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Category Archives: Radiation Therapy
Many doctors have traditionally focused on detecting breast cancer at the earliest possible moment after a tumor develops so treatment can start right away. But studies are showing many small, early tumors don’t present a danger, and don’t require treatments … Continue reading
Posted in Early Detection, Emotional Reconstruction®, Genetic Screening & Testing, Information Strength, Radiation Therapy, Research News, Video, We Live You®: The Latest
Tagged genomic testing, genomics, MammaPrint
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Women with breast cancer have long faced complicated choices about the best post-surgical course of treatment, as discussed in this column from medical researchers published in The Conversation. One particular concern has been the traditional daily radiation therapy many women … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Cancer Surgery, Dr. Jay Harness Expertise, Information Strength, Radiation Therapy, Research News, Video, We Live You®: The Latest
Tagged conventionally fractionated external beam radiation, hypofractionated radiation, intraoperative radiation therapy, IORT, partial breast radiation therapy, radiation risk, single-dose intraoperative electron radiation therapy
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The Breast Cancer Answers Book: Your Guide to Achieving Emotional Reconstruction®, co-authored by breast cancer patient Phyllis Gapen and breast cancer medical expert, Jay K. Harness, M.D., has been named an Award-Winning Finalist in the Health: Cancer category, of the … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Cancer Surgery, Chemotherapy, Diet & Exercise, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Dr. Jay Harness Expertise, Emotional Reconstruction®, Genetic Screening & Testing, Information Strength, Newly diagnosed breast cancer, Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy, Oncoplastic Reconstruction, Online Resource, Patients Speak, Radiation Therapy, We Live You®: The Latest
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Mounting evidence shows that the tendency to respond to every breast cancer with every treatment option available–surgery, chemotherapy, radiation–isn’t always necessary, takes a toll in serious side effects and rarely adds years to women’s lives, in this report from TIME. … Continue reading
Posted in Chemotherapy, Information Strength, Mammograms, Radiation Therapy, Research News, We Live You®: The Latest
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This report from the PBS program, NOVA describes the exciting work of combining radiation therapy with immunotherapy to treat breast and other cancers. In April 2011, Christopher Barker, a radiation oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, … Continue reading
Posted in Information Strength, Radiation Therapy, Research News, We Live You®: The Latest
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Cancer specialists at several major hospitals are working to reduce the growing number of women with breast cancer who want to remove both their unaffected breast and the one with cancer, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. About 20% … Continue reading
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For women who are battling breast cancer and undergoing radiation, the treatments can leave behind painful burns and skin so sensitive that even a cotton T-shirt, never mind a typical bra, would be excruciating to wear, in this report from … Continue reading
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At a time when genetic testing and genetically personalized treatments for cancer are proliferating, buoyed by new resources like President Obama’s $215 million personalized medicine initiative, women with breast cancer are facing a frustrating reality: The genetic data is there, … Continue reading
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