Breast Cancer Treatment

The Cancer Vixen Mission: No Breast Left Behind

Marisa Acocella Marchetto | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


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.

Beyond the Headlines and Under the Bra

Jennifer Manfrè | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


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.

Mammogram Age Pushed Back To 50

AP | RONI CARYN RABIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


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. ...

Breast Cancer, Integrative Medicine, and Vitamin D

Dr. Soram Khalsa | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living


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?

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

Huffington Post | Priyanka Boghani | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living


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.

America's Health Care Addiction

Craig Bowron | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics


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.

Why Poor Women With Breast Cancer Should Move to Canada

D. Brad Wright | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


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.

How Extremophiles Might Help Us Save the World

Levi Novey | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


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.

VIDEO: New Frontiers in Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media


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.

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

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living


Kathy Plesser, MD

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

Art with a Heart

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living


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.

Latest in Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy (VIDEO)

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living


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.

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

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living


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 ...

Video: Giving a Diagnosis of Cancer and Hope

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living


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.

ACLU Files Case Challenging Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

Joanna Rudnick | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics


Joanna Rudnick

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

A Storm Of Blessings: Receiving Life's Unexpected Gifts

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 06.13.2009 | Living


Dr. Judith Rich

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

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

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green


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.

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


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

Living with Breast Cancer

Beth Feldman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living


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."

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Healing the Whole Woman

Mallika Chopra | Posted 11.02.2008 | Living


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...

Stand Up to Cancer: My Story

Joanna Rudnick | Posted 10.06.2008 | Living


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.

Burning Bras with Keira Knightley

Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living


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.

MDs Don't Give Women With Breast Cancer Options

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


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

Breast Cancer Genes: New Strategies For Protecting Women

Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


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...

Stem Cells Used To Fix Breast Cancer Defects

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


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...