Many breast cancer survivors feel self-conscious about their appearance. They can’t find bras or clothes that fit them properly because of a missing breast(s) or missing breast tissue. Outside of ...

Stories like Barnhart’s reveal two critical barriers: awareness and access. Too often, women are not told about prosthetic ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — For a decade, the Breast Friends program has been run by the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation. However, unlike other program at CBWF, Breast Friends has no funding. “Breast ...

In 2016, Shawand Marquez’s world fell apart. First, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Then her mother passed away a day before Marquez’s double mastectomy. Marquez’s wedding was a month later.

CHARLOTTE — Residents at a senior living community partnered with Charlotte Yarns to crochet and knit prosthetic breasts for breast cancer patients and survivors ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month ...

Cheryl Schlote, owner of Scarlet’s Unmentionables, stands in her store Aug. 20 in North Liberty. Schlote, who is undergoing chemotherapy herself for colon cancer, fits women for breast prostheses and ...

After a while, I stopped caring about wearing a mastectomy bra and did was what comfortable to me: wearing a regular bra. Have you ever been to a carnival and walked into a house of horrors or a ...

Similar to statistics here in Australia breast cancer is among the most prevalent forms of cancer diagnosed in Fijian women but high costs of treatment coupled with low income means many women can ...

Changes to one’s body image are difficult for most women. We all require care to adjust to change. Shine is here to offer options, choices, and emotional support to help you through this process. We ...

Cathy Bossi, a U.S. Airways flight attendant and three-year breast cancer survivor, said she had to remove the prosthetic from her bra while going through additional screening at a security checkpoint ...