One of the first things I did once the shock of my breast cancer diagnosis wore off was start to worry about what my diagnosis meant for my two sisters and my daughter. My doctor told me that their risk had increased by 50%.
How could I tell them that they had a 50% chance of getting cancer? With three first... Read more
Once upon a time no one studied breast cancer survivors' emotional health. Not enough survived; both doctors and patients assumed survivors should be grateful and move on with their lives.
Now that 89% of breast cancer patients live at least five years, researchers are starting to look at survival issues. In... Read more
Once the shock wears off, cancer patients may experience a huge range of emotions: denial, anger, bargaining, guilt, and depression. Most people eventually reach acceptance of the changes cancer has brought to their life, but it may take a while to get there. What makes this emotional stew even more complicated is dealing... Read more
It wouldn't be right to let Breast Cancer Awareness Month slip away without a tribute to our caregivers. I know how important my husband's constant support was to me. I still count on him to get me through my bad moments with scares about recurrence and to listen to me whine about my side effects.
Richard Smith deserves special kudos... Read more
October 16, 2009 the IBC Research Foundation in cooperation with the Milburn Foundation awarded a grant to Diane Palmieri, Ph.D. to study how inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) can metastasize to the brain. Dr. Palmieri, who is a National Cancer Institute staff scientist, is working with mouse models to understand how IBC... Read more
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