Losing weight. Exercising. Being nicer to your partner. These are New Year’s resolutions bound to produce a sigh, an uncomfortable feeling of guilt—and almost inevitably, failure. They’re too broad; too big. It’s like looking up at a faraway mountaintop, rather than at the path right at your feet.You don’t have to... Read more
The annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), held earlier this month, is the premier scientific symposium in the world for breast oncologists, breast cancer researchers, and associated healthcare professionals. Its mission is to “encompass the full spectrum of breast cancer research and facilitate the rapid transition of new... Read more
Snow falls gently outside my window this morning, muffling the clunks and clanks of plows going by on the street outside. It’s been falling since mid-afternoon yesterday; we have a good 10” out there now. Our first blizzard of the season has guaranteed us a white Christmas.In many places, the snow comes to rest on felled... Read more
With about 10 years of data now available, it’s becoming more and more clear that an aromatase inhibitor (AI) may be the hormone-therapy drug of choice for preventing breast cancer recurrence. Arimidex, Femara, and Aromasin—the drugs so many of us take on a daily basis—are proving more and more powerful as a cancer deterrent, for... Read more
“Have you got your pathology report yet?”As a woman newly diagnosed with breast cancer, it seems that everything hinges on this all-important document. Will you have chemo? Is a lumpectomy “good enough?” And how about those hormone drugs: yes, or no?
Here's an example of what your pathology report might look... Read more
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