With just a few days left in October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness month, I thought I’d take some time to reflect on life beyond pink ribbons, pink balloons and pink t-shirts. For some women, October 2012 is the month they were diagnosed with breast cancer. This month, I have seen several newly diagnosed patients. As Read more
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You are a medical oncologist practicing in 2025 and your patient schedule for this sunny October morning includes two patients who present with different challenges. Improvements in cancer genomics have changed how physicians assess risk and how they diagnose and treat cancer. The first patient is a 60-year-old man with prostate cancer that was identified Read more
The Doctor’s Tablet Editors talked to the lead author of a paper in the journal Cancer that suggests a link between being overweight and the risk of breast cancer recurrence, to better understand what this means for women with estrogren-receptor positive breast cancer – and their doctors. A provocative paper published online this week in the journal Cancer shows Read more
It is rare in the career of a medical researcher that his or her work makes a big difference. Most advances are small and incremental. But on infrequent occasions, the work of an individual or a group of individuals can change clinical practice or public policy. This is one of those instances. On June 8 Read more
A lot of time and money was just spent on Mother’s Day. The yearly ritual of “mom fever” means picking out fancy presents such as exotic flower arrangements, sparkling gemstones or free passes to a trendy spa. But the sad truth for many women I see as patients is that material gifts are often what Read more
Editor’s Note: On Saturday, May 5, 2012 Alyson Moadel, Ph.D. participated in the 15th Annual EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in Times Square. Find out more about the walk and Alyson’s participation at the end of this blog. When I was seven, my mother, Nancy Selden, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was 31 years old. I was Read more
