{"id":31590,"date":"2017-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/uncategorized\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/"},"modified":"2019-02-08T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T05:39:56","slug":"3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18555\" src=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Support-Group.jpg\" alt=\"Support Group\" width=\"810\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/columns\/kathy-ellen-kups-life-with-breast-cancer\/author\/kathykups\">Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN<\/a>\u00a0\uff5ceverydayHEALTH<\/p>\n<p>I often contemplate the traits that help people overcome adversity. I especially love to talk to people who have beat breast cancer and tell their stories like triumphant warriors. For a while I attributed their power to optimism, now I know better.<\/p>\n<p>Years before I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my cousin told me that she couldn\u2019t get cancer because she is an upbeat and optimistic person. I am sure she thought I was lacking in her optimistic spirit when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. She may have overlooked the fact that although we come from the same genetic line that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/columns\/kathy-ellen-kups-life-with-breast-cancer\/inheriting-an-increased-risk-for-breast-cancer-from-your-father\/\">tested positive for the BRCA 2 genetic mutation<\/a>, her father was not a carrier and mine was. The likelihood that I would\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.org\/cancer\/breastcancer\/detailedguide\/breast-cancer-risk-factors\">develop breast cancer was 80%<\/a> to her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breastcancer.org\/symptoms\/understand_bc\/risk\/understanding\">12% risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Optimism really is in my trait mix, however, I am convinced that there are even more important traits that are required to help us triumph in the battle that ensues once we are diagnosed with breast cancer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/columns\/kathy-ellen-kups-life-with-breast-cancer\/3-traits-that-you-need-to-beat-breast-cancer\/?pos=4&amp;xid=nl_EverydayHealthWomensHealth_20150823\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN\u00a0\uff5ceverydayHEALTH I often contemplate the traits that help people overcome adversity. I especially love to talk to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":31127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pickup-article","category-pink-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer - RFTC Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer - RFTC Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN\u00a0\uff5ceverydayHEALTH I often contemplate the traits that help people overcome adversity. I especially love to talk to...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RFTC Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-24T15:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-08T05:39:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Support-Group.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marco Magnani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marco Magnani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marco Magnani\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6\"},\"headline\":\"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-24T15:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-08T05:39:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/wpdata\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/Support-Group.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Pickup Article\",\"PiNK\u8a18\u4e8b\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/\",\"name\":\"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer - RFTC Japan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/wpdata\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/Support-Group.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-24T15:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-08T05:39:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/wpdata\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/Support-Group.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/wpdata\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/Support-Group.jpg\",\"width\":810,\"height\":405},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"RFTC Japan\",\"description\":\"Japan&#039;s Leading Breast Cancer Foundation\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6\",\"name\":\"Marco Magnani\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer - RFTC Japan","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer - RFTC Japan","og_description":"By Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN\u00a0\uff5ceverydayHEALTH I often contemplate the traits that help people overcome adversity. I especially love to talk to...","og_url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/","og_site_name":"RFTC Japan","article_published_time":"2017-04-24T15:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-02-08T05:39:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":810,"height":405,"url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Support-Group.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Marco Magnani","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Marco Magnani","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/"},"author":{"name":"Marco Magnani","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6"},"headline":"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer","datePublished":"2017-04-24T15:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-02-08T05:39:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/"},"wordCount":188,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Support-Group.jpg","articleSection":["Pickup Article","PiNK\u8a18\u4e8b"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/","url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/","name":"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer - RFTC Japan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Support-Group.jpg","datePublished":"2017-04-24T15:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-02-08T05:39:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Support-Group.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Support-Group.jpg","width":810,"height":405},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/3-traits-that-can-help-you-beat-breast-cancer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/","name":"RFTC Japan","description":"Japan&#039;s Leading Breast Cancer Foundation","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6","name":"Marco Magnani"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}