Breast cancer is the most common cancer globally, with around 2.3 million new cases every year, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). It represents one in eight cancer cases in both sexes and a quarter of all cancers in women, with 70% mortality occurring in resource ...
While emphasizing fruits and vegetables and de-emphasizing alcohol, red meat and omega-6 fats may reduce the likelihood of recurrence, it is possible to do more to maximize the chemopreventive benefits of your diet. Tailoring food choices to your circumstances and breast cancer subtype can maximize...
Many years ago, a friend of a friend was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. She suffered through many rounds of brutal surgeries, chemo and radiation treatments. She had some brief periods of remission, but the cancer always came back. Her toughness, positive attitude, and love for Jesus...
f your doctor says that you have metastatic breast cancer, it means the cancer has spread beyond your breasts to other parts of your body. There's no cure, but treatments can ease your symptoms, slow down the cancer's growth, and help you live longer. You may also hear people call you...
Another Web-based system (PRECARES [PREventive CAre REminder System]) was developed for appointment secretaries to manage proactive breast cancer screening. Female patients aged 40 to 75 years were randomly assigned to a control group (usual care) and an intervention group. For the intervention ...
Surviving breast cancer : a discourse analysis of breast cancer self-help groups. Although there is a burgeoning canon addressing the detection, cause, treatment, and cure of , there is a paucity of studies exploring how women survive the disruption and uncertainty produces in their daily lives....
; PARP inhibitors could therefore block the ability of prostate cancer cells to repair their DNA, causing them to die. Studies already show the benefits of PARP inhibitors in breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancers, and multiple clinical studies are evaluating when to use them in prostate cancer....
is we find some sort of cure or effective treatment for at least one cancer in the next seven years,” says Dr. Anantha Shekhar, principal investigator for the expanding Precision Health Initiative. The project is targeting multiple myeloma, pediatric sarcoma, and triple negative breast cancer. ...
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IN LESS than 15 years, the anti-human epidermal growth factor 2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin) has transformed HER2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer from the hardest to cure type of the disease to the one with the best options for treatment. Now routinely used in both metastatic ...