There’s not enough humor writing about the breast cancer experience, which is why I’d like to call your attention to a terrific new book: Cancer Vixen, a graphic memoir by illustrator and cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto (Alfred A. Knopf). Marchetto, a cartoonist for the New Yorker and Glamour, among other publications, was... Read more
It may be a statistical blip and not a trend, but nonetheless, the Washington Post reports some very good news today: For the first time in decades, the rate of new breast cancer cases has leveled off, after increasing at a steady rate since the 1980s through 2001.
In fact, the diagnosis rate may have actually fallen, from 137.3 per 100,000 women... Read more
Once you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, it’s hard to look upon the annual mammogram as just another diagnostic breast exam. At least that’s how it’s been for me. Today was the day, and I started getting nervous about it a few days ago. It turned out fine, but here a few strategies I’ve developed in the past ten years to help me... Read more
Part of my life after breast cancer routine includes regular exercise, and one of my favorite parts of summer is that instead of dutifully trudging off to my gym four or five mornings a week, I can swim instead. Not that I have anything against my gym--which is a haven for middle-aged, overweight exercisers like myself, as well as for a fair... Read more
Better mammography: A new and improved technology for reading mammograms called CAD (computer-aided detection) is described in the latest issue of The Economist. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center are developing a knowledge-based CAD system that compares the images taken by a radiologist with a large collection of normal and abnormal... Read more
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