Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Cut Your Risk

You may be able to lower your risk of breast cancer: 50% by eating 9 or more servings of fresh fruits & vegetables daily & adding 6 or more servings of whole grains. Include broccoli, cabbage, carrots, sweet potatoes and spinach. Use whole wheat, whole oats and brown rice. 20% – 30% by conducting a [...]

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment

Symptoms Despite its name, inflammatory breast cancer does not cause inflammation the way an infection does. One or more of the following are typical symptoms of IBC: Rapid change in the appearance of one breast, over the course of days or weeks Thickness, heaviness or visible enlargement of one breast, sometimes a cup size in [...]

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Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer

From the “Women, Health, & the Environment” conference (Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 14-15, 2008) Sponsored by Greenpeace, Women’s Environmental and Development Organization (WEDO), and Cancer Prevention Coalition Dr.Samuel Epstein summarized evidence on causes of breast cancer: Since the 1950’s scientific evidence has incriminated chlorinated organic pesticides as breast cancer risk factors because of their carcinogenicity, estrogenic effects, and accumulation [...]

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Breast Cancer Report

Click the following link to download the Breast Cancer Report

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Breast Cancer: Alternative Treatments

When diagnosed with breast cancer, many people feel helpless and out of control. Suddenly inundated with doctors and treatment decisions that are difficult to understand, it’s easy to feel that you no longer control your own health or destiny. More and more, however, breast cancer patients are turning to alternative therapies as an adjunct to [...]

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Breast Cancer: Conventional Treatment

Watchful waiting.  Unlike prostate cancer, waiting to observe suspicious breast changes is simply not the best choice.  Even very early-stage ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) needs to be examined by a pathologist.  Keep periods of waiting between a suspicious test and a biopsy to a minimum. Surgery.  The number one treatment for breast cancer. The [...]

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Breast Cancer – 101

By Vinodh Pushparaj Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably invading near by tissue and spreading to other parts of the body via blood stream or lymphatic system. Similarly, in breast cancer, a single cell begins to divide and grow abnormally. This is the most common kind of cancer in [...]

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Breast Cancer & Pool Exercise

Globally, 1,300,000 women and over 10,000 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.  Exercise may facilitate recovery, improve quality of life and reduce side effects. Breast cancer treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, hormonal therapy and other medications. Post surgical implications include lessened quality of life and sense of self, fear of death, disfigurement, [...]

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