Breast Cancer - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2021
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Unspent Love

marketing slogans, distribution strategies, five-year plans. By night: bubble baths, pillow forts, bedtime stories,” Kingston writes. But when Kingston was 3, her mother was diagnosed with an advanced breast View Details

01 Mar 2007
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Avon CEO Jung on Leadership

the courage to reinvent yourself, not hold on to the past, and to act swiftly.” Proudly noting that corporate responsibility has always been integral to Avon’s identity, Jung stated that the company has raised over $450 million in the fight against View Details

Keywords: makeup; grooming; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2000
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The Business of Biotech

Maderis (MBA '85), president of Genzyme Molecular Oncology, also based in Cambridge. "Right now, we think of cancer as breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer. Eventually we'll be able to diagnose and treat... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

17 Nov 2022
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Blockchain for Good

charity sector, volunteering for a national breast cancer foundation and within her local community, often with her son in tow. She returned to finance in 2015, but her heart wasn’t in it. That’s when... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

15 Dec 2024
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Crucible: Give It Up

week after I resigned, my wife called from her car and asked me to come out to the driveway. She said, “You’re not going to eff-ing believe this, but I was just diagnosed with breast cancer.” It was a surreal moment. We had three kids... View Details

Keywords: Mark Adams; Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson

27 Mar 2019
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Fulfilling Their Promise

staff to help her temper her corporate mentality, which she admits at times lacked empathy. “At the age of 50, I had never once cried in my life,” she says. “By then, I'd had breast cancer three times and my... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; mentoring

01 Jan 2005
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Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992

learned, you have to take a step back and make sure you create a vision for both the management team and the employees." Two years later, she returned to HBS and graduated with the 111th AMP. There is another element in Haberkorn's life, a reminder of what is... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

treatment centers for each type of cancer. For example, a breast cancer patient at MD Anderson's Breast Center will have diagnostic imaging and pathology; see specialized... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

injuries, novice mistakes, and the heartbreaking loss of a best friend. When breast cancer threatens her own life, she seeks solace and recovery in the wild. Her quest takes 10 years. Regardless of the need... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

(MBA 1977) She Writes Press Floundering in her second career, Suchors decided that, despite a fear of heights, her midlife success depended on hiking 48 of the highest White Mountains in New Hampshire. She endured injuries, novice mistakes, the loss of a best friend,... View Details

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