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posted 11/17/2009, comments (9)

Risks and Benefits: Understanding the Statistics that Affect You

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 Chevron

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posted 11/12/2009, comments (0)

www.breastcancerteacher.wordpress.com

This site tells my story of diagnosis and treatment as well as information I have gathered after extensive research on diet, exercise and supplements. I am going to post a survey soon for long term survivors to see what lifestyle changes they have made to see if there are common threads to share with others.

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posted 11/08/2009, comments (11)

Two Years Out: How's Your Emotional Health

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 Chevron

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posted 11/04/2009, comment (1)

Young women and breast health -- support the EARLY Act

I am happy to see the community debating the EARLY Act on this site. Approximately 36,000 new breast cancer cases are diagnosed in US women under the age of 50 each year -- more than the total number of cervical and ovarian cancers diagnosed annually. Even still, too many young women are told not to worry about breast cancer. The EARLY Act... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/22/2009, comments (0)

IBC Research Foundation: Kitchen Table Activists

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 Chevron

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