Patients often ask me: “Should I get an MRI?” (magnetic resonance imaging). The answer from me is: “Only if you need it.” Why should we NOT all get breast MRI? After all, we know that mammograms and ultrasounds do fail to pick up some breast cancers. MRI is the latest, most expensive modality in breast [...]
Patients often ask me: “Should I get an MRI?” (magnetic resonance imaging). The answer from me is: “Only if you need it.” Why should we NOT all get breast MRI? After all, we know that mammograms and ultrasounds do fail to pick up some breast cancers. MRI is the latest, most expensive modality in breast [...]
Whether you have experienced a breast cancer diagnosis, bilateral mastectomy surgery or not, there are sometimes difficult choice and change to make to experience more serenity and joy. This morning a friend began to complain one more time about her room mates and how they don’t respect her property and her wishes. I noticed her [...]
Are you having enough fun? Yes, fun! A breast cancer diagnosis does not cancel the need to have fun. Not even bilateral mastectomy. As “grown-ups” we can get so caught up in “grown up” business that we can forget how to have fun. Especially after hours in medical offices and treatment spaces, we often are [...]
Much has been written about pesticides and pollutants as being major contributors to cancers today. According to the National Toxicology Program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are 52 chemicals known to contribute to cancers of all kinds in humans and 176 chemicals reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens. Lung and [...]
Using known risk factors for breast cancer, mathematical models can be developed to help answer important questions. These mathematical models are useful tools for researchers and for patients as follows: 1. Research on risk factors – The Claus risk assessment model was used to discover the subpopulation of people who had an autosomal dominant genetic [...]
As part of the recovery period after cancer diagnosis and treatment, it’s important to establish what comfort things are now part of a healing and healthy environment. Whether after bilateral mastectomy or other surgery, I notice that soft sheets matter and so do soft shirts, so I arrange that. Kids often have a “blankie” for [...]
Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the United States. In 2008, approximately 184,450 patients were estimated to be diagnosed with invasive cancer, and an estimated 40,930 were estimated to die of this disease. Furthermore, over 50,000 female carcinoma in situ breast cases would [...]
Much has been written about pesticides and pollutants as being major contributors to cancers today. According to the National Toxicology Program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are 52 chemicals known to contribute to cancers of all kinds in humans and 176 chemicals reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens. Lung and [...]
Using known risk factors for breast cancer, mathematical models can be developed to help answer important questions. These mathematical models are useful tools for researchers and for patients as follows: 1. Research on risk factors – The Claus risk assessment model was used to discover the subpopulation of people who had an autosomal dominant genetic [...]
