Maggie Daley Inspired Women Living With Breast Cancer

Chicago's former first lady died of breast cancer one year ago on Thanksgiving day. Her legacy—that you can live with hope—still inspires people who deal with the disease today.

Maggie Daley’s nine-year battle with cancer was a paradox to those who followed her closely. A public figure by nature, the status of her health and treatment was often common knowledge, yet Chicago’s former first lady did not hold herself out to be a breast cancer spokeswoman. While the cancer center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital bears her name, the causes Daley was most passionate about were unrelated, in fact, including children’s artwork and her efforts to help bring the Olympics to Chicago. A year after she succumbed to breast cancer at age 68, Maggie Daley nonetheless continues to inspire. To those who suffer from metastatic breast cancer — breast cancer that has metastasized to other parts of the body and become deadly — Daley …

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Testimonials from Women Who Survived Breast Cancer

Women share their stories of hardship, determination and survival from breast cancer at an educational program presented by Provena Healing Arts Pavilion, New Lenox.

Two area women offered their stories of hardship, determination and the will to survive as part of a Provena Healing Arts Pavilion breast cancer program. The two-hour presentation at the Provena Healing Arts Pavilion, 410 E. Lincoln Highway, first featured Dr. Wendy Marshall, breast expert, who shared the basics of understanding breast cancer. Her message: conduct regular self-breast examinations, seek annual checkups and mammograms for women over 40 years old. Then, as a way to cement the informational session, Mokena's Cindy Pepper summarized her experience with breast cancer. Her breast cancer was detected in a mammogram. After chemotherapy, radiation and a double masectomy, she told the group to stand tall and be strong. "Don't assume …

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Breast Cancer Self-Examination: 'Do it Enough to Know What's Normal'

Dr. Wendy Marshall, a breast expert for Provena Healing Arts Pavilion in New Lenox, gave women the low down on breast cancer detection.

How do you talk about breast health and keep the topic light? Dr. Wendy Marshall, a breast expert at Provena Healing Arts Pavilion, made a serious topic seem more like a conversation between friends. At an Oct. 16 presentation at the Provena Healing Arts Pavilion in New Lenox, a crowded room full of women laughed and learned among other things the importance of self-breast examinations and what to look for. The primary message of the two-hour long presentation, which included testimonies from breast cancer survivors, was early detection by way of self-examination, annual checkups and mammograms for women over 40 years old.   Good breast health means regular self-examinations to determine your own body's unique features. "Do it enough to …

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Breast Cancer Support Groups and Programs in New Lenox and Surrounding Towns

Special programs this month: Provena Healing Arts Pavilion from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, and Silver Cross Hospital from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23.

Letter to the Editor: Doctor Urges Women Over 40 to Get Mammogram

Dr. Alvin Ring, medical director of pathology at Sliver Cross Hospital, says early detection can save lives.

Longtime NBC reporter, Andrea Mitchell, is one of the more than 230,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Luckily, because her doctors caught it early, Ms. Mitchell’s prognosis is expected to be good. As a physician who specializes in pathology, I know that diagnosing breast cancer in its early stages can lead to a survival rate of close to 95 percent. It is also apparent that treatment depends on accurate pathologic diagnosis. The information in the pathology report will help determine the best type of local and systemic treatment. If you, a friend or relative has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, the College of American Pathologists has developed a website, MyBiopsy.org, to provide patients with clear, easy-to-…

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L-W Women Team Up to Support Breast Cancer Research

Team Tiaras and Ta Tas will host a fundraiser at Charleyhorse Restaurtant this weekend to prepare for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure walk.

Three weeks from now, the women of Team Tiaras and Ta Tas will be reflecting on their impressive 60-mile, three-day walk to raise funds for breast cancer research through the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Co-captains Heather Hummel of Coal City and Christine Olson of New Lenox organized their team in November 2010 and kicked off its official training in January of this year, covering hundreds of practice miles since then. The eight team members come from Frankfort, Mokena, New Lenox, Plainfield and Coal City, and they've relied on the Komen Foundation training calendar to give them a unified schedule because they rarely are able to train at the same time. However, they're hoping they'll be able to stay together as a a team during August's …

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PatchCast: A Daily Video Report

Daily PatchCast: iPads, Con Man and Breast Cancer Walk

A daily video recap of the Southland's top stories

Longtime Andrew Coach Fondly Recalls 1992 State Championship Team Can iPads Save the Village Money Over Printed Paper? Family Walks to 'Save the Boobies' Police: Restaurant Delivery Man Cons Olympia Fields Woman Out of Hundreds of Dollars

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Locals Walk and Ride to End Breast Cancer

There's still time to donate to four local women who are raising funds for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer June 4-5.

It could be your mother, or your sister. It might be your daughter or your cousin. Breast cancer does not discriminate when it attacks women and sometimes men. That's why four local women have decided to raise money for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Karen Boseo, her sister Kathy McCollum, and their friends Kathy Walsh and Kazia Skorek will walk 39.3 miles in Chicago on June 4-5.  “Our mom had breast cancer,” Boseo said, after rattling off a long list of friends who have had it. To help raise funds for their walk, they joined at least 40 other people Sunday on a benefit bike ride. Departing Fritz’s Saloon in Manhattan, the group rode the Wauponsee Glacial Trail. About 7 miles later, they arrived in a small town, Symerton, which is half …

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