# What breast cancer is, and what it is not. - a video **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breast-cancer-is-and-what-it-is-not-a-video/611843 "2012-02-05T08:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breast-cancer-is-and-what-it-is-not-a-video/611843/1 "2012-02-05T08:35:28Z")
Found this on the Daily What: > [@](#): > > Brave breast-cancer survivor Linda Burger, 56, has a few choice words for certain people who seem to think politics should be allowed to dictate policy when it comes to the life-saving detection and treatment of breast cancer. > > This video contains very frank language and courageously graphic footage of a body that’s undergone a bilateral mastectomy, but it is highly recommended viewing for anyone who wishes to learn from a well-informed source what breast cancer is, and — perhaps more importantly — what it is not. I didn’t find her showing her chest to be that graphic, but just to be safe I’ll put the link here: [YouTube Link](http://youtu.be/2ZwpSwm_4as) FWIW: My mother had breast cancer a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breast-cancer-is-and-what-it-is-not-a-video/611843/2 "2012-02-05T11:24:55Z")
Good video. I wonder if youtube will take it down, even though her breasts have been removed. Women can’t bare their chests on there, normally.