Ever since Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City first pondered the perils and pitfalls of dating in the modern world, acres of column inches have been given to the subject. But what if you are dealing with the after effects of breast cancer treatment? For some women, dating after breast cancer may present some special [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Dating after breast cancer
Posted in Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged BreastCancer.org, dating, dating after breast cancer, infertility, Linda Dackman, Up Front: Sex and the Post-Mastectomy Woman on May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Does cancer thrive on sugar?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged about.com, cancer and nutrition, does cancer thrive on sugar, pam stephan on May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pam Stephan writes a well-blanced article on about.com exploring the truth of the cancer loves sugar adage. This familiar saying, “cancer loves sugar” has been around since the 1924 publication of Dr. Otto Warburg’s paper, “On metabolism of tumors.” Warburg was a Nobel Prize winning cell biologist who wrote, “Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of [...]
Fertility concerns of young women with breast cancer
Posted in Fertility, Psychological impact of cancer, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged Ann H. Partridge, breast cancer and fertility, cancer recurrence, chemotherapy, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Europa Donna Ireland, Fertility, Harvard Medical School, hormone therapy for breast cancer, infertility, medical oncologist, menopause, menstrual cycles, patient advocacy group, patient-physician communication, pregnancy, premenopausal, Young Survival Coalition, Young Women with Breast Cancer on May 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
“A Web-based Survey of Fertility Issues in Young Women with Breast Cancer” is the title of a 2004 study, admittedly nearly 5 years old, but I know still as relevant today to younger women who have received a diagnosis of breast cancer. The study highlights the need for better patient-physician communication about fertility. Reading this study and [...]
Biological markers may indicate poor breast cancer prognosis
Posted in Research, tagged Activity and Lifestyle (HEAL), biological markers, breast cancer, C-reactive protein (CRP), Eating, Health, Journal of Clinical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, serum amyloid A (SAA) on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A team of researchers has found an association between breast cancer survival and two proteins that, when present in the blood in high levels, are indicators of inflammation. Using data from the Health, Eating, Activity and Lifestyle (HEAL) study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, the researchers found [...]
Think before you pink
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Breast Cancer Action, pink ribbon, think before you pink on May 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
How’s this for synchronicity? No sooner had I posted a piece on the origins of the pink ribbon, than I come across a campaign in the US, called Think Before you Pink. Think Before You Pink, a project of Breast Cancer Action, launched in 2002 in response to the growing concern about the overwhelming number [...]
Early detection is key to survival
Posted in Breast Cancer Screening, Media Reports, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged breast awareness, breast cancer treatment, breast check, breast self exam, chemotherapy, early detection of breast cancer, HIQA, Irish Times, radiotherapy on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am living proof of the need for early detection of breast cancer. I presented to my GP with a lump, which I discovered myself in May 2004. My GP dismissed the lump as a cyst and tried to aspirate it with a fine needle – wrong, wrong, wrong. She did give me a note for [...]
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Posted in Advocacy, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged Tamoxifen, Breast Reconstruction, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, breast cancer, double mastectomy, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida, BRCA 2, breast cancer in young women, Miami Herald on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A friend of mine who lives in Florida sent me a clipping from the Miami Herald newspaper about Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat, who I know nothing about, apart from the fact that she was successfully treated for breast cancer recently. She has gone public with her story in the hope of raising awareness of [...]
Breast MRI finds “unsuspected” cancers
Posted in Research, Uncategorized, tagged American Journal of Roentgenology., bilateral mammography, breast MRI, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Petra J. Lewis, tumour on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nearly 20% of patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer had additional malignant tumors found only by MRI, according to a study performed at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. A total of 199 patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer underwent breast MRI. “We found additional, unsuspected cancers in the ipsilateral breast (the one that had already been [...]
Breast cancer and the environment
Posted in Podcasts, tagged breast cancer podcast, cancer and the environment, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Sheryl Crow Testifies on Breast Cancer on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This workshop is a beginner’s guide to learning about the environmental issues concerning breast cancer. Understand the research and how it is conducted, and discover how to use the known facts to lower your exposure. Listen here Related Post: Sheryl Crow Testifies on Breast Cancer
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