The New York Times recently published an article written by a breast cancer survivor who was advocating that women who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer seek second opinions about their treatment options. The author, Elizabeth Bennett, began her breast cancer journey when an acute pain in her breast sent her to the emergency room.
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There are many methods of screening for and detecting breast cancer, which can be confusing for patients. Screening and detection methods include mammography, ultrasound, fine needle aspiration, core needle biopsy, and breast magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI. The Breast MRI is currently one of the most controversial methods of screening for breast cancer.
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Read More Breast cancer screening, Mammogram, occult breast cancers
If you feel a lump in your breast, or have nipple discharge, don’t automatically assume you have breast cancer. There are benign breast conditions that can also cause lumps and bloody nipple discharge, such as an intraductal papilloma. This is a small, non-cancerous tumor that forms in a milk duct in the breast, most commonly in women between the ages 35 and 55. There are no known risk factors to indicate which women might be more likely to develop an intraductal papilloma.
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Breaking news in breast cancer research will affect whether or not a significant number of women with early-stage breast cancer can forgo chemotherapy. On June 3rd, at ASCO (the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting) researchers presented their findings of a highly-anticipated study called the TAILORx trial, which followed almost 10,000 women with early-stage breast cancer.
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Read More Breast Cancer Treatment, Chemotherapy, endocrine therapy
According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 266,120 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S. in 2018, along with 63,960 new cases of non-invasive (DCIS) breast cancer. Approximately 1 in 8 U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
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As we discussed in No Lump Doesn’t Mean No Breast Cancer, not all forms of breast cancer present with an obvious lump. Lumps aren’t usually physically apparent with Inflammatory Breast Cancer, which is a rare but aggressive form of breast cancer.
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“I don’t have a lump, so there’s no way I can have breast cancer.” This statement reflects a widespread misperception, unfortunately. While a lump is the most common telltale symptom of breast cancer, the absence of a lump doesn’t mean that breast cancer can’t be present. There are other methods to detect breast cancer aside from feeling a lump, and screening is the key.
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V. Suzanne Klimberg, M.D.
March 30th is National Doctors’ Day, which reminds me how grateful I am to one special doctor who helped me become the surgeon I am today. V. Suzanne Klimberg, M.D. was my mentor while I was in training at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) from 2004 to 2006.
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BioZorb® 3D Bioabsorbable Marker
I recently attended the UF Multidisciplinary Symposium On Breast Disease and came away heartened and hopeful about new advances in treating breast cancer. One relatively new technique for patients who have a lumpectomy followed by radiation involves the use of a small, prosthetic device called BioZorb®.
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Some tumors are very small and can be removed in the surgeon’s office, without needing to go to the operating room. One technique used by Dr. Margulies uses Radiofrequency technology to cut out and remove the tumor through a small skin incision. This procedure preserves the tumor for analysis and biopsy by a pathologist. We will discuss this in more detail in a future blog post.
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Read More clinical trials for breast cancer, cryoablation for breast cancer