Treatment of breast cancer includes either removing part of the breast tissue (Lumpectomy), or the entire breast (Mastectomy). In order to restore body form, womanhood, and self-confidence, some women opt to have breast reconstruction with breast implants. In this circumstance, first a breast ...
I’ve asked this before, but how the hell could this help anyone with breast cancer and how could it assist with finding a cure or even raising awareness of breast cancer. If you ask me, these provocative photos and poses do raise awareness of something, but certainly not breast cancer. ...
A CNBB is a procedure to remove a sample of fluid or tissue from your breast. The samples are sent to a lab and tested for cancer or infection. The needle used in a core needle biopsy is larger than the one used in a fine needle aspiration. This lets your healthcare provider take ...
Thanks also to Jo who organised some pink shirts for the event. It was a great way to spend Mother’s Day, walking with family and friends for such an important event in raising vital funds for breast cancer. I hope to be able to run 8km next year. I’ve just changed Rosie’s ...
Having to tell Oliver that the cancer was back. That I was going to be sick. And that, one day, who knows when, I wouldn’t be around anymore. I was paralyzed by my emotions and fear. My appointment with my surgeon was for Tuesday right before 1:00. My aunt came with me for ...
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changes in breast tissue that accompany milk production provide some protection as well.” She added, that the shedding of breast tissue during lactation and the cell death after also decrease cancer risk, “because cells have potential DNA damage get shed before they can spark the cancer process...
Recently, large multigene “medical exome” panels and whole-exome sequencing also have been suggested as a diagnostic approach for cancer risk assessment.19, 20 Thus, in addition to cancer-associated gene findings, mutations in disease-related genes not associated with the phenotype driving genetic...
While there are indeed facts involved with that part too, something else is involved as well, which is what makes it, for me, the not-so-easy part. Feelings. The dreaded feels. I don’t like feeling the feels associated with my cancer experience. (I refuse to refer to it as my ...
Breast cancer LNM can be classified into the following categories: N0 (no cancer cells in nearby lymph nodes); N1 (cancer has spread to 1–3 underarm lymph nodes, or a few cells have been found in lymph nodes near the breastbone during sentinel node biopsy); N2 (cancer has spread to ...