Breast Cancer Survivor Advises Getting Mammograms Once Coronavirus Threat Ends
BOSTON (CBS) — Julie Tolek remembers the exact minute her life changed forever: June 26, 2019. It was eight in the morning when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I thought I was in a dream. Nightmare, I guess, is a better description,” Tolek recalled. “I couldn’t say the word. It couldn’t be my life.”
The diagnosis: stage two grade two invasive ductal carcinoma — an aggressively growing cancer.
“I chose to have a double mastectomy even though my cancer was only in one breast. I decided I wanted to do everything in my power to not have to go through this again,” Tolek...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated Local Breast Cancer Coronavirus Juli McDonald Mammograms Source Type: news
Why this 28-year-old P.E.I. woman chose to have a double mastectomy
Hannah Gehrels had discovered a few years before that the BRAC2 gene was prevalent in her family, and family members had tested positive for it. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/PEI Source Type: news
Mastectomies, hernias, possibilities for private surgical delivery
The Alberta government is looking to contract out medical procedures such as mastectomies, hernia repair and some gynecological procedures to private providers with the aim of lowering wait times. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Edmonton Source Type: news
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - January 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Despite effective therapy, US rate of breast conservation lower than other countries
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Patients treated in Europe or Asia were 2.6 times as likely to undergo breast conserving therapy rather than a mastectomy compared to those treated in North America when adjusted for clinically significant factors. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 8, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
ASK THE GP: How to stop diabetes from making your fingers numb
The Daily Mail's resident doctor answers your health concerns in his weekly column. Today he reveals how your diet affects nerve damage and how to regain hair after a mastectomy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
After surgeries, women learn cancer gene test may have been wrong
Katy Mathes underwent surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes and had a double mastectomy before learning her cancer risk assessment had changed. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
National clinical trial provides mastectomy alternative for recurrent breast cancer
(Virginia Commonwealth University) Mastectomy has historically been the standard treatment for breast cancer patients experiencing recurrence after an initial lumpectomy and whole-breast radiation. Now, a phase 2 clinical trial led by Douglas W. Arthur, M.D., chair and professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at VCU Massey Cancer Center and VCU School of Medicine, has demonstrated an effective alternative. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
"My husband affects me more than my cancer": reflections on simultaneous intimate partner violence and breast cancer experience in a 48-year-old woman - Dionigi F, Martinelli V, Trotti E, Ferrari A, Garcia-Etienne CA, Valle AD, Grasso D, Ferraris E, Rizzo G, Pratic ò V, Sgarella A.
In this paper, we present the case of a 48-year-old woman diagnosed with early breast cancer. As candidate for mastectomy, she refused immediate reconstruction. She was referred to a psycho-oncologist for further evaluation and support. Psychological sessi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Breast cancer: 'I have one breast, would you like to see it?'
Three women tell us why having a mastectomy never made them feel less of a woman. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Breast cancer recurrence after lumpectomy & RT is treatable with localized RT without mastectomy
(NRG Oncology) Approximately 10% of breast cancer patients treated with lumpectomy (breast-conserving surgery [BCS]) and whole-breast radiation (WBI) will have a subsequent in-breast local recurrence of cancer (IBTR) when followed long term. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 22, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
All-in-one op means my breasts look natural after my mastectomy
Breast cancer patients can now undergo a mastectomy and nipple-preserving breast reconstruction in one procedure. Sophie Williams, 42, (pictured) had it done. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mother, 34, had preventative mastectomy but now she is so low risk the NHS won't test her daughters
Tara Huck, 34, had a mastectomy after her mother, aunt and grandmother were all diagnosed with breast cancer. Doctors believed an unidentified faulty gene could be responsible. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘No Longer a Disease for Our Moms and Grandmas’: Women on Early Breast Cancer
After a Styles column about one woman ’s experience with an early diagnosis, readers shared poignant stories of fear and survival. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aidan Gardiner Tags: Breast Cancer Mastectomy Radiation Mammography Tamoxifen (Drug) New York Times Source Type: news
Analysis by surgical trainees examines recommendations for mastectomy across the UK
(Wiley) A woman's decision to undergo mastectomy for breast cancer relies on communication with her surgeon and, in addition, often draws on recommendations from a 'multidisciplinary team' (MDT) of doctors from different specialties such as oncology and radiology. An analysis published in the BJS found that most mastectomies in the UK are advised when tumours are large, and that some of these might have been avoided if more women had been given hormone therapy or chemotherapy to shrink the cancer before the surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 6, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
