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Uterus (Uterine) Cancer "the signs" Part 1.MTS

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Nov 4, 2016
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My Cancer story and how I found out. This video is about the Uterus Cancer and my story. I'm 33 years old and I have Uterus Cancer. In this video you will know how I learn that I have cancer, how I was feeling, the symptom of the cancer and much more. If you have or someone you know have Uterus Cancer this may help them understand and support them.

I hope this will help you

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Endometrial Cancer: How to Recognize the Symptoms | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Nov 4, 2016
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To learn more about how endometrial cancer is diagnosed and treated, visit: http://www.dana-farber.org/Adult-Care/Treatment-and-Support/Endometrial-...

Megan Elkins, diagnosed with endometrial cancer at age 37, says she was lucky her disease was caught early. Experts, like Dr. Suzanne Berlin, at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers at Dana-Farber stress the importance of knowing the symptoms and risk factors for endometrial cancer, including pelvic pain, irregular bleeding, obesity and a family history.

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Megan: First you sit down. Good job.

Reporter: Megan Elkins is happy to be teaching her dog Lee new tricks. The 37-year-old has her strength back after surgery and months of chemotherapy to battle endometrial cancer—a cancer that starts in the uterus. But Megan says she was lucky. Her cancer was caught early.

Megan: If I didn’t have a pain, if that mass in my ovary wasn’t growing, I never would have—I wouldn’t

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Power Morcellation: A Hazardous Practice

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Nov 4, 2016
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On Oct. 17, 2013, a surgical instrument called a power morcellator tore into the uterus of Amy Reed, an anesthesiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, pulverizing what were believed to be benign fibroids.

Reed's "minimally invasive" hysterectomy, a routine procedure, was performed at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.

Alas, Reed's uterus contained an occult sarcoma, which the morcellator proceeded to spread through her abdominal pelvic cavity. Over ensuing months, as Reed battled to stay alive, her husband, Hooman Noorchashm, a cardiothoracic surgeon and, at the time, a lecturer at Harvard, waged a national campaign to put an end to the practice of power morcellation.

Read the full story on The Cancer Letter: http://www.cancerletter.com/articles/20140704_1

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North Texas Woman Battling Cancer Spreads Joy With Dance

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Nov 4, 2016
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“Who says cancer and chemo have to get you down? We'll have the last laugh!” she wrote. “We want to show the world that dancing and laughter is the BEST medicine.”

Ayala says she was diagnosed with uterine sarcoma and has been fighting it since Dec. 2015. Scans in July showed the cancer spread to her spleen. Since then, she’s been going through a more aggressive chemo approach. A recent September scan showed her tumor had shrunk.

“We just wanted to inspire and motivate people in my position to not see cancer as such a depressing, sad, death sentence,” she told. “We also wanted to encourage people/loved ones/caregivers to get out of their comfort zones (as my chemo buddy Danielle did for me) and laugh, sing, dance through the pain! Laughter has really been the best medicine for me!”

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Cheer Extreme Mom Amy Elliott Discusses her cancer Leiomyosarcoma

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Nov 4, 2016
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This message needs to get out to the public! Please help her spread the word!
Donations can be sent to:
Duke Sarcoma Research Fund
Richard Reidel M.D.
c/o Duke Sarcoma Program
Box 3198
DUMC
Durham, NC 27710

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Fan Warns Olympian of Possible Skin Cancer Threat

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Nov 4, 2016
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Australian swimmer, Mack Horton took to Instagram to thank the person who encouraged him to get a mole checked out after seeing it during the Olympic Games.

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Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and Osteosarcoma: Courtney's Story

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Nov 4, 2016
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At 16, Courtney was no stranger to the way cancer changes lives. She had lost a sister to the disease, and her mother had been battling recurrences for 21 years.

Courtney's own fight began when her mother's was ending, with a pain in her knee that kept her from her usual summertime activities. The athletic, energetic high school junior assumed she had a sprained ligament. She put off going to the doctor, focusing her attention on her mom, Crystal.

Crystal died on Christmas, at age 41. Through her grief, Courtney realized the pain in her knee had become severe. Within the week, her mom's friends took her to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where MRI revealed a mass. Then bone biopsy showed Courtney had a malignant tumor.

Courtney suffers from Li-Fraumeni syndrome, as did her mother and sister. It is a rare condition caused by alterations in TP53, a very important tumor suppressor gene. Half of individuals with Li-Fraumeni will develop cancer by age 45, with tumors beginning in childhood and adolescence.

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Jandie's Story

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Nov 4, 2016
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This interview was taped in April 2013, prior to the "Fashion For Jandie" benefiting event.

Jandie's story is long and heart breaking about her battle with stage four Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma; But to summarize it- in the beginning, she was rejected by doctors when complaining about her excruciating leg pain, being accused of only wanting pain killers. They eventually sent her to physical therapy creating pressure and strain, thus causing her leg to break, all the while not knowing she had bone cancer. Since the doctors pushed her away instead of trying to figure out the issue, her cancer then spread to her lungs until it was finally found.

On February 9th, 2015, she found out the cancer was now in her brain, as well. February 11th she had emergency brain surgery and they were only able to remove 80% of the tumor, as the remaining 20% was up against a blood vessel that affects her motor skills.

Jandie has also had tremendous stress with her finances in supporting her battle against cancer. Her medical bills are deep in collections, and every month she has ridiculous

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