What are the best ideas for how we could prevent breast cancer in whole populations?
This was the big question behind a recent competition sponsored by the California Breast Cancer Research Program. Continue reading
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Breast Cancer: Are We Still Making Progress?
One of my first posts here on After Twenty Years in 2013 was a look back at progress against breast cancer in the twenty years since I had been diagnosed.
Now, let’s take another look back, but this time we’ll focus on what we’ve seen in progress against breast cancer over the last five years or so. Continue reading
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Breast Cancer Treatment: The TAILORx Clinical Trial
Earlier this month, the long-awaited results of the TAILORx clinical trial were announced.The findings from this study are important for early stage breast cancer patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. The study results are expected to assist many patients in this group in determining whether chemotherapy should be part of their treatment. Continue reading
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5 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Spring 2018
What’s the latest “need to know” news in cancer research? In this post, I’ll briefly review several of the most interesting cancer research stories that have been in the news this spring.These are a few of the recent stories that seem to have the greatest potential impact, at least from my perspective, and that I know I’ll want to follow as they develop further. Continue reading
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Making Healthcare More Affordable: Review of “An American Sickness” by Elisabeth Rosenthal
A recent article in the New York Times reported on the stories of a number of individuals struggling to cope with drug prices for essential medications that are far beyond what they can afford.Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, in her book “An American Sickness” gives us some perspective on how we got to where we are today with healthcare costs in this country and what we can do about it. Continue reading
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5 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Winter 2018
What’s the latest “need to know” news in cancer research? In this post, I’ll briefly review several of the most interesting cancer research stories that have been in the news this winter.These are a few of the recent stories that seem to have the greatest potential impact, at least from my perspective, and that I know I’ll want to follow as they develop further. Continue reading
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5 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Fall 2017
What’s the latest “need to know” news in cancer research? In this post, I’ll briefly review several of the most interesting cancer research stories that have been in the news this fall.These are a few of the recent stories that seem to have the greatest potential impact, at least from my perspective, and that I know I’ll want to follow as they develop further. Continue reading
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Genetic Testing for Cancer Risk: My Experience and What I Learned
Earlier this year I made the decision to undergo genetic testing to find out whether I’ve inherited any genetic mutation that could increase my risk for a new breast cancer diagnosis or for other cancers.I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was only in my mid-thirties. But that was in 1993 and, for a number of reasons, including having no family history of breast or ovarian cancer, I’ve never had genetic testing before.
Here’s what the experience was like for me and some of the helpful things I learned in the process. Continue reading
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Making a Difference: Contributing to Cancer Charities
Every two years, the American Cancer Society publishes a new report on breast cancer trends. The latest report came out earlier this month.Does the report show we’re really making a great deal of progress against breast cancer as some of the media stories are presenting it? Or is progress more incremental in nature?
And how might we respond in a way that could make a difference–during this month of October and during the rest of the year as well?
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5 Cancer Research Stories Worth Following – Summer 2017
What’s the latest news in cancer research that stands out the most? In this post, I’ll briefly review several of the most interesting cancer research stories that have been in the news this summer.These are a few of the recent stories that seem to have the greatest potential impact, at least from my perspective, and that I know I’ll want to follow as they develop further. Continue reading
