Screening and Prevention of Breast Cancer

Feb 7 2010
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Teresa Heinz Kerry, Senator John Kerry’s Wife, Battling Breast Cancer

Cancer does not discriminate in any way! It affects rich and poor, famous and infamous, powerful and weak, all with an equal vengeance. It can affect whole families. I know….both of my parents ...

Feb 3 2010
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Trastuzumab for Targeted Therapy of Breast Cancer

This is an Oncology Podcast that covers three news highlights in breast cancer. The first one, and the most significant, concerns a report from Europe in women with inflammatory breast cancer (expres...

Jan 31 2010
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The Raging Debate on Mammography Guidelines

In November last year, a series of “bombshell” recommendations about screening mammography was made by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force , an independent panel that makes health care reco...

Dec 29 2009
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Congresswoman Shultz On Talking With Her Kids About Her Breast Cancer

This is an inspiring and informative interview with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida) and Robin Roberts of Good Morning America. She shares her experience and discusses how she appro...

Dec 25 2009
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The Importance of Breast Self Examination

This is a patient education video that explains the anatomy of the female breast and the importance of breast self-examination as a part of screening. Here’s more information from our companion...

Nov 29 2009
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Mammography Guidelines Debate: To Change or Not to Change

As a breast cancer surgeon and investigator, I join the chorus of voices, including the American Cancer Society, that we should NOT change our criteria for screening mammograms. There is strong scient...

Nov 25 2009
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Pink Glove Boogie!

A hospital in Portland, Oregon found a creative way to promote breast cancer awareness with a dance video that’s become a youtube sensation with millions of hits! ...

Nov 17 2009
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Fat Gain, Drinking Alcohol, and Being Overweight Put You At Risk for Breast Cancer

This is a video segment with a panel discussion sponsored by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Two distinguished experts participated: Clifford Hudis, MD from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cen...

Sep 15 2009
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The Basics of Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Inflammatory Breast Cancer is a rare type of breast cancer. Unlike more common breast cancer types, Inflammatory Breast Cancer appears as a rash or infection instead of a lump in the breast. M. D. And...

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