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What to know about breast self-awareness and how it fits into cancer prevention

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer
Jan 26, 2026

Breast self-awareness is a more flexible approach to preventing breast cancer that goes along with other essential screening measures. Two decades ago, doctors began recommending breast self-awareness as an alternative to self-exams — the monthly, methodical checks for changes to breast size or shape while applying pressure or lying down. Instead, they now suggest staying aware of how the breasts look and feel while going about daily life and reporting any changes to the doctor. It's also important to maintain normal screening routines, including having mammograms yearly or every other year starting at age 40.

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Finding a baseball lifeline

Terry Bernal Daily Journal staff
Apr 21, 2025

Capuchino Mustangs manager Matt Wilson had tears in his eyes following his team’s Central Coast Section Division V baseball championship victo…

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What is glioblastoma, the aggressive brain cancer that killed former US Rep Mia Love?

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press
Mar 24, 2025

The death of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love has brought renewed attention to an aggressive form of brain cancer that killed her at age 49. Love was a daughter of Haitian immigrants and the first Black Republican woman elected to the U.S. House. In 2022, she was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma. She said her doctors estimated she had only 10-15 months to live, but she surpassed that. The former lawmaker from Utah had undergone treatment as part of a clinical trial at Duke University. Her daughter said earlier this month that she was no longer responding to treatment.