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Breast Cancer Treatment

The Cancer Vixen Mission: No Breast Left Behind

Marisa Acocella Marchetto | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care, Breast Cancer, Women's Health, Health, Mammograms, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Mammogram Guidelines, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Marisa Acocella Marchetto

If you don't test yourself until you're 50 - then you risk receiving a later diagnosis, which could lead to death. To be blunt: it could kill you.

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Beyond the Headlines and Under the Bra

Jennifer Manfrè | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention, Breast Cancer Treatment, Living News
Jennifer Manfrè

The new mammogram recommendation is what cost control looks like: It's not rationing, it's not socialized medicine, it's cost control. What are the real outcomes, and what are the real costs? Do the math.

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Mammogram Age Pushed Back To 50

AP | RONI CARYN RABIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, When Should You Get a Mammogram, Mammogram Age, At What Age Should I Get a Mammogram, Women's Health, Health, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health Care, Breast Cancer Awareness, Mammogram Ages, Mammogram Guidelines, Living News

NEW YORK (AP)- Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. ...

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Breast Cancer, Integrative Medicine, and Vitamin D

Dr. Soram Khalsa | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer, American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Health, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Dr. Soram Khalsa

The data supporting vitamin D is so strong and every year getting stronger. Why don't we take action now? How many more women need to get breast cancer or die from it before we make a move?

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Evelyn Lauder: Making Breast Cancer A Factor Of The Past (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Priyanka Boghani | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Evelyn Lauder, Health, Priyanka Boghani, Pink Ribbon, Breast Cancer, Slideshow, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month upon us, it's only natural to honor Evelyn Lauder, the daughter-in-law of cosmetics guru, Estée Lauder, and the genius behind the ubiquitous and symbolic pink ribbon, which she co-developed in 1992.

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America's Health Care Addiction

Craig Bowron | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Consumer Culture, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, American Health Care, Health, Patient Satisfaction, Vioxx, Health Care Reform, Evidence Based Decision Making, Autologous Bone Marrow Transplants, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health Care, Human Life Expectancy, Per Capita Health Care Spending, Evidence-Based Medicine, Politics News
Craig Bowron

How does a country with perhaps the most innovative health care system in the world produce average health care outcomes? It's simple: much of the innovation hasn't delivered.

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Why Poor Women With Breast Cancer Should Move to Canada

D. Brad Wright | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Canadian Healthcare, Breast Cancer, Health Wait Times, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health Care, Health, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

While Canadians might face slightly longer waits for breast cancer treatment than wealthy Americans, the least well-off Americans receive no treatment at all.

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How Extremophiles Might Help Us Save the World

Levi Novey | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Yellowstone, Research, Astrobiology, Atacama Desert, Science, Mars, Methane, Exploration, Caves, Imax, Space Exploration, Extremophile, Health, Green Technology, James Cameron, Microbiology, Climate Change, Ethanol, Technology, Breast Cancer Treatment, Medicine, Global Warming, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Microbes-on-Mars, Microorganisms, Green News
Levi Novey

Living and thriving in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, tiny bacteria-like microbes known as extremophiles might soon have an over-sized effect on our human world.

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VIDEO: New Frontiers in Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Breast Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Dr. Hope Rugo, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Mastectomy, Media News
Kathy Plesser, MD

Hormone therapy is a standard treatment for both early-stage and metastatic breast cancer. New studies show that extending the duration of treatment in post-menopausal women may reduce recurrence and improve survival.

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Video: Pathologist and Surgeon Team to Find the Extent of a Breast Cancer

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Breast Conservation, Cancer, Nyu Cancer Center, Breast Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer Treatment, Living News
Kathy Plesser, MD

Dr. Deborah Axelrod, a breast surgeon and Dr. Baljit Singh, a pathologist, talk about breast conservation on video.

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Art with a Heart

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: No Health Insurance, Artists, Breast Cancer, Public Health Insurance Plan, Artwork, Breast-Cancer-Chemotherapy, Health Insurance, Cancer Patients, Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer Patients, Medical Costs, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Cancer-Cure, Living News
Darryle Pollack

The Hearts for Anna online fundraiser offers a chance to help Anna beat her cancer and get a beautiful piece of art in return.

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Latest in Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy (VIDEO)

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer, Breast Conservation, Breast Cancer Detection, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Kathy Plesser, MD

Breast conservation consists of a lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy. Dr. Alvarado describes who is a candidate for a multi-institutional trial.

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So You Think You Can Dance: One Woman's Journey

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Living News, Featured Contributor, Dr. Judith Rich, Breast Cancer, Huffington Post, Breast Cancer Treatment, Rx for the Soul, Breast Cancer Awareness, Vimeo, Hulu TV, You Tube, Facebook, Google Video, Yahoo Video, Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

Once in a great while, there are moments worth watching on network television. Usually I miss them, since I'm not much of a TV fan. However, thanks ...

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Video: Giving a Diagnosis of Cancer and Hope

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Cancer Research, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Kathy Plesser, MD

Two breast surgeons, Dr. Beth Siegel and Dr. Deborah Axelrod, talk about what it is like to break the news to a woman that she has breast cancer.

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ACLU Files Case Challenging Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

Joanna Rudnick | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joanna Rudnick, Mark Skolnick, Brca1, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Brca2, Aclu, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Gene, Patents, Myriad, Politics News
Joanna Rudnick

Skolnick's answers surrounding the ethics and detrimental consequences of gene patenting were unsatisfying.

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A Storm Of Blessings: Receiving Life's Unexpected Gifts

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 06.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Learn to Dance in the Rain, Britta Aragon, Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, Elizabeth Edwards, Resilience, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, The Beauty of Breast Cancer, Cinco De Vidas, Anti-Cancer: A New Way of Life, The Inner Life, Personal Health, Women's Health, Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

"Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass, it's about learning to dance ...

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What's Worse than Chemo? A Common Toxin that Renders It Less Effective

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Estrogen, Baby Bottles, Breast Cancer, Health, Chemotherapy, Plastic Bottles, Bpa, Endocrine Disruptor, Breast Cancer Treatment, Bispheno-A, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Going through the insult of chemotherapy is bad enough. But discovering that it could be undermined by a hazard the FDA refuses to regulate makes it worse.

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Hope For Millions Of Women As Scientists Unlock Secrets Of Most Widely-Used Breast Cancer Drug

Daily Mail | Fiona Macrae | Posted 12.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer Drug Breakthrough, Breast Cancer Drug, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Living News

Scientists have unlocked the secrets of the most widely-used breast cancer drug in a breakthrough that could save thousands of lives. Understanding h...

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Living with Breast Cancer

Beth Feldman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Stage IV Breast Cancer, Gal to Gal Foundation, Survivor, Breast Cancer, Health, Design Her Gal, Aggressive Breast Cancer, Cancer Treatments, Advanced Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Radiation, Chemo, Living News
Beth Feldman

"I'm grateful to my cancer for leading me down a path that is better than where I was before. I used to say 'I just want my life back' but I don't want the life I had before back, I just want Life."

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Healing the Whole Woman

Mallika Chopra | Posted 11.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health, Living News
Mallika Chopra

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States . While I have met many survivors and women going through treatment, I actually had my f...

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Stand Up to Cancer: My Story

Joanna Rudnick | Posted 10.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Stand Up 2 Cancer, Stand Up to Cancer, Health, Christina Applegate Cancer, In the Family Movie, In the Family, Previvor, Breast Cancer, Christina Applegate, Playboy Foundation, Su2c, Breast Cancer Treatment, Kartemquin Films, Living News
Joanna Rudnick

When I was 27 years old, four words changed my life: "Positive for a deleterious mutation." Translated into English, that meant I was carrying the mutated gene that triggered the breast and ovarian cancer suffered by my mother, grandmother and great aunts.

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Burning Bras with Keira Knightley

Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Keira Knightley, Women's Health, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Mastectomy, Living News
Darryle Pollack

Like Knightley stood up to Hollywood by demanding to be accepted as flatchested, I chose not to have my body artificially enhanced after breast cancer and a mastectomy.

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MDs Don't Give Women With Breast Cancer Options

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast Cancer Operation, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Mastectomy, Breast Cancer Options, Living News

Most doctors don't talk about breast reconstruction with women before cancer surgery, depriving them of key information that can sway their decision a...

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Breast Cancer Genes: New Strategies For Protecting Women

Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Hereditary Cancer, Breast Cancer Statistics, The Balanced Life, Beth Israel Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Programs at Continuum Cancer Center, Brca1, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Genes, Brca2, Living News
Dr. Rock Positano

Breast cancer is still very much alive. Over 200,000 women will be diagnosed and 41,000 women are expected to die from breast cancer in the US in 2007...

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Stem Cells Used To Fix Breast Cancer Defects

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Stem Cells, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Stem Cell Treatment Breast Cancer, Stem Cells and Breast Cancer, Living News

For the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed. The appr...

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