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March 10, 2025

Investigating A New Approach to Prostate Cancer Treatment in Mutation Carriers

Posted in: Research , Men With Mutations , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Clinical Trials , Cancer Treatment , Men With Mutations

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December 16, 2024

New study looks at whether medication before surgery lowers the risk of recurrence in localized prostate cancer

Posted in: Research , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Prostate Cancer , Prostate Cancer Treatment , Research Studies

August 12, 2024

Why gender matters in breast cancer care

Posted in: Guidelines , Health Equity And Disparities , Cancer Treatment , Emotional Health And Well Being , Quality Of Life , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Breast Cancer , Cancer Treatment , Health Disparities , LGBTQ , Health Equity , FORCE , Transgender

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August 01, 2024

A Fair Trial: The Foundations of Breast Cancer

Posted in: Books And Movies , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Breast Cancer , BRCA1 , BRCA2

October 23, 2023

My Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: Eye-Opening Lessons in Personal and Patient Advocacy

Posted in: Cancer Treatment , Screening And Prevention , Hereditary Cancer - General
Tags: Screening And Prevention , Patient Advocacy , Cancer Treatment

November 17, 2022

Chemotherapy Skin Care and Preventing Skin Infections

Posted in: Health And Fitness , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Chemotherapy , Skin Care

August 23, 2022

You Finished Treatment, Now What? A Field Guide for Cancer Survivors

Posted in: Books And Movies , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , Cancer Treatment

May 02, 2022

African American Women Need to Know More About High-Risk Breast Cancer

Posted in: Health Equity And Disparities , Stories , Cancer Treatment , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: BRCA1 , Metastatic Breast Cancer , Mbc , Health Disparities , Health Equity , Women Of Color , Minority Cancer Awareness

October 18, 2021

Review: The Breast Cancer Book

Posted in: Books And Movies , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Breast Cancer

April 23, 2021

New Advancements in Cancer Screenings Bring Hope for the Future

Posted in: XRAY , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA1 , Prostate Cancer

March 29, 2021

New Hope and Treatments for People with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Posted in: XRAY , Cancer Treatment , Caregivers
Tags: Breast Cancer , Metastatic Breast Cancer

October 13, 2020

This Cancer Ribbon is Not Pink

Posted in: XRAY , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Breast Cancer , Exercise , Metastatic Breast Cancer , Support

July 08, 2020

How to Prepare for a Mastectomy Amid COVID and Other Life Events

Posted in: COVID19 , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Previvor , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Mastectomy , COVID19

January 06, 2020

New PARP Inhibitor Approval for Pancreatic Cancer

Posted in: XRAY , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Pancreatic Cancer , PARP Inhibitor , Pancreatic Cancer Treatment , Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer

July 15, 2019

Breast Cancer Patients Need More Information on Precision Medicine, Tumor Testing and Genetics

Posted in: Cancer Treatment
Tags: Breast Cancer , Genetic Testing , Personalized Medicine , Precision Medicine , Tumor Testing , Molecular Biomarkers , Biomarker Testing , Genomic Testing , Pathology Report

April 12, 2018

PARP Inhibitors and Hereditary Cancer: What’s New?

Posted in: Research , Cancer Treatment
Tags: BRCA , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , PALB2 , Pancreatic Cancer , ATM , Gene Panel Testing , Metastatic Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer Treatment , PARP Inhibitor , Cancer Research , Advanced Breast Cancer , Inherited Mutations , Prostate Cancer Treatment , Metastatic Prostate Cancer , Cancer Targeted Therapy

February 07, 2018

Why I Chose Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer

Posted in: Men With Mutations , Cancer Treatment
Tags: BRCA2 , HBOC , Pancreatic Cancer , Cancer Research , Immunotherapy , Immunooncology , Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

October 12, 2017

Patients Weigh In On Review of PARP Inhibitors for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Ovarian Cancer , PARP Inhibitor , Patient Advocacy

July 12, 2011

Prioritizing research for metastatic hereditary cancer

Posted in: Research , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Breast Cancer , Hereditary Cancer Research , BRCA1 , Metastatic Breast Cancer