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"You Should Apologize For Saying You Had Cancer (Because The NYTs Says It Probably Wasn't Cancer)"

  There was a piece recently in the New York Times about cancer. This, in and of itself, isn't unusual, since there are many pieces in the New York Times about cancer. What was unusual was what the piece suggested: Cancer should be renamed. Some cancers aren't really cancer, even though they're still called... Read moreChevron
posted 12/14/2011, comments (3)|
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How Family History Contributes to Breast Cancer Risk

Does breast cancer “run in the family”? Inheriting BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes from either parent raises your risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer significantly. But how about a family history of breast cancer, without the BRCA genes? Find out how breast cancer in other family members increases your risk of being diagnosed – or... Read moreChevron
posted 08/11/2011, comments (2)|
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Breast Cancer in Women Over 70: Treatment Decisions

While you’re much more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer as an older woman than you are when you’re under 60, treatment advice often focuses on middle-aged or younger women. Older women undergoing surgery, and making choices about radiation and chemotherapy, have different challenges – first in learning all they can abut... Read moreChevron
posted 06/22/2011, comments (0)|
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Breast Cancer Treatment: Guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network®

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a not-for-profit alliance including some of America’s most respected cancer centers – Sloan-Kettering, Dana-Farber, M.D. Anderson, Fred Hutchinson et. al. –  offers a comprehensive guide to breast cancer treatment in downloadable, PDF form.This incredibly detailed NCCN Guidelines... Read moreChevron
posted 06/12/2011, comments (0)|
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Hot (News) Flash - What About This Flax Seed Study?

Funny thing about headlines, they take a snippet out of context and turn it into an attention-grabbing conclusion. Unfortunately we are so overloaded with information, few of us have time to read any further.   What we've seen lately is that "Flaxseed Doesn't Help Hot Flashes." What we don't see is that the study focused on drug-induced hot... Read moreChevron
posted 06/07/2011, comments (9)|
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