“It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we’re wrong is courage, not weakness.” – Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart Barbara JacobyBarbara Jacoby is an award winning blogger that has contributed her writings to multiple online publications that have touched readers worldwide. LetLifeHappen.com
What breast density status can tell us about cardiovascular risk
By: Hannah Murphy From: healthimaging.com Example of the four types of breast tissue density. The density of fibroglandular tissue inside the breast impacts the ability to easily see cancers. On X-ray mammography, cancer and dense breast tissue both appear as white and can hide smaller cancers on 2D mammography. Dense breasts are also a risk factor for cancer. Cancers are …
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“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” – 1 Corinthians 13:2 Barbara JacobyBarbara Jacoby is an award winning blogger that has contributed her writings to multiple online publications that have touched readers worldwide. LetLifeHappen.com
How Does Breast Cancer Spread or Metastasize?
From: healthline.com Breast cancer can spread through your lymph circulatory system to your lymph nodes. In later stages, it can also spread to other organs, like your brain or lungs. When breast cancer spreads to other sites in the body, doctors call this “metastasizing.” There are several ways cancer can spread in the body. Breast cancer can spread lymphatically from …
The day I understood everything, was the day …
“The day I understood everything, was the day I stopped trying to figure everything out. The day I knew peace was the day I let everything go.” – C. JoyBell C. Barbara JacobyBarbara Jacoby is an award winning blogger that has contributed her writings to multiple online publications that have touched readers worldwide. LetLifeHappen.com
Cancer-Like Genetic Mutations Found in Healthy Breast Tissue Cells
From: insideprecisionmedicine.com Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), BC Cancer, Harvard Medical School, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have identified early genetic alterations in healthy women’s breast cells that could be among the first steps leading to breast cancer. The findings, published today in Nature Genetics, suggest that cancer-like mutations appear silently in breast cells that …
“It takes sunshine and rain to …
“It takes sunshine and rain to make a rainbow. There would be no rainbows without sunshine and rain.” – Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart Barbara JacobyBarbara Jacoby is an award winning blogger that has contributed her writings to multiple online publications that have touched readers worldwide. LetLifeHappen.com
Novel CAR T-cell therapy demonstrates efficacy and safety in preclinical models of HER2-positive solid tumors
By: Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology From: medicalxpress.com One-third of HER2-positive (HER2+) tumors express the P95HER2 protein, which associates with an aggressive form of breast cancer with a poorer prognosis. Investigators of the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology’s (VHIO) Growth Factors Group, in collaboration with researchers of the Cancer Research Program of Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRI), Barcelona, have …
The Spirit of Christmas from a Breast Cancer Survivor
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“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!” – C. JoyBell C. Barbara JacobyBarbara …