The American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual breast cancer symposium, held this month in Washington D.C., yielded a heavy harvest of scientific studies. And I do mean heavy. In perusing news from the symposium at various online sites, it was all I could do to wring some practical information out of the fog of medicalese, high-level... Read more
Raise your hands, now. How many of you, at one point or another in your cancer experience, have thought, “What did I do to deserve this?” Or more simply, “Why me?”I see a lot of hands up out there. Sad but true, most of us, at one point or another, spend time pondering what we might have done to “bring on” our... Read more
The word “change” has been in the news a lot lately, courtesy of Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama’s campaign ads. And change has been in the air, too, as summer’s heat gives way to fall. Is it possible the pace of cancer research is about to change, as well?Stand Up To Cancer, the much-touted TV cancer... Read more
Can you ever have too much information?When is it NOT in your best interest to have yet another test?The answer to those two questions might very well be “Yes,” and “When you’re scheduled for a breast MRI.”Dr. Richard Bleicher of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, speaking at the annual breast cancer... Read more
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