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Beyond the Word "Cancer"
Boston University alum Margaret Duggan talks about her journey from growing up in housing projects of Chelsea to becoming a breast cancer expert at the Faulkner Breast Centre.
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Breast Cancer Survivor Searches for Disease’s Origin
After Ellie Anbinder was diagnosed with breast cancer, in 1991, she underwent a partial mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, and six weeks of radiation. Some 20 years later, the cancer has not returned.
Outspoken, indefatigable, an advocate for [...]women’s issues, and an inveterate networker, Anbinder has made it her mission to find an answer. A decade ago, she and her best friend, Joyce Creiger (CAS’62), then owner of a Newbury Street art gallery, cofounded a public foundation that raises money to fund research into environmental causes of breast cancer. “I said to Joyce, ‘Let’s start a foundation,’†Anbinder recalls. “We’ll fund research, and you can give me 10 percent of everything you make.â€
They called it Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation [http://artbecause.org/]. “Joyce owned an art gallery, I owned breast cancer,†Anbinder says. “She had the better end of the deal.â€
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