Our Director of Clinical Genetics Service, Imelda G. Margulies, FNP (who is also my beloved wife of 22 years), was featured on WBIR’s Buddy Check 10 series recently. She explained what genetic testing is, how it’s done, and why it’s important.
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Read More BRCA gene, Genetic testing and breast cancer
Many patients assume that surgery is the first step towards treatment, and this is true in that doctors do typically recommend surgery to remove a tumor for both early-stage invasive breast cancer and DCIS.
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According to the American Cancer Society, pancreatic cancer is currently the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., and rates are rising faster than any other cancer in the country. Researchers predict it will become the second deadliest cancer in the U.S. by 2030, second only to lung cancer.
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We hosted a dinner on PARP Inhibitors recently. PARP Inhibitors are a class of medications that may have benefits in Triple Negative and other Breast Cancers in women with a BRCA mutation. Homologous Recombination Deficiencies are associated with several cancers, including breast cancer, and can be identified in breast cancer tissue itself. Tumors with a homologous recombination deficiency (including BRCA mutations) are described as HRD-positive.
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Read More BRCA gene, HRD, PARP-I, Triple Negative Breast Cancer
I am proud to have earned a Certification in Oncoplastic Surgery Education from the School of Oncoplastic Surgery. This is significant for my patients because oncoplastic surgery is considered the most advanced form of breast cancer surgery. It combines surgery to remove the breast cancer with plastic and reconstructive techniques to reshape the breasts for the best possible cosmetic results.
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Hello, Margulies office people!
This is just a quick note to thank you all for all the concern, assistance, and care you have given me over the past month. One month ago today I had the biopsy that came back with a Grade 1 cancer result, and today I’m at work with only a couple of scars and a cute little purple binder covering my cancer-free chest. 🙂 I know there is more treatment ahead of me, but I am very grateful to be so quickly and easily to this point. I can only pray that the rest of the process will be as efficient, straightforward, and reassuring as my experience with your office has been.
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Facing a breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and frightening. Understandably, you may feel that you don’t know where to start on this journey that you didn’t ask to take. The first step is to begin gathering information about your type of breast cancer and what the treatment options are, including surgery. Breast cancer surgery has evolved in some fantastic ways over recent years, so you most likely have more options to consider than you realize.
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Read More Breast cancer surgery, Hidden Scar surgery
A breast cancer diagnosis is overwhelming and frightening, understandably prompting a swirl of emotions and a long list of questions. The worry and uncertainty is real for both the person who has been diagnosed and the family members who love her (or him, see Men Get Breast Cancer Too).
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Read More Breast Cancer Diagnosis, helping kids understand breast cancer
Some women who undergo In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) worry that the process may increase their risk of developing breast cancer. It’s estimated that over 8 million babies have been born worldwide as a result of IVF and other advanced fertility treatments since the first IVF birth in 1978. In the U.S., 1.5% of all births are the result of using artificial reproductive therapies, which is the highest percentage to date.
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Read More DCIS, IVF and breast cancer
I’m excited to share news about a significant advancement in treatment for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer. A phase III trial shows that a treatment called Kadcyla® (TDM-1) lowered the risk of recurrence of invasive breast cancer or death by 50% compared to Herceptin® in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer with residual disease after pre-surgical (neoadjuvant = NST) therapy.
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Read More clinical trials for HER2-positive breast cancer, Kadcyla