Category Archives for breast cancer

Avoid DCIS Radiation?

Why would you want to avoid DCIS radiation? If you’ve been diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS) you probably want to do everything possible to prevent a diagnosis of full breast cancer. For

Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer- What Now?

Newly 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

Mistletoe Breast Cancer

What 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

Ivermectin- Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

According 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

Fasting Enhances Breast Cancer Chemotherapy, QOL

“…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

Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection-Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis

New 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

Breast Cancer- No Longer Declining

Early Breast Cancer? Consider Non-toxic Therapies

“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”

Breast Cancer Patients Can Preserve Heart Health

“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

Alcohol Increase Breast Cancer Risk?

Consuming 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

Avastin and Me- One Breast Cancer Survivor

Avastin (bevacizumab) was heralded with great expectations that it was part of a new era of hope for cancer treatment.  It was even rushed to approval for the treatment of advanced breast cancer before

Electromagnetic fields- Breast Cancer

Because in vitro studies suggest that low levels of electromagnetic fields may modify cancer cell growth, we hypothesized that systemic delivery of a combination of tumor-specific frequencies may have