Comments (3) | Post a CommentIs an MRI Useful for Breast-Cancer Surgery?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Mon, Sep 28, 2009, 6:06 pm PDTThe past two years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of MRIs being performed on the breasts of women newly diagnosed with an early-stage breast cancer. In fact, women are now arriving at breast…Read More
Double Mastectomy to Reduce High Risk Breast Cancer
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Sep 25, 2009, 5:32 pm PDTMore and more women who are otherwise healthy but who are at high risk for developing breast or ovarian cancer are choosing to have a prophylactic double mastectomy or oophorectomy as a precaution against…Read More
Decreasing Your Risk: Lymphedema, Part II
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Thu, Sep 24, 2009, 5:40 pm PDTIn an earlier column I told how, during breast-cancer surgery, the removal of one or more lymph nodes from under the arm can potentially lead to a condition called lymphedema.Lymphedema is an uncomfortable…Read More
A Debilitating Complication: Lymphedema
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Wed, Sep 16, 2009, 3:56 pm PDTWhen a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, she focuses on 2 things--saving her life and, once it's confirmed that she'll live, then saving her breast. The threat of getting a disorder called lymphedema after…Read More
Breast-Feeding Reduces Cancer Risk in Some Women
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Thu, Sep 10, 2009, 1:02 am PDTBreaking news from the Nurses Health Study! Breast-feeding baby for even 3 months reduces risk by 59 percent for women who have a previously diagnosed sister or mother. That's a huge number and a whopper of a…Read More
Do Low Vitamin D Levels Help Cancer Develop?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Tue, Sep 08, 2009, 1:56 am PDTGroundbreaking research has given birth to a new theory about the way healthy cells become cancerous. This new hypothesis hinges on the fact that, unlike normal cells, cancer cells are unable to attach to each…Read More
Your Right to Breast Reconstruction
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Sep 04, 2009, 1:47 am PDTDespite the increase in breast-reconstruction procedures performed in 2008, nearly 70 percent of women eligible for this procedure are not even told about the reconstructive options available to them, according…Read More
Start Walking to Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risk
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Thu, Sep 03, 2009, 12:09 am PDTWhether you power walk or walk your dog, there is definitely power in having your feet hit the pavement. The Women's Health Initiative Study has now confirmed that by walking between 75 minutes a week (which,…Read More
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