women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their life and some may be at an increased risk because of certain genetic mutations. Oct 17, 2024 North Texas woman creates "Pink'd Out House" for Breast Cancer Awareness Amid the usual orange and black of spooky season, ...
March 2021 – Healthy Habits Colorectal Cancer and the Danger of Putting Your Health on Hold Texas Colon and Rectal Specialist Physicians Join Texas Oncology Dr. Rachel Weinheimer: What Women Should Know about Colorectal Cancer National Nutrition Month Q&A with Registered Dietitian Karen Smith ...
Breast cancer is the second-deadliest cancer among American women. In addition to adopting a healthy lifestyle, early detection with regular mammograms remains the most effective way to combat the disease. Steady declines in breast cancer deaths among women since 1989 have been attributed to a ...
Instead of immediately ordering biopsies for women with unsettling findings on their mammograms, Dr Esserman recommends active surveillance. She favors the “wait and see” approach, speaking out about the myriad ways in which a woman is adversely affected by slash-and-burn treatment for cancers th...
Oncotype DXTest for Women with DCIS: This test provides information about the risk of cancer recurrence among women with DCIS that is treated with lumpectomy. The test evaluates the activity of certain genes in a sample of tumor tissue and generates a DCIS Score. The higher the score, the ...
Radiation therapy also plays an important role in women withstage IV or recurrent breast cancer. Chemotherapy and hormonal treatment are the mainstay for women who have stage IV breast cancer at the time of diagnosis. Local control of breast cancer eradication has less impact on a patient’...