Cancer Treatment and COVID-19: What Are the Risks?
Are cancer patients at increased risk for severe illness if they get COVID-19? What extra steps should they take to stay safe during the pandemic without delaying needed treatments?
Tag: Breast Cancer Mortality
Breast Cancer: Are We Still Making Progress?
What stands out in progress against breast cancer over the last five years, and where do we need to do more?
Making a Difference: Contributing to Cancer Charities
We can make a difference in the fight against breast cancer by contributing to highly rated breast cancer and cancer research charities.
Blogging Challenge: My Answers to 10 Random Questions About Cancer
I’m taking up a blogging challenge in which participants are asked to give their answers to “10 random questions about cancer.”
Breast Cancer: How Much Progress Have We Made?
After thirty years of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, actual progress against the disease has not met expectations, with over 40,000 deaths from the disease annually in the United States.
Breast Cancer “Standard of Care”: Standard for All?
Breast cancer mortality for the U.S. population as a whole has declined less that might have been expected over the last twenty years given the emphasis on screening, but looking deeper reveals an even more disturbing story.
Breast Cancer “Awareness”: What is the Message?
Breast cancer screening has become widespread, but misperceptions about the disease are also common. True awareness, the kind that will lead to action to save lives, needs to start with facts like these.
Breast Cancer: Where Are We After Twenty Years?
Today, just like twenty years ago, we continue to hear about promising new research but we still know little about the causes of breast cancer, and mortality from the disease remains high.
Advocating for Innovative Approaches to Ending Breast Cancer
Advocates met with representatives in Congress to ask for their support on important initiatives in the fight against breast cancer.
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.
