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After her double bypass heart surgery a decade ago and being diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago, Veronica Vicente has a lot of experience dealing ...

Ramona Lione moved from Fremont to San Jose many years ago but continued going to Washington Hospital Healthcare System (WHHS) for her mammograms. She ...

Evelyn Salindong was all set to visit family in the Philippines in January, but she had to cancel the vacation hours before her plane lifted off. That ...

Melody Fielder Wong learned a lot about living with cancer when she was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer beginning in December 2015. She had ...

In early September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began mandating that all mammogram reports must include a summary of breast density. ...

In 1985, the American Cancer Society designated October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote screening and prevention of the disease, ...

Your most recent mammogram report came back indicating areas of concern that could be breast cancer. Your physician recommended a needle biopsy to ...

How long has it been since you’ve had a mammogram? No one claims that getting a mammogram will be the most fun part of a day. But the Women’s Center ...

A Retired Washington Hospital Employee Shares Her Story Though Faith Rasmussen retired to Grass Valley in 2016, she made trips back to Fremont to ...

The Washington Women’s Center was designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence in June 2012 by the American College of Radiology. The Women’s ...

Brentwood Woman Benefits from Latest Advances in Cancer Treatment After battling breast cancer for nearly a year, Diana Sacramento was finally able to ...

Getting Through Cancer Treatment Carla Greene’s hair fell out on July 3, 2022. “First, I cried,” she recalls. “Then I dried my tears, put on a scarf, ...