Category Archives for breast cancer
Should Breast Cancer Survivors Drink Alcohol?
Should breast cancer survivors drink alcohol? I ask myself this question almost daily. Why? Because I’m a cancer survivor who drank too much alcohol, stopped completely, and have been able to drink
Continue readingBreast Cancer Diagnoses occur in Younger Women
According to research, a surprising number of breast cancer diagnoses occur in younger women. As a long-term survivor of an incurable cancer (not BC), I want to stress two therapies that are evidence-based
Continue readingWhat is Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ- DCIS
A diagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS) is an alarming and potentially confusing event. Is it “breast cancer Stage 0,” or “pre-breast cancer?” A diagnosis of DCIS means
Continue readingHypnosis Before Breast Cancer Surgery
Hypnosis before breast cancer surgery, according to research, resulted in less fatigue, emotional distress and less pain. In short, hypnosis allowed a difficult procedure to be a little less difficult. I
Continue readingChemo ages Breast Cancer Survivors
The fact that chemo ages breast cancer survivors is not a new or recent finding. In fact, according to research chemotherapy causes: Pre-mature aging, senescence– DNA damage- Treatment-related secondary
Continue readingMammography Pros and Cons
Yes, mammography has pros and cons. And mammography can reduce your risk of breast cancer by identifying BC at its earliest stages. At the same time, mammography causes a number of problems. More importantly,
Continue readingActive Surveillance in DCIS
Active surveillance in DCIS is finally here. I say finally because “deintensifying treatment” has come to many other forms of cancer including prostate cancer. Years ago. When I first wrote
Continue readingTherapy-induced Heart Damage Among Breast Cancer
Therapy-induced heart damage among breast cancer survivors is a true long-term and/or late stage side effect according to the study linked below. I say this because only a small fraction of breast cancer
Continue readingBreast Cancer Chemo Brain Donepezil
Breast cancer survivors who experience chemo brain to not benefit from donepezil/aricept. Donepezil is a drug to treat Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). I’m no genius but I’m pretty sure that
Continue readingFunctional Decline in Breast Cancer Survivors!?
Functional decline in breast cancer survivors is a fancy way of saying that chemotherapy and radiation cause DNA damage which results in premature aging as well as other long-term side effects. There is
Continue readingTrastuzumab-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Breast Cancer
Trastuzumab-induced cardiomyopathy is a subset of one of the most serious short, long-term and late stage side effects of conventional cancer treatment. And that general side effect is called chemotherapy-induced
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced Heart Damage Breast Cancer
Chemotherapy-induced Heart Damage in Breast Cancer patients is a serious short, long-term and late stage side effect. Both chemotherapy and radiation have been shown to cause heart damager. While the study
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