A Quote by Laura Ziskin

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004.

Laura Ziskin

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Breast Cancer Cancer Diagnosed

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Laura Ziskin
American - Producer
March 3, 1950 - June 12, 2011

The most surprising fact that people do not know about breast cancer is that about 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single relative with breast cancer. Much more than just family history and inherited genes factor into the breast cancer equation.

Kristi Funk

About 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single relative with breast cancer.

Kristi Funk

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was four. And she was re-diagnosed when I was seven or eight, and again when I was 13, and my dad was very unhealthy, too. I was living on the edge of mortality my entire childhood.

Rachel Morrison

In 2007, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

I had male breast cancer and had dual radical modified mastectomy, and I've spent a lot of time working with the Susan G. Komen foundation to make men aware of male breast cancer - if you have breast tissue, you can have breast cancer.

Edward Brooke

What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

My mom was actually diagnosed with breast cancer when I was five.

Normani Kordei

I have been through a lot of medical trauma. I was diagnosed with breast cancer .

Lurlene McDaniel

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 13 and it was something we weren't really aware of as a family.

Rima Fakih

Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer - one is a survivor and one passed away.

Jessica Simpson

I would tell a newly diagnosed young woman that breast cancer is a complex disease which can be frightening and confusing, and it's normal to experience these emotions, and having a good support system is important. Be an active participant in your treatment, follow your doctor's instructions and ask questions. Also, I would tell her that there have been many advances in breast cancer and women are now living much longer.

Thelma Jones

I think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Kate Walsh

In mid-July 2007, after a routine mammogram, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. As cancer diagnoses go, mine wasn't particularly scary. The affected area was small, and the surgeon seemed to think that a lumpectomy followed by radiation would eradicate the cancerous tissue.

Virginia Postrel

My dad spent most of my childhood behind bars. He went to jail 17 or 18 times. It was only when he was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 that we started to have a relationship.