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  • Breast cancer screening and treatment, especially in younger women

    …13:00:07 “@stales: MT @SeattleMamaDoc: Exercise lowers hormone levels, consequently lowers risk of breast cancer.#SCCAbc #SCCAbc”MESFER AL SHAHRANI #SCCAbc Topic 3: If your mother or sister had breast cancer, especially < age 40, you may be at increased risk.Julie Gralow RT @jrgralow: Breast cancer in multiple family members, especially at young age, increases risk. Great info: http://ow.ly/euFq8 #SCCAbcWendySueSwanson MD THIS IS A TRIPLE WHAMMY:…

    Authored by on October 17, 2012

  • From spiders to breast cancer: Leslie Brunetta talks candidly about her cancer diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up

    According to Leslie Brunetta, she now has much more hair than she had last July. We became aware of Leslie Brunetta because of her book, Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating, co-authored with Catherine L. Craig. Thanks to a piece Leslie wrote for the Concord Monitor (and excerpted here), we also learned that she is a breast cancer survivor. Leslie agreed to an interview about her exper…

    Authored by on January 31, 2012

  • Think pink? I’d rather raise a stink

    en still face a greater risk of death than any other group. It’s still the most common cancer among women. It’s still one of the leading causes of cancer death among women. And it’s still the disease women fear most. Close to 40,000 women are expected to die of breast cancer this year, about 3,000 fewer than died in 1991—the year my mom got her diagnosis. She wore a little pink ribbon pin for a while. But after about five years, she grew weary of…

    Authored by on October 8, 2012

  • Is the bar high enough for screening breast ultrasounds for breast cancer?

    …ve dense breasts and lobbying to roll out all sorts of imaging studies quickly, no matter how well they have been studied, it would not be worth posting. Dense breasts are worrisome to women, especially young women (in their 40s particularly) because they have proved a risk factor for developing breast cancer. Doing ultrasound on every woman with dense breasts, though, who has no symptoms, and a normal mammogram potentially encompasses as many a…

    Authored by on September 21, 2012

  • The real scandal: science denialism at Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

    …viving breast cancer” is “you” and the difference between a 98% survival rate and a 23% one is vigilance on the part of the victim. This message flies in the face of basic cancer biology. Between 2004 to 2009, Komen allocated 47% of it $1.54 billion toward education and screening.  Much of its education messaging promotes the same false narrative as its ads, which means they are not only not furthering the search for a cure, they are harming the…

    Authored by on February 11, 2012

  • HPV and cervical cancer don’t care what month it is

    …vical cancer awareness overlooks is that HPV causes not only that cancer but also can play a role in penile, vaginal, urethral, anal, and head and neck cancers. In fact,  a recent study found that about 1 in 10 men and almost 4 in 100 women are orally infected with HPV, the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States, and HPV-related head and neck cancer rates are higher among men. Further, HPV-related oral cancers have been on th…

    Authored by on February 1, 2012

  • Good Deeds, Good Science: Breast Cancer Research and Education

    …this “Favorite Things” post by Rachel), or through a deeply rooted sense of gratitude, as exemplified by Susan’s “Going HOME!” post. Unfortunately, Susan and Rachel are not anomalies. They are but two of the approximately 40,000 women (in US alone) projected to lose the battle in 2012.  Breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women. These odds put someone you know – your wife, mother, sister, girlfriend, aunt, daughter, friend, cousin, neighbor, co-w…

    Authored by on February 7, 2012

  • How helpful are dense-breast right-to-know laws?

    …sk factor for breast cancer; §   mammography sees cancer less well in dense breasts than in normal breasts; and §   women may benefit from additional breast cancer screening. The California law goes into effect on April 1, 2013. It follows four states (Connecticut, Texas, Virginia, and New York) with similar statutes. All have enjoyed solid bipartisan support. Rarely do naysayers or skeptics speak up. Young women who are leading the charge oft…

    Authored by on October 1, 2012

  • Colon Cancer Awareness Month: Get your ass screened. We mean it.

    …se risks can be known and for anyone to have appropriate screening either at the recommended age or in the presence of symptoms. Speaking of family, there is my own. My having been diagnosed with a precancerous growth at age 38 means that my first-degree relatives–siblings, parents, children–should have screening at least by that age and preferably years before. There is some understandable reluctance to have a colonoscopy. Outside o…

    Authored by on March 7, 2012

  • DoubleXpressions — Nazneen Rahman, Cancer Doctor and Jazz Singer

    …t last year I posted some of my songs online and had a really positive response, which was unexpected and lovely. I now have over 1000 followers and have been inspired to make an album which I am hoping to release sometime in 2013. My songs tend be stories about the complexities of life, with lush harmonies, quite a jazzy feel and I have a fondness for a slinky bass line. DXS:  Do you find that your scientific background informs your creativity,…

    Authored by on February 28, 2013

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