MD Anderson Physicians Use a Diagnostic Method Called Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy To Determine Spread of Cancer
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MD Anderson Physicians Use a Diagnostic Method Called Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy To Determine Spread of Cancer

Although some ultrasound and/or CT scan studies may show that patients’ lymph nodes (glands) are free of disease, upon further examination using sentinel lymph node biopsies,(SLNB) the doctors at MD…

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Black Women May Have Higher Risk of Mutation Linked to Breast Cancer
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Black Women May Have Higher Risk of Mutation Linked to Breast Cancer

According to a publication from Breastcancer.org, black women are more likely than others to develop triple-negative breast cancer at some point in their lives. A study published by the journal…

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Looking Back With Humor: She Survived and Wrote a Book About How She Fought For Her Children, Her Life, and Her Sanity

Stephanie Hosford was recently interviewed by CURE (Cancer Updates Research and Education) about what she now calls her “three crazy days”. The title of her book is “Bald, Fat and…

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Breast Cancer Survivor Meets Researcher Who Could Find an Alternative Treatment to Chemotherapy
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Breast Cancer Survivor Meets Researcher Who Could Find an Alternative Treatment to Chemotherapy

According to a story by the Daily Record UK, Maggie Ritchie found out she was diagnosed with breast cancer and four years later was successfully cancer-free. She attributed the advanced…

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A Woman’s Severe Breast Cancer Was Eliminated Using New Immunotherapy Approach
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A Woman’s Severe Breast Cancer Was Eliminated Using New Immunotherapy Approach

According to a story from The Guardian, doctors are celebrating the effectiveness of an all new, experimental immunotherapy that was able to totally eliminate a case of metastatic breast cancer…

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