Breast cancer research - Radiation

Radiation
Patients with a rare type of breast cancer may benefit from receiving radiation therapy in addition to surgery to prevent recurrence, according to a study in the July issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.  (more…)

Radiation 30 treatments or 1

The course of changes in breast cancer treatment are so quick that I have often heard women asking “Why didn’t I get that option, treatment, drug?”  While I would like to see if these study results are replicated it sure looks promising to me.  As always you must advocate for your needs if there is [...]

No antioxidants in treatment please

I love my oncologist!!! It’s just that simple.  He advised me to stay away from antioxidants when I was in treatment in 2006.  I don’t know about anyone else but everybody and their brother was trying to give me green tea (which was getting “hot” then) as well as every other thing they could think [...]

Radiation ASAP

There has been a lot of information regarding radiation treatment lately. Here’s some that directly relates to delays in treatment.
In both breast and head and neck cancers the risk of local recurrence increases with longer radiotherapy waiting times, finds a Canadian meta-analysis. The study, published in Radiotherapy and Oncology, concludes that delays in radiotherapy treatment [...]

Cutting cancer treatment options?

States Limit Costly Sites for Cancer Radiation
By ANDREW POLLACK  NYT
Published: May 1, 2008
Seeking to rein in medical costs, a commission in Michigan on Wednesday moved to prevent hospitals in the state from each spending $100 million or more to provide a new form of radiation treatment for cancer.
The commission, which sets standards for major [...]

Less radiation!

Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: A Possibility For Fewer Doses
Written by Anna Sophia McKenney
Breast cancer patients can receive radiotherapy in a lower overall dose, given in fewer, larger administrations, while maintaining similar tumor control and creating fewer adverse side effects than current therapy. These conclusions come from the United Kingdom’s Standardisation of Breast Radiotherapy Trials A and [...]

A little bit more background

I’m not sure how much information everyone will want or need to know.
I’m originally from NY, grew up out on Long Island (Go Sachem!). Went to college at SUNY Potsdam, and wound up living there for a total of 8 years. It is a beautiful area but the winters will kill a normal person. We [...]