Mastectomy

There was no way to keep Jennifer Lambert away from the OC Marathon this weekend. Lambert will work at a water station in Sunday's race, which includes a full and half-marathon, passing out water and no doubt encouraging everyone along the way. On...

Newport Beach Mayor Nancy Gardner read to a group of about 20 toddlers, preschoolers and babies Wednesday morning at the Corona del Mar library branch as part of a celebration of National Library Week. She discussed favorite animals and the importance of...

Corona del Mar's UPS driver Athena Lewis is recovering from surgery for breast cancer, but hopes to return to work in the new year. "That's my route," Lewis said in an interview from Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach. "That belongs to me. They can't give...

Breast cancer research advocate Nilo Ghandehari began eight years ago with a small backyard fundraiser, about $400 in donations and a goal to give young people a way to get involved. Now in its eighth year, the annual OC Breast Cancer Fundraiser aims...

A cancer patient could lose one or both of her breasts after undergoing experimental radiation therapy at Hoag Hospital, her attorney said Wednesday. The 58-year-old woman, referred to as "Jane Doe" by her attorney, Jeff Milman, was the first patient at...

An Ashkenazi Jewish woman in her 50s, Rachel, is diagnosed with breast cancer. Her mother, Sadie, age 80, has a history of melanoma, which was treated successfully. Sadie's younger sister, Zelda, died of breast cancer in her early 40s many years ago....

Ten days after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous growth from her right breast, Lysanne Sebastian walked the 5K Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in September 2009. "I just had to," the 36-year-old Costa Mesa mother of two said. "People told me I...

The Tacoma Breast Cancer Resource Center is a place that offered free support services, information, classes — even wigs — where women were taught to fight the disease. But now the center is having to fight to survive itself. Since the middle...

Joanne Jackson, a 40-year-old mother of two, recently had a photo shoot to commemorate her winning the ultimate battle with breast cancer. During the shoot she proudly showed her mastectomy scar. Jackson then decided to post the photos on Facebook. But...

Helen was the name given to her by her parents, but Sally was the name by which she introduced herself to her future husband. Helen Devilbiss, who was born in Hanover, Pa., and raised in Westminster, Md., met Ellis Jones at Rainbow Roller Rink near...

How far would you go to get something you so badly wanted? Would you go as low as faking cancer? One chick in Arizona did. 27-year-old Jami Lynn Toler told her former boss, former coworkers and even her family she needed a double mastectomy and breast...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- After a years-long struggle to conceive, E! News host Giuiana Rancic and her husband Bill Rancic are expecting a baby via gestational surrogate. "We are so thrilled that our prayers have been answered," Giuliana, 37, told E! News....