The issue of younger women and mammograms
At a recent conference I attended, a lady raised the question of whether women under 40 should have regular mammograms. It led to a heated discussion with the medical panel, as this lady… Continue reading
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Young Women and Breast Cancer
Young women can and do get breast cancer. I was 35 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. While breast cancer in young women accounts for a relatively small percentage of all diagnosed… Continue reading
The pearl quotation
“A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life….The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded,… Continue reading
Breast cancer risk assessment and prevention must start earlier
A recent study of risk factors for breast cancer in young women suggests risk assessment and prevention, using techniques that avoid radiation, such as MRI, should start much earlier in life. The study… Continue reading
After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger
After Cancer Treatment, Heal Faster, Better, Stronger, has been written by a doctor who is both a breast cancer survivor and a cancer rehabilitation specialist. Julie Silver was diagnosed at age 36, at… Continue reading
Can facebook give you cancer?
This provocative, headline grabbing piece of “journalism” appeared in today’s Daily Mail online. If you take the time to read through the piece, you will quickly see it for what it is… a… Continue reading
Menopause drug greatly increases risk of cancer recurrence
WOMEN with a history of breast cancer are being urged to avoid taking a menopause drug now known to greatly increase the risk of the cancer returning. Results of a study published yesterday… Continue reading
Switching to aromatase inhibitor may lower risk of recurrence
A recent study, presented at the prestigious 31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, has found that women who switched to an aromatase inhibitor (AI) after two to three years of Tamoxifen lowered… Continue reading
Online service to streamline cancer referral process
From yesterday’s Irish Examiner: AN electronic online service funded by the Health Service Executive is to be used to streamline the cancer referral process between GPs and hospitals, Ireland’s cancer control chief said yesterday.… Continue reading
Cancer tests go up after Goody diagnosis
From today’s Guardian Newspaper: Cervical cancer specialists are putting a rise in demand for screening down to a “Jade Goody effect” after the reality television star revealed at the weekend that she was… Continue reading
