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These tight-knit retirees are helping breast cancer survivors feel like ‘Boobless Wonders’

Losing breasts to cancer can be a shattering experience. As Maya Trabulsi of KPBS in San Diego reports, a tight-knit group of women at a retirement home in Escondido, California, is lessening the pain associated with mastectomies — one loving and skillful stitch at a time. This report is part of our ongoing arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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