Weekly Round Up
Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which… Continue reading
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Weekly Round Up
At last, I am settling into some kind of routine. It took a while to find somewhere to live, get connected with internet and get back to the blog again. So what’s been… Continue reading
Fate can turn on a sixpence
When I started this blog over 2 years ago, it was intended to address the post-treatment limbo we find ourselves in when cancer treatment ends. I found so many blogs and forums dealing… Continue reading
Menstrual cycle affects mammogram sensitivity
Now here is some interesting and useful advice for us. Try to schedule your screening mammogram during the first week of your menstrual cycle. It might make breast cancer screening more accurate for… Continue reading
The outlook is positive for breast cancer in Ireland
Thanks to vastly improved access to the right care at the right time for women with possible symptoms referred to the eight designated cancer centres, advances in treatments, and a national roll-out of the BreastCheck programme for women without symptoms, the picture for breast cancer in Ireland is far more positive than before.
MRI screening for women with history of breast cancer
Women with a personal history of breast cancer should consider annual screening with MRI in addition to mammography, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North… Continue reading
Martina Navratilova diagnosed with breast cancer
You have probably heard by now that tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a non-invasive form of breast cancer Reading her PEOPLE interview I was very… Continue reading
Breast cancer screening debate
I am very aware of the debate that has been ongoing among experts about the effectiveness of breast screening and how this can cause confusion and anxiety for some women. Last year a Danish… Continue reading
Childhood cancer survivors at risk of breast cancer
Although women treated with chest radiation for childhood cancers constitute one of the highest risk populations for breast cancer, they are far less likely to begin receiving early mammograms when they should, say… Continue reading
Woman whose breast reduction operation saved her life
A breast reduction operation saved a mother of four’s life after it revealed cancer missed by a routine screening only a few weeks earlier. Angela Martinelli, 54, chose surgery because her 34J chest… Continue reading
