Breast Cancer

To mark National Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, The Herald Bulletin presents a special supplement featuring breast cancer survivors in Anderson and Madison County. Their tales of struggle and survival feature interviews, expert advice from physicians and tips on breast cancer detection.

Carla Castor nears five-year mark ANDERSON — When Carla Castor noticed a tenderness in her left breast and felt a dime-sized lump, she was shocked and frightened.....more>>

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  INDIANAPOLIS — A man who pleaded guilty to being part of a ring that smuggled cocaine from Mexico to Indianapolis has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison.Twenty-four-year-old Danny Delgado of Juarez, Mexico, will be deported when he completes his 200-month term in federal prison.

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  How is breast cancer diagnosed?
  A number of doctors in Madison County could diagnose breast cancer and describe that specific moment, but few health-care professionals have the vantage point that Janell Burk does. Burk’s title at Saint John’s Cancer Center is “breast cancer navigator,” and she guides the newly diagnosed through everything that happens before and after the diagnosis.

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  Husband and wife beat breast cancer together
  ANDERSON — When Judy Massey found out a lump in her right breast was cancerous, she wasn’t scared. She had already seen the effects of breast cancer, already been through the surgery and post-operation procedures and healing. She had already handled the uncertainty and terror that comes with such a diagnosis.

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  Volunteer became patient, heeded her own advice
  ANDERSON — Tricia Daugherty practiced what she preached. Turned out to be a blessing.
  “I would stand on the podium every day and preach to women to get their mammograms, and even men to do self-exams,” said Daugherty, who was an American Cancer Society volunteer for years before her breast cancer diagnosis.

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