Radiotherapy Treatment For Breast Cancer
Posted on July 11, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Radiotherapy for breast cancer can be a bit of an ordeal.
For me, the worst moment after being told I had cancer was being told I would need chemotherapy and radiotherapy as treatment to fight the disease. Having been there I know its shocking and I felt I just simply would never cope with it all.
My treatment regime was to consist of four treatments of FEC chemo, four weeks of radiotherapy treatment then four treatments of Taxotere chemo. This would all take the best part of ten months.
Having survived the first part of the chemo ( just! ) I went into… Continue reading
Read More..>>Hot Flushes in Breast Cancer Patients
Posted on July 11, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Hot flushes or hot flashes in breast cancer patients are a common problem.
Many breast cancers are sensitive to circulating estrogen levels and for many women, suppressing the production or the effects of estrogen on the body is a major strategy in their treatment. A lack of estrogen will produce symptoms identical to the menopause and the most unpleasant of these are hot flushes, sweats or hot flashes.
A new research project has looked at the effect of a drug called Megace or megesterol acetate in treating hot flushes in women with breast cancer.
They studied nearly three hundred patients with breast cancer… Continue reading
Read More..>>Chocolate Models of Yumminess May Help Breast Cancer
Posted on June 25, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Eating chocolate models of dark chocolate candy, is good for you! For women all over the world, deciding the worlds finest chocolate, can be a difficult thing. But are there health benefits? Before whizzing off exchanging chocolate chip cookie recipes, let’s think about the symptoms of breast cancer, and ask ourselves if these health benefits may be of use to us.
Chocolate models of yumminess can be full of antioxidants, due to the beans being from the Cacao tree. However the actual amount of antioxidants available to help us, depends on the processing having been done. We need these antioxidants to… Continue reading
Read More..>>Breast Cancer
Posted on May 26, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Each year hundreds of women are diagnosed with breast cancer disease. In America, breast cancer in women is the most common form of cancer, with 1 out of every 8 women being diagnosed in there lifetime. No one knows why some women develop breast cancer, but there are a number of risk factors associated with the disease. Breast cancer may be one of the oldest forms of cancer known to mankind, dating back as early as 1600 BC. Since women and men have identical breast tissue, men can also develop the disease, but the number of cases is small in… Continue reading
Read More..>>What to do Before You Have Breast Cancer Symptoms
Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Breast cancer is a major health concern and you need to know if you have breast cancer symptoms or signs. Women including men have breast cancer as I wrote in my last newsletter. According to the recent survey worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer death in the world.
Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer among women. The number of cases worldwide has significantly increased since the 1970s, a phenomenon partly blamed on the way that we eat and the… Continue reading
Read More..>>Breast Cancer Symptoms - How To Detect Before It Is Too Late
Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Breast cancer is a serious disorder that attacks women. It is a disease that women dread about. In medical terms, this disease can be defined as a formation of malignant or cancer cells in the breast tissues.
The disease has been termed as heterogeneous. This means that it is a different disease that appears and forms differently in different women of different age groups. Younger women are said to be more vulnerable to this disease.
This disease can be cured if detected early. This is the reason that young women are advised to carry out a self-examination for any kind of lungs… Continue reading
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