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The New York Times has an article that discusses micrometasteses in the lymph nodes. As scientific tools continue to improve treatment decisions can become more and more complicated. Sometimes more information causes anxiety instead of good decisions. I know what I would do and what I have already done. Do you think you know what [...]
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Well here in our happy abode we’ve been using canvas bags for grocery shopping for a long time, but I never remember to bring them into department stores or when I need to pick up three things from the store on the way home. Then I feel guilty because we all know plastic [...]
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Oh how I hope this is possible in time for my kids. If it’s here for me all the better but I’ve been hoping that since they figured out the HPV vaccine that other cancers might have a chance. My kids are still young so I’ll keep hoping.
Cancer Research UK’s director of cancer information, Dr [...]
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I have heard all kinds of theories on what causes people to get breast cancer. Some have made sense, some have been told to me with good intentions but bad science, if any science at all. Most survivors have gone through the phase of looking at every research study and wondering if that’s why they [...]
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Hereditary Breast Cancer — A High Cost To Patient And Health Care Provider Alike
NewsRx.com April 24, 2008
Some women who carry the BRCA gene mutation, which predisposes to breast cancer, may choose to have a prophylactic mastectomy rather than undertake lifetime surveillance, a Dutch scientist will tell the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6) today (Wednesday [...]
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