Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge on Metastatic Breast Cancer
Three questions on current recommendations and strategies for metastatic disease Source: Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge on Metastatic Breast Cancer | MedPage TodayPatients Often in the Dark on Radiation Risks From Medical Imaging
More than half of patients unaware that chest CT scans deliver higher radiation dose than x-rays Source: Patients Often in the Dark on Radiation Risks From Medical Imaging | MedPage TodayHyperthermia to Treat Cancer
Hyperthermia is a type of treatment in which body tissue is heated to as high as 113 °F to help damage and kill cancer cells with little or no harm to normal tissue. Hyperthermia to treat cancer is also called thermal therapy, thermal ablation, or thermotherapy....Cancer spreading to lymph nodes: What happens and treatment
The spread of cancer to a new part of the body is called metastasis. Cancer cells can travel to other areas of a person’s body through their lymphatic system. Source: Cancer spreading to lymph nodes: What happens and treatmentBreast cancer and genetics: Can it skip a generation?
This article will go into detail about the role of genetics in breast cancer, whether breast cancer can skip a generation, and the next steps for a person who has a breast cancer gene. Source: Breast cancer and genetics: Can it skip a generation?On Exercise and Cognition in Patients With Breast Cancer
There is reasonable evidence to suggest that exercise can work through multiple mechanisms to affect cognitive function. Source: ASCO Reading Room | Elizabeth Salerno, PhD, on Exercise and Cognition in Patients With Breast Cancer | MedPage TodayThis Philly Cancer Center Is Overturning Our Basic Understanding of Cancer with Its Insight into the Field of Epigenetics
Because epigenetics doesn’t focus on the specific genetic code of a tumor, solutions aren’t limited to a specific type of cancer (breast cancer or colon cancer, for example). They have the potential to apply to a broad range of cancers. Source: This Philly Cancer...COVID vaccine boosters for people with cancer
Guidelines now recommend a booster or third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine for patients with cancer, including those undergoing active treatment. Source: COVID vaccine boosters for people with cancerAlmost Half of Breast Cancer Patients Use Cannabis, Survey Finds
Common reasons for use include pain, anxiety, nausea, and insomnia Source: Almost Half of Breast Cancer Patients Use Cannabis, Survey Finds | MedPage TodayCancer Misinformation
Bad advice shared online can have a negative effect, even if it’s not followed. Source: Cancer Misinformation | Cancer TodayAn Alternative to Meat
These meat alternatives may be plant-based, but Gurd warns that they are “ultraprocessed,” and should not be viewed as a serving of vegetables. Think of these meat alternatives as an occasional treat, “like you would a cheeseburger” Source: An Alternative to Meat |...EWG Study: Almost 42,000 Sources of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Could Be Polluting Surface or Drinking Water Across the U.S.
Investigation offers framework for testing to urgently identify highest risk areas Source: EWG Study: Almost 42,000 Sources of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Could Be Polluting Surface or Drinking Water Across the U.S. | Common DreamsBreast self-exam: how to do one and what to look for
Ultimately, the goal is to build awareness without adding additional stress Source: Breast self-exam: how to do one and what to look for – Nexus NewsfeedThe CA 15-3 test and breast cancer: What it is and results
The cancer antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3) test is a blood test that can indicate how a person is responding to treatment for invasive breast cancer or check for the recurrence of breast cancer. Source: The CA 15-3 test and breast cancer: What it is and resultsExercise Is Easy Prescription for Patients Concerned About Potential Cognitive Effects of Chemotherapy
Oncologists should partner with others to encourage exercise, healthy weight, and active lifestyles for all patients Source: ASCO Reading Room | Exercise Is Easy Prescription for Patients Concerned About Potential Cognitive Effects of Chemotherapy | MedPage...The Emotional Trauma of Breast Cancer: ‘Can Anybody Hear Me?’
According to statistics, nearly 80% of women develop PTSD symptoms after a cancer diagnosis. That is a staggering number of women, when you consider the statistics from the World Health Organization that cite 2.3 million women were diagnosed globally with breast...Long-Term Side Effects Reduce Quality of Life Years After Cancer Diagnosis
About 4 years after being diagnosed with cancer, 14% of disease-free survivors were dissatisfied with the care they received for ongoing, long-term side effects of cancer treatment. Source: Long-Term Side Effects Reduce Quality of Life Years After Cancer...New England lab finds cancer-causing chemical in hand sanitizer
Towards the end of 2020, the independent laboratory Valisure began taking a closer look at what was in dozens of hand sanitizer products on the market. Source: New England lab finds cancer-causing chemical in hand sanitizer – Boston 25 NewsCancer Without Chemotherapy: ‘A Totally Different World’
A growing number of cancer patients, especially those with breast and lung cancers, are being spared the dreaded treatment in favor of other options. Source: Cancer Without Chemotherapy: ‘A Totally Different World’ – The New York Times
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