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The Good Fight: Liz Satterfield Refuses To Let Terminal Cancer Take Control Of Her Life

Dorothy Pomerantz
January 05, 2021
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Liz Satterfield was looking forward to her future in early 2014. She was planning a wedding with her fiancée, Heather Dooley, in Milwaukee, and she had a good job working in business development (mergers and acquisitions) at GE Healthcare.

But in February that year, a cloud moved over the bright horizon. Satterfield, 41 at the time, had always been diligent about doing at-home breast exams and getting mammograms. That winter, she discovered a lump in her breast that turned out to be stage 3 breast cancer.

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Medical Imaging

A Lightbulb Moment: Clearer Breast Imaging Means Faster Diagnoses

Liza Smith
July 03, 2019
Like most of the patients at Lake Medical Imaging (LMI) in central Florida, Kathi Schue is no stranger to mammograms. With imaging offices in the 5.5-square-mile retirement community known as The Villages, LMI caters to the over-60 crowd. While this group is statistically more likely to get breast cancer, they also have a secret weapon that helps with early detection: lots of previous scans.
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Overcoming Mammogram Fears Together – A Singaporean Family’s Experience

October 16, 2017
The 3D-printed blades that spin inside the engine at 2,500 times per minute face heat as well as titanic forces. Image credit: Avio Aero.
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In The Pink: Breast Density & Its Implications on Cancer Screening

August 24, 2017
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Malaysian women. However, there is little awareness on breast tissue density and its implications on breast cancer.
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