cancer

Talk about your lucky breaks. Bud Stringer walked into a barber shop recently with a noble goal. His wife of twenty years, Dolly, was losing her hair due to the chemotherapy she had to take for breast cancer, and Bud wanted to show support by shaving his head as well. Good thing too, as it revealed a cancerous melanoma on his scalp.

October is 'Breast Cancer Awareness Month.' Many special events are planned throughout the month to bring awareness and support to those effected and to their families. Also this month, a very special event is being planned in Bangor to raise awareness about prostate cancer in men.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when health care experts, cancer survivors and research supporters pull out all the stops to make everyone aware of the need for proper breast cancer screenings, better detection tools and more research aimed at finding a cure. We've gathered some easy ways for you to show your support below.

Today is the annual Cancer Survivors Day at the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta. It's a fun free family event. A day of inspiration, celebration, education and networking for cancer survivors, their families and friends and the whole community.