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Article: Importance of breast health activism. (personal stories of women with breast cancer) (includes related article on the New York Race) (Breast Health: The New Era of Social Responsibility)
- Article from:
- WWD
- Article date:
- August 31, 1994
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Breast cancer has touched the lives of so many people in the fashion industry. To underscore the importance of SA's involvement with breast health awareness issues, two women in retail openly and willingly share their personal stories about surviving breast cancer.
SANDI ALPERT
Sandi Alpert's bout with breast cancer began more than five years ago when she discovered a lump in her breast during a self-examination. "Everyone said it must be from stress," recalled Alpert, 62, a fashion coordinator and director of the personal shopper service at Bloomingdale's. "My mother had just died, and I had just taken my father to Florida, so I thought it really could ...