Comments (5) | Post a CommentDownsizing Your Breasts: A New Surgical Approach to Breast Cancer
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Sun, Oct 12, 2008, 4:14 am PDTI'm seeing a growing number of women who've had to undergo a big lumpectomy of one breast and so have opted to have a surgical reduction on the other, healthy breast, so as to achieve symmetry. This is because…Read More
Downsizing Your Breasts: A New Surgical Approach to Breast Cancer
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Sun, Oct 12, 2008, 4:14 am PDTI'm seeing a growing number of women who've had to undergo a big lumpectomy of one breast and so have opted to have a surgical reduction on the other, healthy breast, so as to achieve symmetry. This is because…Read More
Ethnicity's Influence on Breast Cancer
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Oct 10, 2008, 8:03 am PDTIt's been suspected in the past, but now we finally have proof: Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer fall into different groups, and these differences are not just related to the stage of disease or their…Read More
When Should Young People Learn About Breast Cancer?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Wed, Oct 08, 2008, 10:57 am PDTThis is only my personal opinion, but it's based on years of experience: I believe that talking to teens about breast cancer isn't of much use because they're simply too young. High school students are still…Read More
Vitamin D and Breast Cancer - Is There a Link?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Sun, Oct 05, 2008, 2:07 am PDTThere just might be. What we do know from research is that breast cancer patients seem to have low vitamin D levels. So keeping your vitamin D level in normal limits — a blood value of 30 ng/mL (higher,…Read More
Breast Pain: Does It Mean Breast Cancer?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 2:59 am PDTThe question I receive most often from teens and young women on our Hopkins Web site concerns breast pain and the writers' worries that it may be associated with cancer. Actually, breast pain is quite common…Read More
Breast Cancer: How to Reduce the Risk
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Wed, Oct 01, 2008, 10:00 am PDTThere are several lifestyle changes we can adopt that can directly affect our risk of getting breast cancer — and I'm a firm believer in doing everything we possibly can to reduce that risk. Here is a list of…Read More
Does Working the Night Shift Increase Cancer Risk?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 10:07 am PDTFor those of you who work the night shift or spend your days in an office without windows, listen up! Low levels of the hormone melatonin are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal…Read More
Having a Baby After Breast Cancer
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Tue, Aug 26, 2008, 10:04 am PDTHere's something you might need to ask a medical oncologist about if you're going to be starting chemotherapy for breast cancer. A study recently published by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute found that the…Read More
What Should Be Included in a Breast Self-Exam?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Thu, Aug 21, 2008, 2:45 pm PDTThe 2 most common reasons I hear from women for why they aren't doing their monthly breast self-exam (BSE) are that they don't know how to do it, and they don't know what they're supposed to be feeling for. So…Read More
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