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Nutrition and Breast Cancer
Nutrition and Breast Cancer Mar 22, 2024 Registered dietitian and oncology nutrition specialist Hillary Sachs helps Melissa Jenkins moderate a special Virtual Community Meetup on nutrition and breast cancer. After a breast cancer diagnosis, many people want to eat more healthfully. This podcast is the audio from a special…
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Talking To A Partner About Sex After Breast Cancer
Talking To A Partner About Sex After Breast Cancer Feb 16, 2024 Dr. Stephanie Ross offers tips on how to overcome some of the barriers people face when talking to their partners about sex during and after breast cancer treatment. Many people struggle with being intimate during and after breast cancer treatment. Surgery can…
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Tai Chi for People With Breast Cancer
Tai Chi for People With Breast Cancer Jan 19, 2024 Judith Sachs, an experienced tai chi teacher, explains what tai chi is and the benefits it offers people with breast cancer. Tai chi is described as meditation in motion. But what does that mean, exactly? Listen to the podcast to hear Judith explain: what tai chi is and…
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Bringing Breastcancer.org to the Spanish-Speaking Community
Bringing Breastcancer.org to the Spanish-Speaking Community Jan 5, 2024 Marián Castanondo talks about her role as a moderator for the Breastcancer.org Spanish community. Marián has been with Breastcancer.org since the Spanish language discussion forums launched 11 years ago. Listen to the podcast to hear Marián discuss:…
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What is Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) and how to manage it?
Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause Dec 22, 2023 Dr. Kristin Rojas explains the collection of symptoms that genitourinary syndrome of menopause encompasses, as well as treatments. Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) is the preferred term for many of the symptoms that menopause can cause, including vaginal dryness and…
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The Benefits of Exercise for People Living With Metastatic Disease
The Benefits of Exercise for People Living With Metastatic Disease Dec 8, 2023 Dr. Anne May explains how exercise helps ease metastatic breast cancer side effects. In 2022, the American Society of Clinical Oncology released guidelines on exercise for people being treated for early-stage cancer. But when those guidelines…
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Breastcancer.org Research Conferences Coverage
Breastcancer.org is dedicated to bringing you the latest in breast cancer research by sending our reporters to get boots-on-the-ground breaking information at annual breast cancer conferences whenever possible. Here, we'll share our coverage and this thread will be updated as necessary in real time — make sure to bookmark…
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Research With Immediate Impact at 2023 SABCS
Research With Immediate Impact at 2023 SABCS Dec 8, 2023 Dr. Matthew Goetz tells us about the research that will change the way he talks to his patients. The 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium featured five days of research presentations, educational sessions, and advocacy meetings. Dr. Matthew Goetz, noted breast…
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Being in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Trial
Being in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Dec 7, 2023 Metastatic breast cancer advocate Dr. Kelly Shanahan shares what it’s like to be part of a clinical trial. Dr. Kelly Shanahan, trained as an OB/GYN, has been living with metastatic breast cancer for 10 years. For many years, she tried to join a clinical trial.…
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Genomic Test Helps Decide Which DCIS Needs Radiation
Genomic Test Helps Decide Which DCIS Needs Radiation Dec 8, 2023 Dr. Seema Khan explains her research looking at the ability of a genomic test to help make radiation decisions for DCIS. The Oncotype DX Breast DCIS Score test is used to help people and their doctors make decisions about whether radiation after lumpectomy…
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Breast Cancer Vaccine Update
Breast Cancer Vaccine Update Dec 7, 2023 Dr. Justin Johnson explains early results from three small studies on a vaccine for triple-negative breast cancer. Dr. G. Thomas Budd, an oncologist, and Dr. Justin Johnson, an immunologist, are collaborating on research looking at a vaccine to prevent triple-negative breast cancer.…
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ART Doesn’t Increase Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
ART Doesn’t Increase Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Dec 7, 2023 Dr. Hatem Azim explains his new analysis of data from the POSITIVE trial. At the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Hatem Azim presented a new analysis of information from the POSITIVE trial, which found that younger women…
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Paxman Scalp Cooling Patient Assistance Programs
Paxman Scalp Cooling Patient Assistance Programs Dec 6, 2023 Richard Paxman explains how his company helps people pay for scalp cooling during chemotherapy. Scalp cooling can help people keep some or quite a lot of their hair when receiving a chemotherapy regime that can cause hair loss. At the 2023 San Antonio Breast…
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What You Need to Know About Lymph Node Radiation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
What You Need to Know About Lymph Node Radiation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Dec 6, 2023 Dr. Marisa Weiss explains the results of the practice-changing study showing that node-positive breast cancer that becomes node-negative after chemotherapy likely doesn’t need nodal radiation. Breast cancers that are lymph…
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Treatment After CDK4/6 Inhibitors
Treatment After CDK4/6 Inhibitors Dec 5, 2023 Medical oncologist Stephanie Graff explains the treatment options available after a CDK4/6 inhibitor stops working. CDK4/6 inhibitors are used to treat both early-stage and advanced-stage hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. The CDK4/6 inhibitors are: Ibrance…
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The Losses We Feel After a Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis
The Losses We Feel After a Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis Dec 1, 2023 Grief counselor Kelly Grosklags helps Melissa Jenkins moderate a special Virtual Community Meetup on the losses people feel after being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Living with metastatic breast cancer can bring many losses: not being…
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Imaging Tests for Lobular Breast Cancer
Imaging Tests for Lobular Breast Cancer Nov 9, 2023 Maxine Jochelson, MD, explains the imaging tests for lobular breast cancer, as well as why lobular disease is harder to see on mammograms. Lobular breast cancer is cancer that starts in the lobules, the glands in the breast that produce milk. Lobular breast cancer is the…
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Can Chemotherapy Before Surgery Eliminate the Need for Surgery?
Can Chemotherapy Before Surgery Eliminate the Need for Surgery? Nov 2, 2023 Dr. Henry Kuerer shares the results of his study looking at whether some women can skip surgery after chemotherapy before surgery. At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2023 Congress in Madrid, Spain, Dr. Henry Kuerer presented…
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Promising New Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Promising New Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer Nov 2, 2023 Dr. Aditya Bardia discusses encouraging results from a study on a new medicine for hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2023 Congress Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, presented results from the…
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Pregnancy After Breast Cancer: Is It Safe?
Pregnancy After Breast Cancer: Is It Safe? Nov 2, 2023 Dr. Ann Partridge discusses the research on pregnancy after breast cancer and the factors women need to consider. At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2023 Congress Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, chaired a session titled, “Pregnancy After Breast Cancer: Is It…
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Talking to Children About Metastatic Breast Cancer
Talking to Children About Metastatic Breast Cancer Sep 8, 2023 Kelly Grosklags, a licensed clinical social worker and grief counselor, helps Community Director Melissa Jenkins moderate a special Virtual Community Meetup on talking to children about metastatic breast cancer. Finding the words to talk to children about…
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Breast Cancer Biomarkers
Breast Cancer Biomarkers Aug 25, 2023 Debu Tripathy, MD, explains what breast cancer biomarkers are and how doctors use them to make treatment decisions. Biomarkers are molecules that help doctors distinguish breast cancer cells from healthy cells. In general, there are three broad categories of breast cancer biomarkers:…
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Medical Cannabis for Breast Cancer Symptoms and Side Effects
Medical Cannabis for Breast Cancer Symptoms and Side Effects Aug 17, 2023 Marisa Weiss, MD, explains everything you need to know about using cannabis for breast cancer symptoms and side effects. Many people diagnosed with breast cancer decide to use cannabis to ease side effects such as pain, nausea and vomiting. Listen to…