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So, You’ve Finished Treatment for Breast Cancer: Now What?
If you’ve finished your active treatment for breast cancer, I can almost guarantee you had a very strange reaction when you walked out of that radiation room or infusion suite for the last time. Instead of feeling unmitigated relief, I’m betting you were a little bit scared–right?
You thought to yourself, “What, that’s it, they’re just sending me home? But… Who’s going to take care of me now?” Then, guilt kicking in, you told yourself to shape up and get on with your life. An...
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Expert & Community Posts
Adjusting to Breast Reconstruction
By Jeannette Vagnozzi , Health ExpertAs soon as my doctor recommended a bilateral mastectomy after diagnosing me with breast cancer,... Read more »
Stopping Breast Cancer from Spreading
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...scientists can use to build upon in finding more effective treatments for breast cancer. ... Read more »
Breast Cancer In the News: New Technology, Research on Metastasis, Heart Damage
By Beth Brophy , Health ExpertBetter mammography: A new and improved technology for reading mammograms called CAD... Read more »
Exciting Breast Cancer News
By Amy Hendel , Health ExpertWith October being "Breast Cancer Awareness" month, here are the headlines of some of the news... Read more »
Distant Recurrence or Metastasis: When Breast Cancer Returns
By PJ Hamel , Health ExpertAn Introduction to Breast Cancer Recurrence, Part II A distant recurrence is more serious than a... Read more »
Health Guide
Living Beyond Breast Cancer
October 11: If you spot a new, glossy, bright pink magazine on the shelves of your local grocery and book stores, it may be the newly-launched magazine Beyond: Live & Thrive After Breast Cancer.... Read more »October 24th: Join the Vixen
October 24: If you are fan of Sex and The City, youll love Cancer Vixen: A True Story, a powerful, humorous account of one spunky Manhattan woman who details her journey through the depths of... Read more »October 13th: Warriors in Pink
October 13: Nominate someone in your life as a breast cancer warrior. Powered by Ford, the Warriors in Pink program recognizes anyone who supports the breast cancer cause. Make your nominations... Read more »October 23rd: Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy
October 23: Tune into Lifetime tonight at 9 PM for the movie premiere of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, the story of Geralyn Lucas, author of a book by the same title, who was diagnosed with... Read more »Breast Cancer & Menopause Hormone Therapy Comment
The big story about breast cancer on the front page of the New York times is compelling, but it does not apply to everyone. I was 48 when my cancer was diagnosed, and I had not yet reached... Read more »Images
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Related News
Attacking Advanced Breast Cancer
May 05, 2008INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- When breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it can be deadly. Now, a new drug stops... Read summary »
FDA panel rejects Avastin for breast cancer
October 03, 2008A federal advisory panel voted not to recommend the approval of the medication Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer. The panel voted 5-4 that... Read summary »
DVD: Moving Beyond Breast Cancer
October 03, 2008After completing treatment for breast cancer, women face a host of new challenges, including anxiety about recurrence. Carolyn Vachani, an oncology... Read summary »
Study: HRT safe, effective for younger women
October 03, 2008A team of international researchers says that menopausal women should not avoid hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for fear of side effects. HRT fell... Read summary »
Extra Radiation Helps Keep Breast Cancer Away
February 19, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with early-stage breast cancer are seeing the benefits of receiving an additional high dose of radiation (boost dose)... Read summary »
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