All Entries in the "Breast Cancer" Category

Breast Cancer Resources

In one of our earlier posts, a commentator had requested information about resources for breast cancer, and from time to time, our research to seek information or to cross check facts has led us to some of the following sites and resources:

Cancer.org is a comprehensive site that [...]

Regular Exercise Enhances Well-Being After Breast Cancer

A new study says, it is emotionally tough to come to normal position, when you are told you have breast cancer, but regular exercise can help in keeping your spirits up.
Dr. Xiaoli Chen of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues found that Chinese women, who were diagnosed with breast cancer, but reported [...]

Tracking Breast Cancer Into The Brain

A dense network of small blood vessels makes up what is called the blood brain barrier. There are many toxins and medications that cannot cross this barrier.
Breast cancer, however, can cross this natural barrier. Researchers think they may have found the genes responsible.
Spreading to the lungs seems to be [...]

Arm Workouts May Cut Lymphedema Risk In Breast Cancer Survivors

Recent studies found that breast cancer survivors who practice weightlifting exercises are less likely to develop lymphedema symptoms than those non weightlifting peers experiencing debilitating symptoms .
Researchers found that slowly building upper body strength with weightlifting and arm exercises can relieve some of hand and arm swelling that takes place in breast cancer survivors who [...]

How You Eat May Affect Risk For Breast Cancer

The way you eat may be just as vital as how much you eat, if mice studies are any clue.
New findings, published in the journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggest the method by which calories are restricted may be more vital for protection of cancer than the actual overall degree of calorie [...]

MRIs Prior To Breast Cancer Surgery Do More Harm Than Good

Though it makes sense to prepare as much as possible for a surgery, but in one case using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) prior to breast cancer surgery may do more harm than good.
Most of the doctors typically use MRIs to refine their breast cancer surgical plans, in an attempt to save breasts [...]

7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Breasts: Quick Facts About Breast Cancer

- Breast cancer is the 5th most common cause of cancer-related deaths.
- Breastfeeding can actually help you lose weight.

Strong Link Between Breast Cancer And BRCA1 & BRCA2

Research shows that women with BRCA1 and BRCA2, both faulty genes developed in the womb before birth, are more at risk from breast cancer.
In fact carriers have between fifty to eighty percent bigger likelihood of the cancer developing over their lifetime.
However scientists believe that only a small minority of breast cancer [...]