Hormone therapy is a treatment option for women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Like chemotherapy, hormone therapy is a systemic therapy, meaning that is works throughout the entire body. Breast cancer hormone therapy should not be confused with hormone replacement therapy, which is used to replenish hormone levels in post-menopausal women. As the two therapies [...]
In 2007, there were more than 185,000 women and almost 2,000 men who were diagnosed with breast cancer. Worse, there were almost 50,000 women and 350+ men who died because of the disease. Indeed, breast cancer is one of the deadliest diseases in the world today. Breast cancer survivors and patients are also the people [...]
Breast cancer occurs when a cancerous growth develops in the breast tissue. Cancerous growths are referred to as malignant. If a growth is not cancerous, it is benign. To be cancerous, the growth will have abnormal cells that are growing in an uncontrolled manner. Many lumps are benign and are little cause for concern. When [...]
You’d almost think that in their search for the latest breast cancer treatment, scientists recently discovered that fruit, vegetables, and fiber weren’t good for women who have had breast cancer. But a closer reading of the findings of the breast cancer clinical trials sponsored by the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living study shows that the [...]
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 46, which in breast cancer terms is neither young or old. The lump was very large and was situated behind the nipple. It was that large that the doctor said to me “don’t worry, it is too big to be cancer”. The first thing that [...]
Being active, carrying out exercise and breast cancer are known to be linked, with those who are more active having a reduced risk of cancer. But when you’re lying in bed warm and comfortable and the alarm goes off for your early morning workout it can be hard to find the motivation to ‘get up [...]
If you smoke, or ever have, and you eat lots of broccoli (or other cruciferous veggies such as cabbage, cauliflower, kale, turnip greens, mustard greens or collard greens), you might be doing yourself a great favor in terms of lung cancer. This according to research just presented at the American Association of Cancer Research meeting [...]
Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and very aggressive type of breast cancer that can be difficult to treat. The name, inflammatory breast cancer, may cause some confusion. It is called “inflammatory” because with this type of cancer, the breast appears inflamed or swollen, red and tender. However, an infection of the breast will cause [...]
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 46, which in breast cancer terms is neither young or old. The lump was very large and was situated behind the nipple. It was that large that the doctor said to me “don’t worry, it is too big to be cancer”. The first thing that [...]
You’d almost think that in their search for the latest breast cancer treatment, scientists recently discovered that fruit, vegetables, and fiber weren’t good for women who have had breast cancer. But a closer reading of the findings of the breast cancer clinical trials sponsored by the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living study shows that the [...]
