Vitamin D May Raise Survival Rates Among Breast Cancer Patients
Hooray for sunshine (as long as it doesn’t result in an increased risk of skin cancer). Sunshine is a primary source of vitamin D—and vitamin D may actually benefit those of us who are breast cancer patients and survivors! (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - July 13, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
The Importance of Shared Decision Making During Radiation Therapy
There are quite a few different regimens today for getting the local radiation therapy that's intended to prevent local recurrence of one’s cancer. What has been learned at the University of Pennsylvania is that when a woman plays an active role i... (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - June 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Get Your Yoga On!
Good news for breast cancer survivors: practicing yoga for a period of as little as three months can reduce fatigue, according to information published in the January 2014 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - May 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Facts About the Nipple Aspirate Test
A nipple aspirate might add to your frustration rather than provide definitive answers for you. Most importantly, though, this procedure is by no means a substitute for a mammogram. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - March 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Exercise to Reduce Joint Pain Caused by Aromatase Inhibitors
Hormone-receptor-positive breast cancers, which make up about 70 percent of all breast cancers, are stimulated to grow by the estrogen that is produced naturally in a woman’s body. Luckily, though, these common cancers can be treated with aromatas... (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - March 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Stereotactic Biopsy: What You Need to Know
If you find yourself wondering, or if you have a girlfriend who is or will be having a core needle biopsy, here is the process that the medical technician should follow to ensure that the right area is captured in the biopsy tissue that is removed. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - March 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Breast Density and Breast-Cancer Risk: What's the Connection?
There is now a more rapid and automated way to measure the density of breast tissue, and researchers are learning how to use these measurements to predict the risk of breast cancer in younger women. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - March 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Eat Tomatoes to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
A diet rich in tomatoes may actually help protect postmenopausal women who are at risk of breast cancer. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - March 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Negative BRCA Gene Test May Not Lower Breast Cancer Risk
That’s right. You heard it here. Women who have family members with BRCA 2 gene mutations, but who themselves test negative for that gene, should not assume they are going to get off scot free. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - February 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Learning More about Breast Cancer in African American Women
We learned a few years ago that there appear to be some biological differences between the breast cancers that occur in white women and the ones that occur in African American women. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - February 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Acupuncture May Ease Hot Flashes Caused by Breast Cancer Treatment
Johns Hopkins researchers have proven that there is now a solution to the chronic hot flashes caused by breast cancer treatment. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - February 9, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Did You Take Your Multivitamin Today?
Older women with invasive breast cancer—cancer that has spread outside of the breast duct—may gain a new advantage from taking a multivitamin each day. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - February 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Cholesterol and Breast Cancer: What's the Connection?
For decades, we thought "nothing" was the answer to this question. Now, the results of some new research imply that breast cancer and cholesterol may indeed be linked together. (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - January 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Female Hormones May Explain Link between Breast and Ovarian Cancers
Lately, the newspapers have contained a lot of articles about the BRCA 1 and 2 genes, the two genes known to predispose a woman to develop breast cancer or ovarian cancer or both. Apparently, scientists have been trying to figure out why the cance... (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - January 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
Younger Breast Cancer Patients Choosing to Get Bilateral Mastectomies
This trend even includes some young women with very-early-stage breast cancers in one breast that can be well managed surgically with lumpectomy and radiation. Do they need this surgery? (Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles)
Source: Breast Cancer Chronicles - November 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Lillie Shockney Source Type: news
