Gene expression tests can be a very good way to learn more about your particular form of breast cancer. Based on the information these tests provide, your doctor can then decide how best to treat your cancer, or even choose no further treatment after surgery. Gene...
Cancer stem cells Last night I was flipping through an older book on cancer that I’d sent to my mother in 1997 when she’d been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer - it had spread to her bones and I was combing all the book shops (no Internet then!) to find...
Yesterday I posted on my Facebook business page (Marnie Clark, Breast Health Coach) a very interesting article about a study that had researchers investigating how it is possible that breast cancer cells from a primary tumor migrate to the bones. Researchers were...
If you have been diagnosed with hormone receptor positive breast cancer, meaning that the cancer cells were shown to be fueled by estrogen, and sometimes progesterone, no doubt as part of your post-surgery treatment plan, your doctor recommended that you take...
When you start looking more closely at the research on folic acid and folate, the story becomes a little complex – especially when it comes to folic acid and breast cancer risk. Emerging research suggests the relationship between folic acid and cancer risk, including breast cancer, may be more complex than once believed.
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It is increasingly clear that there is a link between chronic inflammation and breast cancer. We now have numerous studies that illustrate the connection between inflammation and the development of breast cancer, as well as metastasis (the spread of breast cancer),...
Image Source: freedigitalphotos.net Tips for Coping with Chemotherapy Hair Loss For anyone going through chemotherapy and coping with the loss of their beautiful hair, I feel for you – this is a hard thing! Our hair is so much a reflection of our personal style. It’s...
Looking Deeper to Find the Cause of Breast Cancer When I was studying naturopathic medicine in the late 90's, one of the things I was most impressed about was the fact that we were taught, when faced with a patient and an illness, to get to the root of the problem, to...
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