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American women understandably fear dying from breast cancer, given the numbers who will contract the disease at some point. Breast cancer can be a devastating illness, striking women with no apparent risk factors, often in the prime of life.

Many will be subjected to disfiguring surgery, long-term chemotherapy and perhaps weeks of radiation treatment. Their physical scars often pale in comparison with damage to self-image and sexuality, coupled with fear of recurrence or a painful death.

My mother learned in 1986 that she had localized breast cancer, a diagnosis that sent my family into a brief tailspin. Happily, she has been disease-free since that time.

Speaking to my mother recently made me understand one of the reasons women so fear dying from breast cancer. It is the timing of the disease, striking in midlife, just as they are starting to reap the benefits of years of hard work.

While the risk of breast cancer is never far from her mind, my mother has no such......

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