PITTSBURGH – When Diana Napper lost her best friend to breast cancer in 1990, she vowed to honor her memory by beginning a crusade to stop the countless tears shed over the disease. In 1994, she created the Glimmer of Hope Foundation, which has raised more that $2.7 million for breast cancer research to date. This year, the organization has …
Facing Breast Cancer With a Positive Attitude
View PostYears later, stress training pays off for cancer patients
By: Kathryn Doyle From: reuters.com (Reuters Health) – – Eleven years later, women who took a stress management course after being diagnosed with breast cancer were still reaping the benefits of the training. Even after more than a decade, breast cancer patients who completed the 10 week stress management program early after diagnosis had higher mood and quality of life …
Can Osteoporosis Drugs Prevent Breast, Colon, and Lung Cancers?
By: Charlotte LoBuono From: healthline.com Bisphosphonates have been used for more than 30 years to treat osteoporosis, or bone thinning, which commonly occurs as we age. Now, a team of researchers led by Dr. Mone Zaidi, a professor of structural and chemical biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has found that bisphosphonates may treat or even …
Breast biopsies can leave room for doubt about cancer, study finds
From: Wire Reports at dallasnews.com Biopsy specialists frequently misdiagnose breast tissue, potentially leading to too-aggressive treatment for some women and undertreatment for others, a new study suggests. The results indicate that breast biopsies are good at telling the difference between healthy tissue and cancer, but less reliable for identifying more subtle abnormalities. Because of the uncertainty, women whose results fall …
Should I Join a Breast Cancer Support Group?
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View PostStudy explains control of cell metabolism in patient response to breast cancer drugs
From: Sanford/Burnham Medical Research Institure Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford- Burnham) have discovered a mechanism that explains why some breast cancer tumors respond to specific chemotherapies and others do not. The findings highlight the level of glutamine, an essential nutrient for cancer development, as a determinant of breast cancer response to select anticancer therapies, and identify a marker …
Why media coverage of alternative cancer cures is dangerous
By: Michael Marshall From: theguardian.com Last week the Mirror Online reported on the story of Kelly Logan – a 34-year old breast cancer patient who has refused the surgery and chemotherapy her doctors advised, electing instead to try and treat her condition with an intense regime of raw food and supplements. While nobody would dispute Logan’s right to make her …
Pfizer and the Avon Foundation for Women Award 23 Grants Totaling $1 Million in Funding to Support Patients Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Grants Focus on Enhancing Patient Support and Efforts to Increase Public Understanding of the Disease New York, NY (January 21, 2015) – Today, Pfizer Inc. and the Avon Foundation for Women are proud to announce the first-ever recipients of the Avon-Pfizer Metastatic Breast Cancer Grants Program: Identify-Amplify-Unify. In total, 23 non-profit organizations will receive grants totaling $1 million in funding …