Articles for Tag: "breast cancer"
- October 8, 2013
Knowing the benefits cancer research provides may change your mind about the importance to participate now.
- October 7, 2013
Tags: breast health, Breast cancer survivor, Dr. Heidi Memmel, early detection, Advocate Medical Group, cancer survivor, Advocate Health Care, survivor, cancer, screening, breast cancer, AdvocateLive, mammogram, Jeannine Canino-Bieda, women’s health, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Dr. Gale England, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, journey, health, stories of the girls
Advocate Health Care breast surgeons answer your questions “Live” about breast health.
- October 7, 2013
Tags: Advocate Health Care, breast cancer, Sherman, Advocate Sherman, Advocate Sherman Hospital, Dr. Rachel Baer, breast cancer treatment
There are more breast-conserving surgical options nowadays for women. Find out what they are.
- October 7, 2013
Five years ago at age 36, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Just two years young in my marriage with an 8-month old, find out how I got through it.
- October 5, 2013
Startling evidence shows that hormone therapy may increase the risk of breast cancer in some women.
- October 2, 2013
The FDA approves a new medication that will give women in the early stages of breast cancer another choice before surgery.
- October 2, 2013
Tags: ovarian cancer, lumpectomy, mastectomy, genetic testing, Genes, BRCA 2, double mastectomy, family history, Advocate Medical Group, BRCA, cancer, breast surgeon, breast cancer
Read how genetic testing helped one family uncover a genetic link to breast cancer that has changed their outlook on health and prevention.