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According to the research linked and excerpted below, doxorubicin (dox) increases breast cancer risk for AYA and adult cancer survivors. It’s important to stress that side effects are common for
Continue readingI encourage breast cancer patients to undergo hyperbaric oxygen therapy- especially if they’ve undergone radiation therapy. I say this because both chemo and radiation can kill cancer cells but also
Continue readingIn my experience as a cancer survivor, oncology discounts the importance of quality of life for cancer patients. According to the meta analysis linked below, mistletoe extract improved the quality of
Continue readingNewly diagnosed breast cancer patient? Take a deep breath. In all of my cancer survivor research and experience since my own diagnosis in early 1994, there has never been a cancer with such a wide spectrum
Continue readingWhat does mistletoe do for breast cancer patients? To phrase this question differently, does mistletoe help breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy? This is a blog post about the quality of life
Continue readingAccording to research triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive forms of breast cancer and, TNBC has spread, it has a difficult five-year survival rate. The studies linked and excerpted
Continue reading“…periodic fasting or fasting-mimicking diet techniques (short-term fasting) could become a tool in the arsenal to fight a variety of cancers.” At the outset, I must state that this blog
Continue readingNew research titled “Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis” concludes that in a certain group of women with invasive
Continue reading“New findings from the groundbreaking TAILORx trial, show no benefit from chemotherapy for 70 percent of women with the most common type of breast cancer…” The phrase “less is more”
Continue reading“We believe that breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy should be offered a tailored exercise program based on pretreatment levels of physical function,” If you are about to undergo
Continue readingConsuming three to four alcoholic drinks or more per week after a breast cancer diagnosis may increase risk of breast cancer (BC) recurrence, Drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol may raise the risk
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