Special Breast Cancer Edition - WOMEN'S BIG CONCERN - An overview of breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Jamaica, followed in incidence by cancer of the cervix, large bowel and uterus. The diagnosis of breast cancer is fraught with significant concerns for women, which include treatment options, follow-up care and issues relating...
Removing your breasts is an option
Twenty years ago, a medical intern told me about prophylactic mastectomy, a term which was totally new to me at the time. He suggested that having breasts was itself a risk factor for breast cancer. So theoretically, if all cancer-free women were to have their breasts surgically...
Breast cancer - the more you know
There is usually a flurry of information about breast cancer in October. Increasingly, both women and men are encouraged to be 'breast aware' so that they can notice any changes that occur early and seek treatment. There are many existing and promising drugs...
Dining tips to help fight breast cancer
Pre-menopausal women may benefit from the phyto-oestrogens in soy foods that help to block oestrogen from receptors and therefore may protect women from developing breast cancer. On the other hand, post-menopausal women may want to take a second look at soy foods....
GET MOVING & Cut your breast cancer risk
Overweight, obesity, poor dieting practices and a sedentary lifestyle are a few of the risk factors for breast cancer. Regular physical exercise has been identified as the only natural and successful medium to counter the effects of these lifestyle factors and, by extension, breast cancer....
Truths, myths and traditions
Mass media have played a significant role in dispelling some of the cancer myths and fears. Today, we can have hope as this dreaded disease can go into remission or we can extend our lifespan with the disease. Breast cancer has been blamed on hereditary genes....
Pregnant with breast cancer
Several years ago, when I had my first private practice in Florida, a 39-year-old patient of mine discovered a breast lump while she was examining her breast. It was quite small but she feared the worst. When the testing was complete...
Obesity raises breast cancer risk - study
CHICAGO (Reuters): Women who put on a lot of weight at any stage of adulthood increase their risk of breast cancer, likely because the hormone oestrogen accumulates in the acquired fat and promotes tumours, researchers said on Monday. Women who became overweight...
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