Archive for the ‘Breast Cancer Articles’ Category

Breast Cancer Awareness – An Alternate Perspective From a Cancer Survivor

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

I would like to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month a little differently than most others. I have a different perspective. You see, I had breast cancer nine years ago. I rejected conventional medicine and went with an alternative approach.I'm quite cynical about Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout October I see ...

Chemotherapy For Lymph Node Negative Breast Cancer – Who Needs It?

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Why do people with breast cancer need chemotherapy? The reason is that despite the best efforts of the healthcare team to remove all traces of the tumor, breast cancer can still recur. Even early stage breast cancer can return months to years after the original diagnosis and treatment.It can come ...

Breast Cancer Survivors – Naturopathic Therapies To Consider In Your Recovery

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Breast cancer is one of the most important health issues a woman may have to face in her lifetime. Although the condition is more prevalent in the later years of life, younger women cannot afford to ignore it.Breast cancer is one of the most important health issues a woman may ...

How Do Treatments For Metastatic Breast Cancer Work?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

When the cancer has advanced fully, it spreads out to other organs. The process of spreading out from the original site is called metastasis, and the stage is referred to as metastatic breast cancer. Sometimes, all cancer cells do not die even after treatment for cancer, and these cells can ...

Breast Cancer: What Women Should Know

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

From relative obscurity, breast cancer has become one of the leading causes of deaths among women in the world. In 2001, about 200,000 cases of breast cancer have been reported in the United States, making it the second leading cause of cancer death in the US. It is, in fact, ...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Of October

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

As You all Know that October is coming to the end of the month and although October is the month of Breast Cancer Awareness but this is not ending. Care and awareness should always be at all times, early detection is a better recovery and to cure will stand a ...

Breast Thermography – New Technology For Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Breast thermography is a new, non-invasive imaging procedure that utilizes infrared heat-sensing technology to detect metabolic changes in the breast. Abnormalities can be detected long before a tumor is present. Because researchers are acknowledging the importance of prevention and early detection as the keys to long term breast health, breast ...

Breast Cancer – Radiation-induced Agony and Metastases – Part 3

Monday, January 25th, 2010

The wife of a friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer nine years ago. She underwent mastectomy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. She was well after that. She was a pride of the medical establishment and was invited to the “Celebration of Life” party. But it was not to be. Soon ...

Breast Cancer Statistics – How Breast Cancer Survival Rates Increased 50%

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Breast cancer statistics show that over 1.2 million persons will be diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide this year, according to the World Health Organization. For breast cancer and prevention, it has long been known that regular physical activity has been shown to decrease the likelihood of having breast cancer. What ...

Breast Cancer Realities in America in 2009

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Seer Stats fact sheet estimates that 192,370 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during 2009 and of those 40,170 women will die of cancer in the same year. The median age for women being diagnosed was 61 years of age, and none were under the age of twenty; 1.9% ...