By: Lisa Marshall From: colorado.edu For roughly 80% of breast cancer survivors, treatment doesn’t end with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Instead, for the next five to 10 years, doctors recommend that they take medication to block sex hormones, which can fuel tumor growth and spark recurrence. The drugs, no doubt, are life-saving: They’ve been shown to cut risk of cancer …
More than one-third of cancer survivors consume ‘hazardous’ levels of alcohol
By: Jennifer Southall From: healio.com Key takeaways: An analysis of more than 15,000 cancer survivors showed nearly 78% self-reported current alcohol use. Nearly 40% of self-reported drinkers engaged in hazardous drinking. Alcohol consumption and potentially hazardous drinking behavior appeared common among cancer survivors and those undergoing cancer treatment, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open. Further research is …
Older breast cancer survivors show greater epigenetic aging than same-aged people without cancer
Source: Medical College of Wisconsin From: news-medical.net In a new multi-center study, researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) joined with leading cancer centers from across the nation to examine whether cancer and its treatments accelerate aging. Using novel epigenetic measures to assess biological aging, investigators found that older breast cancer survivors – particularly those exposed to chemotherapy – …
Blood, Breast Cancer Survivors Stand Out for Heart Risks Over a Decade Later
By: Nicole Lou From: medpagetoday.com Research suggests cancer-specific precision monitoring and risk stratification Certain cancers remained associated with a wide range of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) more than a decade down the road, according to a study of U.K. Biobank participants. Individuals with previous cancer had varying associations with long-term CVD, but the greatest range and magnitude of risk was …
Breast Cancer Survivors’ Psychoneurological Symptoms with Kynurenine and Tryptophan Pathway Metabolites
Source: sciencedirect.com From: physiciansweekly.com The following is a summary of the “Tryptophan and Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites and Psychoneurological Symptoms Among Breast Cancer Survivors,” published in the February 2023 issue of Pain management by Li, et al. Breast cancer survivors were studied to see if there was a connection between the metabolites in the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway and psychological and nervous system …
Should estrogen therapy be used by breast cancer survivors?
From: healio.com Yes, it is time. For medicine to advance, entrenched paradigms must yield to new evidence. The widely held belief that menopausal hormone therapy causes breast cancer, and thus should never be given to breast cancer survivors, must be reassessed. Decades of evidence support the benefits of HT for menopausal symptoms, improved cardiac health, prevention of hip fracture, reduction …
Studying How Meditation Helps Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Partners
By: Thaddeus Pace, PhD From: healthsciences.arizona.edu Cancer is a physically, emotionally and mentally exhausting experience. Many of the 3.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States today experience disruptive psychological distress or anxiety and depression. Research suggests that distress experienced by survivors involves dysregulation of the body’s stress response pathways. Plus, the biology of cancer and treatment side effects …
Gratitude for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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By: Iqbal Pittalwala From: news.ucr.edu By conducting in-depth interviews with 82 breast cancer survivors and 84 providers in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, Deborah Lefkowitz, an assistant professional researcher in the School of Public Policy and Center for Social Innovation at the University of California, Riverside, investigated how information works during the transition from breast cancer treatment to …
Hearing issues often occur among adult cancer survivors, study reports
Source: UC San Francisco From: news-medical.net While children receiving chemotherapy routinely undergo hearing tests, adults don’t, and a new study by UC San Francisco reports for the first time that significant hearing issues often occur among adult survivors of the most common forms of cancer. The researchers found that more than half the survivors in their study who had been …