Nancy Reagan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Breast cancer === In October 1987, a [[Mammography|mammogram]] detected a lesion in Reagan's left breast and she was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer. She chose to undergo a [[mastectomy]] rather than a [[lumpectomy]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B0DE2DA123DF93BA25753C1A961948260|title=Surgeons Remove Cancerous Breast of Nancy Reagan|access-date=June 23, 2008|work=The New York Times|author=Altman, Lawrence K|date=October 18, 1987}}</ref> and the breast was removed on October 17, 1987. Ten days after the operation, her 99-year-old mother, [[Edith Luckett Davis]], died in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], leading Reagan to dub the period "a terrible month".<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. 285.</ref> After the surgery, more women across the country had mammograms, which exemplified the influence that the first lady possessed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001360.htm|title=Perspectives in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Trends in Screening Mammograms for Women 50 Years of Age and Older β Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1987|access-date=June 23, 2008|date=March 10, 1989|publisher=Department of Health and Human Services}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page