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Breast Cancer Treatment: The Long-Term Side Effects

When someone gets the news, they are usually willing to go through virtually anything that will rid them of breast cancer, right now and hopefully for good.  More »

The Link Between Stress and Breast Cancer

Who among us doesn’t have stress in their lives?  More »

Breast Reconstruction: A Challenge for Survivors

For breast-cancer survivors who either had mastectomies without reconstruction or large lumpectomies that resulted in asymmetry, the option for reconstruction still remains an open door for you--wh  More »

A Glass of Red Wine Might Be Okay

There has long been research to show that alcohol increases the risk of breast cancer because it increases the estrogen levels in one’s bloodstream.  More »

Testing for the Breast Cancer Gene

For breast cancer patients, one of the primary motivators for getting tested for hereditary cancer genes is to better understand the risks that their children might face in the future.  More »

Too Many Pre-Op Imagining Studies?

Researchers from the Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) have reported that a study they conducted has shown that more and more women are being asked by their physicians to have several different types  More »

Can Starch Harm Your Health?

A study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference in December confirmed that increasing the amount of starch in one’s diet, especially during the year following your diagnosis and  More »

Ovaries and Bone Problems

Research conducted here at Johns Hopkins has confirmed that removing both ovaries (a double oophorectomy) as a way to treat or reduce a woman's risk of breast and/or ovarian cancer is not  More »

Cognitive Problems of Breast-Cancer Survivors--What Are the Real Causes?

For some time now, we've known that breast-cancer patients who receive chemotherapy have trouble with their thought processes during and after this treatment.  More »

Challenges for Survivors: Returning to Work

The first in an occasional series.  More »

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