What My Patients Are Asking: Can Getting a Biopsy Spread the Cancer?
By Brian Wojciechowski, M.D. on November 20th, 2012 Categories: Symptoms & DiagnosisFirst of all, there is no way of getting around a biopsy. There are side effects with any procedure but in order to properly treat a patient, a good biopsy specimen is absolutely critical. The benefit of being able to select the proper surgery and subsequent treatment clearly outweighs the risk.
That said, many women come to me concerned that their biopsy might have spread …
Less Is More, or at Least Equal
By Diana Dyer, MS, RD on September 2nd, 2011 Categories: Treatment & Side Effects[Editor's Note: This post was originally published on Diana's personal blog on February 9, 2011. Breastcancer.org covered the study results she mentions here: Sentinel Node Dissection Poses No Breast Cancer Survival Hazard.]
In case you’re a day or two behind with ‘big news,’ yesterday really big news regarding standard breast cancer treatment was released indicating that there is no decrease in life expectancy in …
