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DCIS Treatment- Is Radiation My Only Option?
Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS) is not cancer. It is Breast Cancer Stage 0. What are Your Treatment Options? Dear Cancer Coach- I was told I may need radiation treatment for my 0 stage breast cancer. I
Continue readingCryotherapy- Early Breast Cancer-Solution to Over Treatment
Many patients with breast cancer have relatively non-aggressive disease, but are overtreated,” especially older women… “The solution is to have a treatment option that provides a solution with
Continue readingDCIS: Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment?
The issue of DCIS and how it should be treated is extremely complex. In a Ralph Moss article titled “The Mammography Debate, Part I” DCIS is a topic of discussion. Questions that arise
Continue readingRegression DCIS
“…and offers evidence that CAM therapies may be of value in preventing progression of DCIS to invasive breast cancer…” Many women diagnosed with DCIS wonder if their diagnosis increases
Continue readingBreast Cancer Diet- Foods that Kill Breast Cancer
“but a new study looked at how two specific compounds found in food could treat women who have the most fatal type of breast cancer” Let me begin by stating that I am not talking about silver
Continue readingPrevent Chemo-Induced Heart Damage in Breast Cancer
6% of breast cancer patients in the exercise program required delay or discontinuation of Herceptin because of reduced left ventricular ejection fraction compared with 28% otherwise Chemotherapy can cause
Continue readingHow to manage chemobrain in breast cancer survivors-
“A study demonstrates a significant correlation between poorer performance on neuropsychological tests and memory complaints (chemo-brain) in post-treatment, early-stage breast cancer patients” I
Continue readingBreast Cancer- Cryotherapy Superior Over Surgery
The present research and clinical results have established a new level in breast cancer surgery. The innovative modern cryosurgery is challenged a novel standard for current and future invasive oncology The
Continue readingIodine- Reduce Breast Cancer Risk, Reduce Relapse Risk
“This altered endocrine state may increase the risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer. Increasing dietary iodine intake may reduce the risk of these cancers” Whether you want to prevent
Continue readingAdvanced Metastatic Breast Cancer- Integrative Cancer Care
“…survival of metastatic breast cancer patients at the Center was approximately double that of comparison populations and possibly even higher compared to trials published during this period…” The
Continue readingRadiation for Breast Cancer- The Risk of Angiosarcoma is Real
…209 (0.1%) of the 184,823 patients who received radiotherapy developed radiotherapy-associated angiosarcoma (RAAS) of the breast and/or chest wall, at a mean latency of 8 years and a median of
Continue readingAromatase Inhibitor Therapy for Women Not Diagnosed with Breast Cancer?
“Tamoxifen is very good at preventing breast cancer, but it also has to be weighed against an increased risk of uterine cancer, stroke or blood clotting negative effects,“ A friend of mine
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