Tag: breast cancer

By Diana Price cancerconnect.com When Karen Jackson was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer she was bewildered—not just by the diagnosis but by the disparity she...

-Breast cancer survivor, Raquel Smith, now 40, on being diagnosed at age 27; birminghamtimes, Oct. 4.

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times Diagnosed three-times, Taliesha Harris-Cash is a survivor of metastatic breast cancer — also called stage IV — which is breast...

By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times When she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 27, Raquel Smith, a Minor High School and Tuskegee University alum...

By Brenda Phillips-Hong At Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies, Sistah Strut is one of our premier events, and our goal is to celebrate breast cancer survivors,...

By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson has awarded Brenda Phillips-Hong, founder of Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies, a $10,000 grant in honor...

By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times In 2020, while the world was grappling with a global pandemic and civil unrest, award-winning freelance journalist, Javacia Harris Bowser...

By Joseph D. Bryant UAB Lauren Roberts was surrounded by a seemingly endless supply of pink bags as she stood in the back office of a...

By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times To mark the beginning of October—Breast Cancer Awareness Month—The Birmingham Times visited the 10th annual Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies (BBBB)...

By Diana Price cancerconnect.com When Karen Jackson was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer she was bewildered—not just by the diagnosis but by the disparity she...