Tamoxifen precautions
What precautions or tests should be done when on Tamoxifen (
post- chemotherapy and
radiation) for
breast cancer in a premenopausal woman? Since Tamoxifen could increase the chance of ovarian or uterine
cancers, should one have ultrasound for ovaries and uterus or is other imaging done? How frequentlycrap
MammoSite: A Survivor's Story
phone rang. It was Margie [the director of our
cancer center's
breast program]. And I knew right away..., she was considered “right on the line” for chemo.
Dani and her doctors decided to treat her
cancer with
radiation....
A month later, IDC became part of the Mammosite protocol.
I saw the
radiation team for two
post...crap
What Happens at a Breast Tumor Board?
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These people gather every other week to review
complicated cases and also discuss an overview of
breast cancer.... It is a gathering of
breast surgeons,
radiation oncologist and medical oncologists along with pathologists... who is devoted to
breast cancer patients (more in another blog), our patient navigator, the
cancer center...crap
Daughter's childhood memory of Mom's battles with breast cancer
My mother was first diagnosed with
breast cancer when I was 10 years old (she was 40). I didn... through chemotherapy and
radiation. I remember this second time she had
cancer, she had to buy a wig (which she ended... into remission for 13 years before she had to battle
cancer again. In my next
post, I'll share...crap
San Antonio 2010 Take Aways: Drug News
Every December, people interested in
breast cancer travel from around the world to San Antonio, Texas, to learn about the latest research in
breast cancer. What makes this meeting special is that researchers, oncologists, surgeons,
radiation oncologists, patient advocates, and others involved in
breast...crap
Linda's Life with Cancer: Single Moms with Cancer.. Finding the Positive
I had to laugh when I read PJ's Share
Post about using my
cancer card....it is such a great
post I hope everyone reads it.
Cancer does bring appreciation to ones life, but I guess... up in the parking lot of the
cancer center I remember I practically lived there last summer. I cannot believe...crap
Sharing Breast Cancer Treatment Stories with Other Women
than imagining.) You’re in a group of women, women who’ve had
breast cancer. The talk shifts, as it always does... is one of those times.
Too often, I’ve been in a group of
breast cancer conquerors (a.k.a. survivors... has to be more difficult than the one before–more treatment, more
complications, a tougher prognosis. To put it bluntly, it...crap
When Treatment Fails: Facing Death
by the National Institutes of Health), about 1 in 5 women with
breast cancer will die from that
cancer, or its
complications.
1 in 5. Just twenty percent. If you have
breast cancer, your odds of surviving...
When you were diagnosed with
breast cancer, what was your first thought?
“I’m going to die...crap
Feisty women fight Breast Cancer
I am the Mom of a newly diagnosed
breast cancer daughter, and in the process of gathering... her brain about her past experiences with patients with
breast
cancer she said that some who had chosen... about
breast cancer, but realized
that there were many different views. I was going...crap