Fighting Cancer

Angelina and Me — and Maybe You: Choose Life!

By:

Ruth Bienstock Anolik

Angelina Jolie and I actually have something in common: We both lost our mothers to cancer associated with the BRCA genetic mutation. We also both made the decision to drastically eliminate our own high risks by acceding to surgical removal of our breast and ovarian tissue.

Fighting Cancer

Twin Sisters with a Single Mission To Stop Myeloma

By:

Diane McManus, JE Feature

With a transplant from her twin 20 years ago, Marilyn Alexander extended her life — and now works to help others with multiple myeloma.

Books

The Breast Sort of Book

Is bigger better? Local cosmetic surgeon and his writer wife turn the page on the topic

By:

Joyce Eisenberg, JE Feature

A Philadelphia cosmetic surgeon and his wife — who says it’s none of your business whether she has implants — collaborate on a book to expose the truths and misconceptions about this always-intriguing surgery.

Mitzvah Heroes

Donating Great "Lengths" For Cancer

By:

Michael Elkin

Eight girls from the Lower School at the Baldwin School donated their flowing locks to an organization that makes free wigs for young cancer patients.

Fighting Cancer

Survivor

By:

Rachel Vigoda, Special Sections Feature

Like most clichés, there’s some truth behind it: Once you survive cancer, you stop sweating the small stuff. “You take the trivial and get rid of it. You start living life to the fullest. It sounds trite, but it’s the truth,” says Ellen Coren, who was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer at age 44. She found the lump in October...