she had her own fight with
breast cancer, undergoing chemotherapy in 1998 when she was 52. at the time, she went public with her diagnosis so the tabloids wouldn’t exaggerate her condition,
says the chicago tribune.
“the idea of people stopping me on the street to say, ‘i’m so sorry,’ is kind of a downer,” she told the new york daily news in 1998. “i’m doing fine. the less explaining i have to do, the more energy i have to take care of myself.”
the simon siblings were born to publisher richard simon, co-founder of simon & schuster, and his wife, andrea. carly and lucy used to perform as the simon sisters, an opening act for other artists in greenwich village folk clubs, says cbs.
lucy simon, 82, diagnosed with breast cancer
odds are high that you know someone who has experienced breast cancer. it’s among the most common cancers for women in canada, second only to non-melanoma skin cancer,
according to health canada. while cancer cells start in the mammary gland, the breast tissue itself extends to the collarbone and from the armpit to the breastbone.
the risk is much smaller for men, but can still occur, with roughly one per cent of breast cancers diagnosed in men.
no single cause has been identified, but there are risk factors to be aware of, such as family history of breast cancer and age. (eighty-three per cent of cases occur in women over 50.)
obesity and physical inactivity are also risks, especially for women who are post-menopausal, along with alcohol use and taking hormone replacement therapy for more than five years. having dense breasts can also
increase the risk of developing cancer cells and make it harder to see a tumour on a mammogram.
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