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My Breast Cancer Treatment: I'm an Arimidex Guinea Pig

How many of you feel like a guinea pig? Are the cancer treatments you’re receiving, or received—6 months ago, 5 years ago—truly proven? Danielle, a regular shareposter here, recently posted this comment in response to my post on MammoSite radiation: “I'm sorry if I seem a little cynical sometimes or ‘debbie... Read moreChevron
posted 11/22/2008, comments (9)|
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MammoSite: A Survivor's Story

Dani Ligett (center) with sister Gaby (l) and friend Jane (r) at the 2008 Norris Cotton Cancer Center fundraiser last July.   Dani Ligett and I were introduced through our cancer center’s volunteer program. The first time we met, she was lying in a hospital bed with a 24-hour-old tram-flap reconstruction. Within 10 minutes I’d... Read moreChevron
posted 11/13/2008, comments (9)|
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MammoSite: FDA-Approved, But Does It Work?

An Oct. 27 New York Times article on the relatively new MammoSite radiation therapy for breast cancer patients includes a sentence that I find starkly chilling in its implications: “The FDA says it did require a label warning that the system had not been shown to be a substitute for conventional radiation.”In other words, the FDA... Read moreChevron
posted 11/09/2008, comments (24)|
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