for the DOD BCRP to maintain funding. The first step in the process is for the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee to appropriate funding. Representatives Gerlach (R-PA), . . . → Read More: NBCC Action Alert – Keep Funding the DOD Breast Cancer Research Program 
“Why we won’t be posting no makeup selfies for cancer awareness” by two women in Brighton, UK, Don’t Hold Your Tongue blog. This week hundreds of thousands of women have posted pictures of themselves with no makeup on the internet, to raise awareness of cancer and raise money for cancer charities. So far over £2million . . . → Read More: Why we won’t be posting no makeup selfies for cancer awareness
“What have we learned about Metastatic Breast Cancer, Charlie Brown?” by Katherine O’Brien, I Hate Breast Cancer Blog. “I am coming up on my fifth year of living with metastatic breast cancer. I am fortunate–I started with a low volume of bone mets and five years later my disease has remained fairly indolent. Not everyone . . . → Read More: What have we learned about Metastatic Breast Cancer, Charlie Brown?
“No-makeup selfies on Facebook won’t beat cancer alone” by Sali Hughes, The Guardian. About 48 hours ago, a number of self-portraits appeared on my Facebook feed. Each was of a woman ostensibly wearing no makeup, with the hashtag #beatcancer (not breast cancer, not ovarian or prostate or bone or lymph – just “cancer”). Nothing else. . . . → Read More: No-makeup selfies on Facebook won’t beat cancer alone
“Caution: Kitty Litter, Prescription Drugs and Dense Breasts?” by Nancy M. Cappello, The Huffington Post. The evidence of the lack of sensitivity of mammography for women with dense breast tissue has been accumulating since the early days of the technology. Research for two decades conclude that mammography misses roughly every other cancer in dense breasts. . . . → Read More: Caution: Kitty Litter, Prescription Drugs and Dense Breasts?
“Living With Cancer: The Cost of Trials,” by Susan Gubar, The New York Times Well Blog. A recent CT scan made me realize that the clinical trial extending my life effectively excludes all but the most privileged cancer patients. The trial exacts large expenses: it requires that people have periodic scans and does not pay . . . → Read More: Living With Cancer: The Cost of Trials 
CNN Op-Ed by Gayle Sulik and Bonnie Spanier (CNN) — For decades, belief in some version of “early detection cures breast cancer and saves lives” has shaped our view. In the 1970s, when women like Betty Ford and the late Shirley Temple Black were lifting the veil of secrecy and shame surrounding breast cancer, finding . . . → Read More: Time to debunk the mammography myth
“A big thank-you to a community that rallied” by Michelle Winchenbach, Penobscot Bay Pilot. This has turned into quite the journey I never would have expected for my life. I have two young daughters who look to me for strength and guidance; how can I break down and give up, but expect them to believe . . . → Read More: A big thank-you to a community that rallied
“Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap” by Annie Lowrey, The New York Times. Since the 1980s, “socioeconomic status has become an even more important indicator of life expectancy.” That was the finding of a 2008 report by the Congressional Budget Office. But dollars in a bank account have never added a day . . . → Read More: Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap |
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