SVMC's Wellness & Care Connection: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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October 2025

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a great time to educate yourself and loved ones on preventative screenings, risk and regional health and support services.

Mammograms 101: A first-timer's guide

 

Preparing for your first screening mammogram, like any medical appointment, can be intimidating. The experts at SVMC's Breast Health & Imaging Center explain what you can expect and how you can prepare during your first appointment.

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Dense breast tissue

 

Dr. Julie DiSano explains breast density and why it factors into risk.

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Do you know the signs?

 

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.

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Healing in the Skies

 

Julie Case, an SVMC employee who receives treatment at the Dartmouth Cancer Center Bennington, shared her incredible story with NewsChannel 13 recently.

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Free event in Williamstown

 

SVMC is hosting "Navigating Your Cancer Journey," on Oct. 23 at the Milne Public Library. For anyone with a diagnosis or anyone who cares for someone with cancer.

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Bennington College Hosts Author Katie Yee

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Bennington College welcomes alum Katie Yee '17 for a public reading from her debut novel, "Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar," on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, at 7:00 pm in Tishman Lecture Hall. 
 
The event is a part of Bennington's Literature Evenings series. It is free and open to the public. 
 
According to a press release:
 
In Yee's taut, wry debut novel, a Chinese American woman spins tragedy into comedy when her life falls apart. The novel grapples with grief, motherhood, and myths.
 
While at Bennington as a student, Yee was one of the first recipients of the Catherine Morrison Golden '55 P'80 Undergraduate Writing Fellowship to attend the summer residency of the Bennington Writing Seminars MFA program.
 
"Going back to when Katie was a standout Literature student as an undergraduate, she has always written 'beyond her years,'" faculty member Benjamin Anastas said. "And ever since, Katie has been racking up accomplishment after accomplishment in the literary world." 
 
Yee's writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, No Tokens, The Believer, Washington Square Review, Triangle House, Epiphany, and Literary Hub. She has been awarded fellowships from the Center for Fiction, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Kundiman. She is the Barnes & Noble 2025 Discover Prize Winner. 
 
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