Jenny Jones, an Australian woman, who was diagnosed breast cancer, consumed breast-milk daily 400ml dose from an anonymous donor. She believes that it is a life-saver and should be consumed by all cancer patients. She was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, i.e bone marrow cancer.
Breast milk is believed to help build immunity in new born babies. It is such a nutritional source that cannot be replaced by any other food.
Jenny Jones, 62 year old stated that , her cancer levels were "dramatic" when she was diagnosed, but after daily intake...
Monday, July 16, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Soy beans are said to be useful in breast cancer prevention , latest news suggests. According to the published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, say that women whose daily diet includes even small amount of soy, are actually preventing the breast cancer recurrence. Even if 10mg of soy isoflavones is consumed then they are reducing the recurrence of breast cancer in their lifetime to 25%. That means they are lowering the risk...
Friday, July 13, 2012
Women are scared about the upcoming breast cancer. They always are in some search for articles and news about breast cancer. They have some questions in their mind going on like, "what are the major risks of getting breast cancer?, "will I loose my physique and look of beautiful breasts?, "will I be liked and loved by my near and dear ones when they come to know about breast cancer?", etc.
The breast cancer is a type of disease that occurs one in every 8 women worldwide. They either have to undergo mastectomy or lumpectomy depending upon the...
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Women under 40 who
use estrogen to ease menopause symptoms after having their ovaries
removed do not have an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a
new study.
"Their findings do provide reassurance for the
safety of taking estrogen if a woman has had her ovaries out," said Dr.
Rowan Chlebowski, a medical oncologist at the Los Angeles Biomedical
Research Institute, who was not involved in the research. For women over
45, however, the hormone therapy is linked with a 20- to 26-percent
jump in breast cancer risk.
"When...
A blood test called the CellSearch test to predict breast cancer
Surely if there was a blood test to determine whether or not a woman had breast cancer many women could add years to their lives and in some cases their lives may be saved. But women who want to know if they have cancer shouldn’t fret any longer, because help is on the way and now there’s a blood test called the CellSearch test to predict breast cancer.
“It is currently available for metastatic breast cancer, but not for non-metastatic except in a research study setting,”...
According to a new study presented at the 2012 American Society of Breast Surgeons, Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI), also known as BSGI, is equivalent to MRI in detecting breast cancer. Although both MBI/BSGI and MRI are capable of detecting cancers missed by mammography and ultrasound, the MBI/BSGI procedure can be conducted for about 1/3 the cost of an MRI examination.In this study of 276 patients at George Washington University Hospital, the MBI/BSGI procedure was conducted with the Dilon 6800® Gamma Camera. The number of patients who underwent...
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