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Kiesha Harris was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34. After completing chemotherapy and radiation treatment at Saint Agnes Hospital, Harris started the nonprofit "New Pink Inc.," an organization committed to helping recently diagnosed young women get through treatment by pairing them up with a "pink sister" breast cancer survivor. (Courtesy photo)

Breast Cancer Survivor Starts Nonprofit

by Stacy M. Brown November 11, 2015October 30, 2020

The pain nagged at Kiesha Harris. Then, the lump under her armpit swelled more. At 34, the Maryland-born Harris, who lives in Columbia, seemed to know something that her doctors dismissed as nothing to worry about. Harris had breast cancer.

Dr. Regina Hampton, a general surgeon at Doctors Community Hospital, and Victorianne Russell Walton of It's in the Genes pumps up the crowd at a P.I.N.K.I.E. party for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Lanham, Maryland, in October. (Courtesy of Doctors Community Hospital)

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Hospital Provides Breast Cancer Awareness

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer November 4, 2015October 30, 2020

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Triple Negative Breast Cancer Impacts Women of Color

by Washington Informer October 14, 2014October 30, 2020

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Increasing Skirt Size Over the Years Could Imply an Increase in Breast Cancer Risk

by Washington Informer September 25, 2014October 30, 2020

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Study: Red Meat Possibly Linked to Breast Cancer

by Washington Informer June 11, 2014October 30, 2020