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- Taste the Fire for Yourself Excellent BC blog
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Interesting articles
- "Chemo brain" may not be from chemo, but from the cancer A New York Times column about a study that shows that even cancer patients who don’t get chemo may have cognitive problems that persist long after treatment has ended.
- Dr. Susan Love suggests that prevention, not just screening, should be the goal in fighting BC.
- Fantastic New York Times series about clinical trials: Target Cancer Pulitzer Prize winner Amy Harmon chronicles patients and doctors involved in the development and testing of a new cancer drug
- How American Health Care Killed My Father An excellent overview of the systemic distortions that allow the prices outlined in “The Tab.”
- My Drug Problem: Herceptin saved the author's life; it also cost $60,000 Excellent piece from The Atlantic about the ethics and economics of cutting edge treatments.
- WSJ article on the challenges of survivorship The toughest time, after initial diagnosis, may be when active treatment stops. More and more docs are recognizing the challenges of long-term breast cancer survivors
Category Archives: Cancer Research
The Hardest Idea: Less is More
When I was first diagnosed, my response—other than to turn the whole cancer nightmare into a research project—was to cry, “Nuke it! Nuke it! Nuke It!” I had the Valkyrie response: “Kill the wabbit! Destroy that cancer! Do everything!” I … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Research
Tagged Breast cancer, cancer research, chemotherapy, Her-2, herceptin, mastectomy, oncology, side effects
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Eat Junk as a Kid? That might increase your breast cancer risk
Every time I turn around, there seems to be another study showing that diet and lifestyle influence your risk of dread diseases. We have known that about heart disease for a while, and to that we can now add: diabetes, … Continue reading
Not so Fast
You’d have had to be mostly asleep during the last couple days to miss the news that a big breast cancer study has come out of the National Institutes of Health’s Cancer Genome Atlas Project, a government effort that has … Continue reading
It’s even harder than we thought
Today, the New England Journal of Medicine publishes a paper that shows that genetic mutations—the garbled DNA code that can kill you—often differs within the same cancer tumor. This is a huge deal. Why? Because dozens, if not hundreds, of … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Research
Tagged Breast cancer, cancer research, chemotherapy, genetics, oncology, oncotype, radiation
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Caution: Eating may be bad for your health
My husband jokes that I’ve never forgotten a meal. He also teases me because as soon as I’ve finished one meal, a big burger for a Saturday lunch say, I’m already planning the next, “What do you want for dinner … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Research, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, Breast cancer, breast cancer research, caloric restriction
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Tethered cancer drugs a one-two punch?
This week a new study is presented in Sweden suggesting that it may be possible to tether cancer drugs together to make them more effective. A team led by Sara Hurvitz of UCLA created T-DM1 which links Herceptin to a … Continue reading
Your breast is already on the case
It gives me a little pause when I reflect that healthy people produce up to 1,000 abnormal cells every day. Thankfully, our bodies have a tumor surveillance system that usually eradicates these wayward, cancer-prone cells. A study released today by … Continue reading
Afraid of our shadows?
This morning, I get up and do a quick scan of The New York Times and my Facebook feed. A professional acquaintance posts a link to a story written by another professional acquaintance on Healthymagination, the GE-sponsored health website. Apparently, … Continue reading
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My Left Breast 