By: Caroline Seymour From: onclive.com In an effort to minimize the extent of surgery, targeted axillary dissection is being explored following surgery in patients with node-positive breast cancer—an exciting precision medicine approach for this population, said Lisa A. Newman, MD. “Full axillary lymph node dissection is an operation that has potential lifelong sequela,” explained Newman. “Every opportunity that we can identify alternatives …
The “Right to Try” Law and Cancer Patients
View PostIs there a link between breast-feeding and breast cancer?
By: Nicole Galan From: medicalnewstoday.com Women who are breast-feeding are often acutely aware of how their breasts feel so they will usually notice any physical changes. It is common to find breast lumps during lactation, which can lead women to worry about breast cancer. Women who know they have breast cancer are likely to have concerns about the safety of breast-feeding and …
Most Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer Can Forgo Chemotherapy When Guided by a Diagnostic Test
From: asco.org ASCO Perspective “This study, which never would have happened without federal funding for cancer research, will transform care immediately, and for the better. These data provide critical reassurance to doctors and patients that they can use genomic information to make better treatment decisions in women with early-stage breast cancer. Practically speaking, this means that thousands of women will be …
Making Cancer Decisions and the Internet
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View PostBreast Cancer Survivors Aren’t Getting Recommended Number of Mammograms Post-Surgery, Study Finds
A new study in JNCCN finds that, contrary to screening recommendations, mammography rates decline over time as women get further out from their breast cancer diagnosis; African-American women in particular were less likely to receive the recommended amount of screening. Breast cancer survivors are not getting the recommended level of screening, post-surgery, according to a newly-published study in JNCCN – Journal …
“In the News” Cancer Information – Five Years Later
View PostThis ‘metastasis-blocking’ compound may stop the spread of cancer
By: Catharine Paddock PhD From: medicalnewstoday.com Using a new approach, scientists have located a compound that stops the spread of breast, pancreatic, and prostate cancers in mice. The compound — which they call metarrestin — destroys a unique structure inside the nucleus of cancer cells that can spread and form new tumors. A paper on the work — in which researchers from the National Institutes …
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EXHIBITION
OCTOBER 2018, POLLAK LIBRARY – CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON This exhibition features art work about breast cancer created by CSUF faculty, staff, and students, as well as members of the local community. Please join us in exploring the personal, political, social and medical issues related to breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, “Breast cancer is the most common cancer in …