Because of research, I can share my story today – Natalia Mukhina

I distinctly remember the feeling I had when I heard my diagnosis. It happened 7 years ago, the end of November 2011. I remember feeling a paralyzing fear so intense that I was unable to move or breathe. My mother and grandparents died of cancer, so somewhere deep in my mind, I admitted the possibility […]

Kathy Steffan – What’s My Breast Cancer Story?

Throughout my professional career, I have been involved with many non-profilt organizations, both as a board member and as an auditor/advisor. I feel that this is my most significant board involvement because of my personal connection with breast cancer. It involves my own baby girl, Nicole. Actually, she hasn’t been a baby for a long […]

“Research is a shared responsibility of participants and investigators”

Becky S., 37, calls herself “a girl on a winning streak.” That might sound a bit strange after you learn that she is a breast cancer survivor who has had an extensive history of surgery and chemotherapy. Yet, Becky truly believes that her hormone-sensitive stage II breast cancer, which was diagnosed in 2016, has been […]

Marc Guay – What’s my Breast Cancer Story?

We recently asked Marc Guay, (former member of the Breast Cancer Society of Canada’s Board of Directors), what his cancer story is. This is the story he told us, this is Marc Guay’s cancer story. It never really occurred to me that it would happen. And happen. And happen. The first time was twelve years ago when I […]