Tumor Size Doesn't Matter (article)

All cancer tumors start small and end up bigger. This is logic that is clear as day.  Tumors don't show up 3 cm across out of nowhere. A...

New Research Which Could Have More Thought (article)

There is always more research going on - especially cancer research. Especially breast cancer research. I swear sometimes the world is full ...

Your Decision, Not Your Doctor's (article)

In years gone by, doctors were regarded as gods. They knew all, were not to be questioned and patients should obey unquestioningly. Those da...

Oncology Anxiety (article)

It doesn't matter how many years out it is but a visit to the oncologist always is uncomfortable. Its unsettling. Its alarming. Its dist...

Breast Cancer Treatment Benefits (article)

Recently it was announced in a draft proposal that the UK's NHS would not cover faslodex to treat estrogen positive metastatic breast ca...

How Soon To Start Treatment? (article)

I never realized how important starting cancer treatment quickly was. I remember my surgeon telling me at one point I had plenty of time to ...

Another 'Oops, We Forgot To Tell You This' (article)

Another little bitty oopsie. Many women after a mastectomy for breast cancer get implants to make them more even again. Then there are the h...

Stop Changing Your Mind Please (article)

[ A breast cancer tumor imaged with a technique that highlights aspects of its microenvironment. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE/UNIV. OF CHICAGO ...

Those Nasty Complications (article)

I often wonder in cancer treatment, which is worse - treatment or complications? I think complications win that one. To me complications mea...

Treatment Changes (article)

As I near a decade (how the hell did that happen?) since I was diagnosed, I have noticed how much breast cancer treatment has changed in the...

Back to Breast Cancer Stuff (article)

(So my plan is coming together and my life goes back to reflecting on breast cancer crap.) Earlier this week, the FDA approved a new medicat...

Math Class is Important In Determining Your Cancer Prognosis (article)

Who knew math class would be so important later in life? Here's the problem: You get a cancer diagnosis and your doctor starts spouting ...

What An Oncologist Should Not Say to a Cancer Patient (article)

We hear all about good doctors and not so good ones. But every so often we hear about the one's you really do not want. Yesterday someon...

Chemo Without Losing Your Hair!?!? (article)

I had heard about these when I was in chemo - cooling caps to prevent hair loss . They were knew and being tested and not really available. ...

More Evil Cancer Cells (article)

So I didn't know (or maybe I kind of knew and was pretending I didn't) that some cancer cells go hide in your body to come out later...

Exercise, or Reducing AI's Side Effects (article)

All of us 'lucky' people with hormone positive breast cancer, get the 'benefit' of being able to take hormone therapy or aro...

Every One's Cancer Is Different (article)

I now know many women, dozens, probably more like hundreds, who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Sadly not all are still with us. The...

Breast Cancer Update 2018 (article)

Several organizations have posted their latest information on the status of breast cancer in the US in 2018. I just found this overview wit...

The Bigger Problem Than Lack of New Cancer Treatments (article)

I constantly read articles on the advent of new cancer treatments. I think they are wonderful. But they are not always instituted. In 2014, ...

More Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects (article)

What good is a treatment if it could kill you in the end? A new study (because we all need more research) shows that more than half of breas...