Category Archives for breast cancer

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

Estrogen, Progesterone Breast Cancer

I was very surprised to find that, because up to twenty percent of tests for estrogen and progesterone positivity and negativity have been found to be innacurate, new guidelines have been established for

CBD for Breast Cancer

“According to a study by the American Association for Cancer Research conducted in 2011, it was found that CBD inhibited the survival of estrogen receptor-positive and estrogen receptor-negative

Omega 3’s- Breast Cancer Prevention

“What’s important is that we have proven that omega-3s are the driving force in reducing Breast Cancer risk and not something else” I used the word prevention in the headline because

DCIS and Overtreatment Therapies- Reduce Risk or Not?

There is considerable disagreement about the treatment of DCIS.  Some believe that nearly everyone with DCIS, regardless of its characteristics, should be treated with either mastectomy or lumpectomy

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy- Breast Cancer:

The researchers conclude "the long-term breast cancer-related event-free survival in the (sentinel node-based dissection) arm was similar to that in the (routine dissection) arm, enabling us to affirm