Posts Tagged ‘breast cancer awareness’
The Conspiracy of Hope
Renée Pellerin is a former CBC health journalist and the author ofConspiracy of Hope, The Truth About Breast Cancer Screening, published by Goose Lane Editions. Below is an except from her article in the Globe and Mail responding to the new guidelines publishedby the CanadianTask Force on Preventative Health Care forbreast cancer screening. “Every woman…
Read MoreYoung Women with Breast Cancer – The Forgotten Generation?
Are young women a forgotten generation when it comes to breast cancer? Thousands of young women are diagnosed every year. They often face the most aggressive cancers. One young Canadian women, profiled in Rachel Ray Everyday shared her story. Judit Saunders was 26 years old andworking as a registered nurse at a major children’s hospital…
Read MoreFrom Bench to Bedside – BreastDefense and Translational Medicine
Translational research is generally considered a process that starts in the lab–the “bench”–where a new drug, device, or procedure is developed, and ends with the production that makes it available in the clinic–the “bedside.” Barry S. Coller from the Rockefeller University, NY defines translational medicine as: “The application of the scientific method to address a…
Read MoreMany Women Could Be Spared Chemotherapy
The largest precision medicine study ever done was presented at a plenary session at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago. Researchers looked at more than 10,000 women aged 18-75. Researchers were looking at whether the standard of care of chemotherapy and endocrine therapy benefit all women with the…
Read MoreWhat do Dogs and BreastDefense have in Common?
Some biologists think that a target of 99% accuracy for any cancer screen is unattainable. It seems that SignPost is not alone in this pursuit. According to a company called BioScent Dx, dogs are able to smell minute changes in a human bio-markers including hormones, proteins and other organic compounds. This has lead to dogs…
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