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Monthly Archives: August 2016
A major study about the best way to treat early-stage breast cancer reveals that “precision medicine” doesn’t provide unambiguous answers about how to choose the best therapy, in this report from NPR News. “Precision doesn’t mean certainty,” says David Hunter, … Continue reading
Posted in Chemotherapy, Early Detection, Genetic Screening & Testing, Information Strength, Research News, We Live You®: The Latest
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When is it safe for a woman with breast cancer to skip chemotherapy? A new study helps answer that question, based on a test of gene activity in tumors. It found that nearly half of women with early-stage breast cancer … Continue reading
Posted in Chemotherapy, Genetic Screening & Testing, Information Strength, Research News, We Live You®: The Latest
Tagged genomics, MammaPrint, oncotype DX
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Finding something unusual in your breasts is not uncommon, and it’s often not a sign of something serious, as described in this informative slide show from Refinery29. “More than 99% of lumps in women under 30 are benign,” says David … Continue reading
Posted in Early Detection, Emotional Reconstruction®, Information Strength, Patients Speak, Prevention, We Live You®: The Latest
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A study of over 25,000 women in the Netherlands concluded that after some 21 years, women who went through IVF between 1983 and 1995 were no more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer compared to both [1] the general … Continue reading
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After a long, intense pursuit, researchers are close to bringing to market a daring new treatment: cell therapy that turbocharges the immune system to fight cancer, in this report from the New York Times. …cell therapy gives each patient an … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical Trials, Information Strength, Research News, We Live You®: The Latest
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As part of their series exploring the novel uses of immunotherapy to combat cancer, the New York Times provides the answers to frequently asked questions at this link. Included are answers to questions such as: How well does immunotherapy work? … Continue reading
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. Jim Allison, Ph.D., is an M.D. Anderson researcher whose ground breaking research enabled doctors to enlist the immune system to fight cancer. Dr. Allison is mentioned in yesterday’s column, and is prominently featured in the New York Times in-depth … Continue reading
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New drugs and methods of altering a patient’s own immune cells are helping some cancer patients when standard treatments fail, as described in an in-depth report from the New York Times. For decades those receiving a cancer diagnosis have been … Continue reading
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