Updates to The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Breast Cancer
Here you’ll find useful information that complements the book.
Diagnosis
These Tests Detect Cancer Early. Here’s When (Or If) You Should Do Them.
What cancer diagnostic tests should you have done and at what age? And how reliable are these tests? This article breaks down the important tests you should be aware of when it comes to early cancer detection and when (or if!) you should consider taking them. Source:...
FDA Proposes New Mammography Regulations
The new FDA regulations would require that women be informed if they have dense breast tissue and the significance of it with regard to mammogram accuracy and breast cancer risk. Source: FDA Proposes New Mammography Regulations | Everyday...
Breast cancer deaths are not reduced by mammography, study finds
An analysis of more than 16 million women across the US suggests that mammography screening for breast cancer does not reduce deaths from the disease and may lead to overdiagnosis. Source: Breast cancer deaths are not reduced by mammography, study...
Surgery
Post-Mastectomy Fat Grafting: 4 Pros and 4 Cons
Fat grafting, also known as autologous fat transfer, is a somewhat novel procedure occasionally performed after a mastectomy in place of traditional reconstruction procedures. Source: Post-Mastectomy Fat Grafting: 4 Pros and 4 Cons | The Breast Cancer Site...
Cryoablation: A Viable Option for Eradication of Breast Cancer Tumors?
Cryoablation might one day become a much less invasive alternative to mastectomy
Fluorescent Tracers Help Surgeons Remove Breast Cancer Tumors And Preserve Healthy Tissue
Fluorescent tracer dyes could provide real-time feedback to surgeons during breast cancer surgery, maximizing the chance of removing all of the tumor, whilst preserving more healthy tissue. Source: Fluorescent Tracers Help Surgeons Remove Breast Cancer Tumors And...
Chemotherapy
More Women With Breast Cancer May Soon Be Skipping Chemotherapy
The results may herald a new era in which doctors make smarter decisions about how much is enough when treating different cancers. “This is the dawn of the de-escalation era,” says Hurvitz. “We need to move forward looking for ways to de-escalate therapy that is not...
Nature’s ‘kill code’ may destroy cancer
Two recent studies detail a natural mechanism that, if harnessed properly, may be able to destroy cancer cells and their ability to become resistant to treatment --- without any of the side effects of chemotherapy. Source: Nature's 'kill code' may destroy...
Everything you need to know about oral chemotherapy
While intravenous chemotherapy can be life-saving, it can also be inconvenient and potentially painful. The individual has to go to the hospital or a clinic for treatment and will need an IV port.Oral chemotherapy can make a person feel as though they have more...
Radiation
Higher Sensitivity With 1-View Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Breast Cancer Detection
The use of 1-view digital breast tomosynthesis with a reduced compression force during breast cancer screenings resulted in a higher sensitivity and lower specificity to lesion detection compared with 2-view digital mammography, which may reduce radiation dose and screening burdens, according to a study published in Lancet Oncology.
Side effects of radiation for breast cancer: What to know
Radiation can be an effective treatment for breast cancer, but it does have side effects. Doctors may recommend this therapy in combination with others, such as surgery and chemotherapy. Learn more about how radiation for breast cancer affects the body and what short-...
Radiation therapy for breast cancer
Radiation therapy for breast cancer — Overview covers why it's done, what to expect and side effects of breast cancer radiation, including proton therapy. Source: Radiation therapy for breast cancer - Mayo...
Lifestyle Issues
The Anti-Cancer Diet: Foods to Fight Cancer
An anti-cancer diet is an important strategy you can use to reduce your risk of cancer. The American Cancer Society recommends, for example, that you eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily and eat the right amount of food to stay at a healthy...
Lifetime of drinking California water could raise cancer risk, study finds
ReseResearchers find arsenic and other contaminants that could lead to almost 15,500 cases of cancer Source: Lifetime of drinking California water could raise cancer risk, study finds | US news | The...
Time-restricted eating may prevent tumor growth
Anew study finds that breast cancer prevention may be less about how many calories you consume and more about when you eat your meals. Source: Time-restricted eating may prevent tumor...
Other New Research
Measles is a natural cancer killer
In a study titled 'Measles to the Rescue', the researchers say that "virotherapeutic agents are likely to become serious contenders in cancer treatment", and that the vaccine strain of measles virus holds special hope. Source: April 2019 | 2019 | Measles is a natural...
‘Lock-‘n’-block’ drug may prevent cancer from metastasizing
"They got all of it" are the reassuring words people hope to hear following cancer surgery, but a growing understanding of the science of how cancer spreads, and metastasizes, is suggesting that not only is this almost never true but---and here is the surprising...
Are Cancer Stem Cells the Key to Discovering a Cure?
This is an alternative theory of cancer treatment--outside of the mainstream but worth investigating Source: Are Cancer Stem Cells the Key to Discovering a Cure? | Wake Up...