Monthly Archives: June 2013

Please Don’t Start – Smoking When Young Increases Risk of Contracting Breast Cancer

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

In this report authored by Phyllis Gapen for Yahoo!, smoking both increases a woman’s risk of later contracting breast cancer and, for those diagnosed with the disease, complicates recovery: It’s never a good idea to start smoking if you want … Continue reading →

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New Breast Cancer Drug – KADCYLA – Moves Woman from Near Death to New Life

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

As reported here recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new type of drug – KADCYLA – that combines the widely used breast cancer medicine Herceptin with a powerful toxin to more effectively kill cancer cells while potentially … Continue reading →

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One-Day Radiation Therapy a Recent Alternative for Breast Cancer Patients

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Following up our earlier report of the patient benefits behind one-time single dose radiation therapy, Fox News offers another patient story of single dose radiation therapy – performed during breast cancer surgery – in this report: Candidates for the procedure … Continue reading →

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Dr. Jay Harness Says BRCA Genetic Testing To Quickly Become More Widely Available

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

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Once And It’s Done: Single Dose IORT – Intraoperative Radiation Therapy

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

This report from NBC News, news of a breast cancer treatment that is highly effective in older women in the early stage of the disease. Single dose Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, or IORT, offers a range of advantages, such as easier … Continue reading →

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The Tragic Inequality of Breast Cancer: Confronting the Gap in Treating Minorities

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Breast cancer afflicts women of all backgrounds, but minority patients still receive worse care than their white counterparts, says Dr. Rache M. Simmons, Chief of Breast Surgery at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, in this column published in The … Continue reading →

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For the Genetic Testing of Breast Cancer Risk, Clarity on Patenting Nature

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court “correctly resolved one of the most important and complex disputes in a generation involving the intersection of science, law and commerce.” The justices held that human DNA isolated from a chromosome cannot … Continue reading →

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I Discovered the BRCA Genes, and I Am Delighted the Supreme Court Ruled They Cannot be Patented

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Mary-Claire King, the geneticist who discovered the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, says she is delighted by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that makes it illegal to patent them. Her work inspired the forthcoming film Decoding Annie Parker, in which she … Continue reading →

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