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Breast Self-Exams: Don't Let the News Confuse You

If you feel a lump in your breast, no matter how you find it, get it checked out

Posted July 16, 2008

Reader Comments

SELF BREAST EXAMS

To Whom it may concern:

I am so upset about this terrible unfounded statement

I can not beleive this is being said!!!!! I am postive proof that self breast exams save lives. I have a Cancer Support Group and at least half of our group found their own cancer. I have worked with lots of breast cancer patients through a "Reach to Recovery" program. I am not a medical educated person in any field but I am a cancer survivor of 18 years. I would love to make comments on this to save lives. We have strifed so hard for Prevention by doing self-breast exams besides seeing your Physician and now you have destroyed all of the good works that we have done. I can get you many survivors to oppose this issue. Looking forward to an answer. Please work with me. It will only take a call or word from you to let us talk about this.

Thank You,

Lois M. Gibson

To Whom it may concern:

I am so upset about this terrible unfounded statement

I can not beleive this is being said!!!!! I am postive proof that self breast exams save lives. I have a Cancer Support Group and at least half of our group found their own cancer. I have worked with lots of breast cancer patients through a "Reach to Recovery" program. I am not a medical educated person in any field but I am a cancer survivor of 18 years. I would love to make comments on this to save lives. We have strifed so hard for Prevention by doing self-breast exams besides seeing your Physician and now you have destroyed all of the good works that we have done. I can get you many survivors to oppose this issue. Looking forward to an answer. Please work with me. It will only take a call or word from you to let us talk about this.

Thank You,

Lois M. Gibson

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