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 science-talk, ultra-deep single-subject dives, and a tangled thicket of acronyms. But I did my best.
And here’s what I found: new, more effective...
In my previous two posts on understanding your pathology report, we covered histology, margin status, grade, as well as size, lymph node... Read more »
You’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. The doctor tells you you’re HER2 positive. What does that mean? And how will it direct your... Read more »
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with HER2-positive stage II breast cancer, and after surgery will be doing chemo (AC + T). After that’s done, my... Read more »
If you’re a woman with HER2 positive breast cancer, stand up right now and cheer: Tykerb, a new drug approved this week by the FDA, has... Read more »
The hemoglobin A1c test, usually referred to simply as the "A1c," can be accurately translated into our average blood glucose (BG) levels... Read more »
Source: Breastcancer.org
SPoT-Light HER2 CISH, which stands for Subtraction Probe Technology Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization, is a test used to determine whether breast... Read more »
Several statistical terms are important to understand when trying to make sense of who should have their PSA tested or their prostate biopsied. The... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
Hip arthritis is a common problem linked with aging. Adults in their mid-50s are often the first to notice changes that suggest degenerative joint... Read more »
Olive oil may prevent the formation of breast cancer cells, a new study suggests. Researchers in Spain found that when breast cancer cells were... Read more »
For a loved one with diabetes, monitoring blood glucose levels is crucial. “Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG testing) provides a map that... Read more »
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