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Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among American women: 12% will develop it at some point in their lives, and at that point, the health battle begins. But those women often must fight one a second front as well, dealing with the multiple threats cancer poses to their financial well-being.

Although Patrick Swayze finally succumbed to pancreatic cancer Monday, the star of blockbuster movies "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost" had in a sense already beaten the odds. The 57-year-old star died at home with his family after battling one of the deadliest cancers for 20 months -- more than three...