Top Cancer Research Stories: Spring 2014
Top cancer research stories for Spring 2014 include new guidelines on survivorship care and clinical trial findings for an experimental drug to treat hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.
Author: Lisa DeFerrari
I'm a cancer research advocate who was diagnosed with breast cancer more than 20 years ago at age 35. I write about developments in cancer research from the patient perspective on my blog, After 20 Years.
Recent Breast Cancer Screening Studies: What Are the Take-Home Messages?
A major study on breast cancer screening was published recently in the journal of the American Medical Association.
The I-SPY 2 Breast Cancer Trial: How Clinical Trials May Be Changing
In “adaptive” clinical trial design, the goal is to identify as rapidly as possible new drug therapies that show a likelihood of being successful in specific patient populations.
Top Cancer Research Stories: Winter 2014
Top cancer research stories for Winter 2014 include studies on mammography, risk reduction for carriers of BRCA gene mutations and radiation therapy for early stage breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Quality of Life Issues: A Researcher Asks “Are We Doing Better?”
Attendees at the recent San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium heard from a researcher who has spent thirty years studying issues related to the measurement of quality of life for cancer patients and how it can be improved.
Reflections on Advocating for Change
While I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions, I find the start of a new year to be a great time to reflect on what I’ve experienced and learned in the past year and my hopes and goals for the new year.
Top Cancer Research Stories: November-December 2013
Top cancer research stories for November-December 2013 include a study on media coverage of the Angelina Jolie story and a study on the reasons behind higher breast cancer mortality rates for African American women.
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2013: What Did We Learn?
My top five takeaways from the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Contributing To Breast Cancer Charities
A contribution to a worthy breast cancer charity can be a great way to translate “awareness” into concrete and meaningful action.
Cancer Genome Studies: How Will They Help Patients?
A new set of findings from The Cancer Genome Atlas project looks at cancer genome sequencing in a different way–comparing mutations across types of cancer.
After 20 Years 