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In recent years, Vaughn has overcome both kidney and breast cancer [3] Vaughn was friends with late country singer Loretta Lynn , whom she met through the Wilburn brothers in the 1960s. They bonded over similar writing styles and collaborated throughout their careers.
Sally's breast cancer story. Two years after Flynn's diagnosis, her younger sister Sally Peterson learned that she also had breast cancer. ... it has brought us closer,” the 50-year-old said ...
The Cancer Journals is a 1980 book of non-fiction by poet and activist Audre Lorde.It deals with her struggle with breast cancer and relates it to her strong advocacy and identity in certain social issues such as lesbian, civil rights, and feminist issues.
Lucille Clifton (born Thelma Lucille Sayles, in Depew, New York) [6] grew up in Buffalo, New York, and graduated from Fosdick-Masten Park High School in 1953. [7] She attended Howard University with a scholarship from 1953 to 1955, leaving to study at the State University of New York at Fredonia (near Buffalo).
Diagnosis dates are listed where the information is known. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer. According to the United States National Cancer Institute, the rate of new cases of female breast cancer was 129.1 per 100,000 women per year. The death rate was 19.9 per 100,000 women per year.
Her battle with cancer was chronicled in the top-rated made-for-TV film, The Ann Jillian Story (1988), [10] in which Jillian portrayed herself. The film required two years to be produced, due to conflicts in tone, the degree of medical information included, and the relatively limited, realistic reaction portrayed by Jillian and her stage ...
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Shane L. Koyczan / ˈ k ɔɪ ˌ z æ n /, [2] born 22 May 1976, is a Canadian spoken word poet, writer, and member of the group Tons of Fun University.He is known for writing about issues like bullying, cancer, death, and eating disorders.