Comments (13) | Post a CommentLight-to-Moderate Alcohol Intake and Cancer in Women
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Feb 26, 2009, 3:39 pm PSTThe relative health risks and possible benefits of alcohol have been a source of much debate and dispute. The many adverse effects of drinking excessive alcohol are quite evident and require no further study or…Read More
Men, Breast Cancer, and the BRCA Gene Mutation
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Jan 24, 2008, 11:26 pm PSTWe generally think of breast cancer as being only a problem for women; but breast cancer can also occur in men, although far less often than in women. On average, breast cancer occurs in less than 1 in 1,000…Read More
Should You Be Screened for the Breast Cancer Gene?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Jan 18, 2008, 2:56 pm PSTThe BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations are the most common genetic abnormalities associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Women with BRCA1 mutations have a 33 to 50 percent risk of breast cancer by age 50…Read More
Dealing With a Positive Gene Test for Breast Cancer
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Jan 15, 2008, 5:55 pm PSTYour test for a BRCA gene mutation has come back positive —what now? Here are some options available to you for early identification or prevention of cancers associated with BRCA mutations:Intensive…Read More
CT Scans and Cancer Risk: Should You Worry?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Dec 14, 2007, 12:55 am PSTThe use of computed tomography (CT) scans as a diagnostic tool has grown explosively over the past 25 years — from 3 million in 1980 to 62 million last year in the U.S. alone. Now we're getting worrisome news…Read More
Shark Cartilage: Not Effective Against Cancer
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Jul 24, 2007, 8:37 pm PDTShark cartilage is a popular dietary supplement for the treatment of cancer and for the prevention or treatment of a number of other illnesses.You, like I, might reasonably ask why in the world anyone would…Read More
Who Should Get MRI to Detect Breast Cancer?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Jun 20, 2007, 10:39 pm PDTA recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine found that, in 3 percent of 969 women with newly diagnosed cancer in one breast, MRI scans were able to detect malignant tumors in the other breast, even…Read More
Simple Steps to Keep Cancer Away
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, May 11, 2007, 2:55 pm PDTEvery so often, we hear about yet another cancer-fighting food or lifestyle change, so I thought I would try to bring some of this information together in one place to show you there is much you can do to…Read More
Low-fat Diet Lowers Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Jan 10, 2007, 8:24 am PSTSeveral studies have examined the effects of low-fat diets on the risk of breast cancer. Some have appeared to show benefits of reducing fat intake while others have not.However, now, more rigorously controlled…Read More
The Many Faces of Cancer
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Sep 26, 2006, 9:44 am PDTCancer is not one disease but many, and some of the differences were highlighted in two recent newspaper stories. The first article described the change in death rates and the number of new cases of different…Read More
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