Breast MRI Helps Detect Second Cancer in Newly Diagnosed Patients
Monday March 31, 2008
Getting a diagnosis of breast cancer is bad enough, but what if you had cancer in both breasts, and it wasn't found until after you completed treatments? A new ... Read More
Oncotype DX Multi-Gene Assay Tests Aid Early Stage Breast Cancer
Thursday March 20, 2008
Which Treatments Benefit You - Which Can You Skip?Early detection of breast cancer saves lives, and may require less strenuous treatment. But how would you know which treatments would really ... Read More
Femara Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
Wednesday March 12, 2008
Benefit Extends Past Five Years of Tamoxifen Therapy
Women who have taken Tamoxifen as follow-up therapy after treatment for estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer can protect themselves against recurrence by taking Femara ... Read More
Completing Hormone Therapy
Saturday March 8, 2008
This morning I took my final Aromasin, the last of my follow-up hormone therapy for estrogen-positive breast cancer. I had started on Tamoxifen, but developed some endometrial thickening after ... Read More
When It's Not Cancer: Pseudolumps
Tuesday March 4, 2008
Most benign (non-cancerous) breast lumps are cysts or fibroadenomas. But what if you have an unexplained breast lump? It could be due to scar tissue, radiation, compressed tissue, or old ... Read More