Monthly Archives: July 2014

Cell Phone Placement In Your Bra: Does This Practice Increase Breast Cancer Risk?

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Breast cancer expert Dr. Jay Harness, also the Medical Director of Breast Cancer Answers, discusses whether cell phones – and how you carry one – does or does not increase your risk of developing breast cancer. For more information on … Continue reading →

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Thinking of Breasts As Easy to Screw Off Jar Lids: The Wrong Approach To Breast Cancer

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

After a decades-long trend toward less invasive surgery, breast cancer patient interest in removing the unaffected breast through a procedure called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy [or C.P.M., as it’s known in the trade] is skyrocketing, as reported in this first person … Continue reading →

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Most Moving About Stuart Scott’s Speech: Disarming The “Cancer Warrior” Metaphor

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott offered his acceptance speech for the Jimmy V Perseverance Award, during the recent national broadcast of the 2014 ESPYs. The award is named for Jim Valvano, a college basketball coach and ESPN broadcaster who died of … Continue reading →

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Ultraviolet-Powered Blood Test Could Make Universal Cancer Detection Possible

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Medical researchers have long sought an easy, non-invasive test that could detect cancer early, no matter where in the body it arises. Currently, a doctor’s best way of diagnosing cancer is by biopsy, where a tissue sample is removed from … Continue reading →

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Dense Breasts May Obscure Mammogram Results: Medical Guidance Remains Unclear

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

About 40 percent of women who have mammograms have dense breast tissue, which means they have more connective and fibrous tissue than usual. Until recently, that information was rarely relayed to women, though it was routinely noted in the radiologist’s … Continue reading →

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Life After Breast Cancer: Rather Than More Anxiety, Congratulations Might Be Nice

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

A columnist who has had breast cancer – and who hates the word “survivor” – offers this perspective in The Guardian: I’ve been through the chemo and the radiation. And what awaits me? A whole new world of post-cancer scaremongering. … Continue reading →

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3-D Mammography Appears to Improve Breast Cancer Detection Rate And Decrease False Positive Readings

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Adding a newer test to digital mammograms can increase the detection rate for breast cancer and decrease nerve-racking false alarms, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, otherwise known as JAMA. As reported … Continue reading →

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Beyond Surgery: The Emotional Reconstruction of a Breast Cancer Patient

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

In this video, breast cancer expert Dr. Jay Harness discusses how nipple-sparing mastectomy and surgical reconstruction supports the Emotional Reconstruction® of the breast cancer patient. Emotional Reconstruction is a treatment option offered exclusively by Dr. Harness among breast cancer medical … Continue reading →

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