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Dyan Fredrickson Murray was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2008 and succumbed to the disease March 23, 2009. We tell her story to emphasize the importance of self examination and screening.

Oct. 5, 2021

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: More than pink ribbons to writer

FORT POLK, La. — Have you ever had a best friend? My college roommate, Dyan and I became instant best friends when we met in our Witte Hall Dormitory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August of 1990.

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