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California Regulator Praised for ‘Landmark’ Proposal to List ‘Forever Chemical’ as Carcinogen
"The damage to communities nationwide from PFOA-contaminated drinking water and exposure through everyday consumer products is almost unimaginable, but California's action underscores the urgency of addressing the crisis." Source: California Regulator Praised for...
How effective is oral chemotherapy for breast cancer?
Oral chemotherapy is a new type of chemotherapy that people can use at home to treat some cancers. This article reviews how effective it is for breast cancer. Source: How effective is oral chemotherapy for breast cancer?
Screening for Cancer and Catching It Early Improves Survival Odds
Catching a cancer early, before it has had a chance to spread, can make an enormous difference in your odds of surviving the disease. Source: Screening for Cancer and Catching It Early Improves Survival Odds | Everyday Health
Breast Conservation Plus Radiation Tops Mastectomy
"More extensive breast surgery does not appear to save any lives," say Swedish researchers Source: Breast Conservation Plus Radiation Tops Mastectomy | MedPage Today
Progress and potential: the Cancer Moonshot
Already, it is clear the Moonshot is meeting its three broad goals of accelerating scientific discovery in cancer, fostering greater collaboration, and increasing the sharing of data to improve cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care by implementing the...
Breast Cancer Vaccine Trials Set to Begin in 2021
Clinical trials for a “potentially paradigm-shifting” vaccine to prevent breast cancer are expected to begin this spring. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the investigational new drug application for the vaccine, which permits the...
Real Stories From Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer (Video)
Metastatic breast cancer, or stage 4, isn’t curable, but it can be treated. These two women are doing everything they can to give others hope. Watch the videos on Everyday Health. Source: Real Stories From Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer (Video) | Everyday Health
Tests Find Hormone-Disrupting Fungicides on Most Citrus Fruit Samples
The two hormone-disrupting fungicides imazalil and thiabendazole, one of which is also a likely carcinogen, were detected on nearly 90 percent of non-organic citrus fruit samples in tests commissioned by EWG. Source: EWG's 2021 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce...
Cancer Patients Respond Poorly to First COVID mRNA Vax Dose
— Results emphasize need to avoid long delay between doses Source: Cancer Patients Respond Poorly to First COVID mRNA Vax Dose | MedPage Today
Imaging Test to Guide Breast Cancer Treatment
A new imaging test could help guide treatment decisions for some people with advanced breast cancer, results of a small NCI-funded clinical study suggest. The test is designed to identify tumors that should respond to hormone-blocking therapies like tamoxifen...
Combination Hormonal Therapy Seems More Effective for Men With Hormone-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
The combination of either tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor plus a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue reduced levels of estradiol, a form of estrogen, more than tamoxifen alone in men diagnosed with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer. Source: Combination...
EWG’s 2021 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Check out EWG's Dirty Dozen list to help decide which produce is most unsafe – part of our annual Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ Source: EWG's 2021 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce | Dirty Dozen
Time to Revisit Distant Nodal Status in Breast Cancer Curability?
Comparable survival for distant and regional nodal involvement, when treated similarly Source: Time to Revisit Distant Nodal Status in Breast Cancer Curability? | MedPage Today
A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers Is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year
A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer. Source: A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers Is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year — ProPublica
American Rescue Plan: Benefits for the Breast Cancer Community
Listen to the episode to hear her explain the American Rescue Plan and the benefits it may offer to people diagnosed with breast cancer Source: American Rescue Plan: Benefits for the Breast Cancer Community
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