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Susan Komen: Oncotype DX® Predicts Recurrence Risk in Node-negative and Node-positive Breast

12:20 PM Mar 9th
• Oncotype DX® Predicts Recurrence Risk in Node-negative and Node-positive Breast Cancer Treated with Tamoxifen or Arimidex
• Tykerb plus Herceptin More Effective Than Tykerb Alone for Metastatic Breast Cancer That Has Progressed on Herceptin
• Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence and Death …full story

Cancer and exercise - Cancer Information - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

2:57 PM Jun 16th
• A whole page of resources devoted to reducing cancer risk with exercise and activity. …full story

Prevention Against Cancer through Exercise - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

2:56 PM Jun 16th
• PACE (Prevention Against Cancer through Exercise) is a six-month pilot exercise intervention study for women at increased breast cancer risk. Studies have found that regular exercise and having a healthy weight are associated with a decreased risk of getting breast cancer for both pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women. …full story

BreastCancerStories.org, a special website where patient and care giver stories are exchanged.

10:48 AM May 28th
• BreastCancerStories.org is a very special website where Breast Cancer Patients and Care Givers can write about their experiences, share their progress with loved ones, and read stories and connect with other Patients and Care Givers who are going through a similar experience. …full story

Question from reader RE: Insurance coverage - Respond on Twitter

9:15 AM Apr 21st
• Hello. I just had a bilateral mastectomy, diep method used three weeks ago. My doctors were fantastic and took all the fear away. I happen to work in HR at the hospital this procedure was done, and I handle the benefits so I have access to insurance information and contacts. My plastic surgeon is the only one in New England that does the diep procedure and he participates with insurance. What he did was magnificent...my breasts are so natural, the core of my stomach was left in tack (a nice tummy tuck was included) and though the surgery took 17 hours (his part 14) it was well worth it in the end. To be inconvenienced by B/C is one thing.To be happy with the results after is how it should be. But, insurance only allowed $3800 of the $31000. bill.This procedure cost him a full day at work and to be compensated so little doesn't seem worth it. Do you see insurance interfering in the choices women will make in reconstruction? Regards, Pat Lago …full story

The Not So Lonely Road Of Breast Cancer

11:11 PM Nov 30th
• Many women of today’s biggest fear is breast cancer. With staggering statistics of over a million women each year being diagnosed each year, it is not hard to understand why there is this shadow of worry. Improvements in technology have allowed the scientific and medical world to more accurately screen and detect the condition, but unfortunately we are nowhere closer to defining an exact cause or even know what can be done to prevent it. Is it hereditary? Surprisingly enough only a an extremely low amount can be linked to genealogy. It also seems that the scientific community is less motivated to on the age old saying of "prevention is better than cure," with the majority of funds being emptied into more lucrative market of treatment, rather than the research dedicated to finding and eliminating the cause of the cancer. …full story

Doctors, researchers on quest for a cure - The News-Herald News

11:10 PM Nov 30th
• "We have survival rates we didn't have in 1965. When my mother had breast cancer, it was a death sentence," Moore said. Survivorship rates are up for all forms of cancer. People with cancer had a 50 percent chance of surviving for five years in the 1970s. Now, that rate is up to 66 percent, according to information culled from 1996 to 2003. But cancer is still the second most common cause of death in the United States — only heart disease exceeds it. …full story

Cancer survivor donates $20M to U-Kansas hospital - The Associated Press:

12:36 PM Oct 15th
• KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The widow of an H&R Block founder donated $20 million Tuesday to the University of Kansas Hospital's cancer program, where she was successfully treated for breast cancer this year. "I feel so lucky and so blessed that I can do this," Annette Bloch told hospital employees as she announced the gift. "I know that if my husband were alive, he would be just thrilled that I am." Bloch said she was trying to pay a debt she and her husband owed to those who helped them overcome cancer. The new donation is believed to be the largest individual gift to a hospital in Kansas or the Kansas City area. …full story

Open Letter From A Breast Cancer Survivor

12:35 PM Oct 15th
• When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, I was quite open about it – but this turned out to be a mistake. By far the hardest part of handling my condition has been people’s responses to my news. Some people simply didn’t know what to say, so avoided me the minute I turned up. Meanwhile others went to pieces, leaving me to handle their distress as well as my own feelings. But the most common response was an intense interest in every minute medical detail. I had no idea that my privacy would be invaded in so many ways. People I barely knew felt it acceptable to interrupt whatever I was doing at the time in order to hug me and tell me about their auntie “who has just the same as you and she’s still alive” or offer to “come and see me”. …full story

Breast cancer survivor gets Special K treatment | The Desert Sun

12:34 PM Oct 15th
• INDIAN WELLS — Sherry Kovas, a cashier at Ralphs Grocery Co.'s store in Indian Wells, has brought new meaning to the definition of Kellogg's Special K bars. The two-year breast cancer survivor was chosen to share her experience on the protein bars' packaging for the “Giving Hope a Hand'' promotion. Ralphs Grocery Co., in partnership with key suppliers such as Kellogg's, Kraft, Pepsi, Campbell's, General Mills, Procter & Gamble and Dreyer's Ice Cream, committed $240,000 in donations for breast cancer initiatives across Southern California. …full story

Christina Applegate: Why I had a double mastectomy - CNN.com

3:47 PM Oct 14th
• In 2007, Christina landed the starring role on "Samantha Who?" an acclaimed comedy series. After receiving Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her performance, it seemed that nothing could stop Christina's triumphant return to TV. Then, in April 2008, shocking news silenced the laughter. At 36 years old, Christina was diagnosed with breast cancer. At first, Christina says she lived quietly with the disease. "It's hard to live quietly," she says. "I went through five weeks of work without telling anyone that this was going on in my life." …full story

Breast Cancer Survivors Find Relief In Acupuncture - wbztv.com

11:56 AM Sep 24th
• DETROIT (WBZ) ¯ Hot flashes, nausea, and fatigue are just some of the debilitating side effects associated with breast cancer treatments. Now a new study shows that acupuncture can ease these symptoms in some women. Doctors at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit conducted a study comparing acupuncture to drug therapy for the treatment of these side effects. …full story

Breast Cancer Treatment Time May Be Cut In Half - cbs4denver.com

6:24 PM Sep 23rd
• The study may entirely change the way doctors treat early-stage breast cancer in America. It shows three weeks of intense radiation therapy is as effective as the usual 5- to 6-week course. "No question, typically women will go in almost every day for 5 to 6 weeks for radiation," CBS4 Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida said. "Now it looks like we take that time and safely cut it to 3 weeks, and 'safely' is the key word." The major new study followed more than 1,000 women for more than 12 years. They found in those treated with 3 weeks of intense radiation after a lumpectomy, the rate of recurrence was low, as with longer therapy. …full story

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