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Republished from Psychology Today Racial discrimination adds an extra layer of stress that increases the aging process for African-American cancer patients, according to a study published in the journal Cancer. Respondents who reported higher incidences of discrimination were more likely to show signs of premature aging and frailty. This was true despite educational level, employment, or insurance coverage. Whether rich …
Originally published in Psychology Today I finished my tests—mammogram, ultrasound, fine-needle biopsy—by mid-afternoon. I’d gone in for a regular mammogram in the morning, but the doctor found a shadow. She ordered an ultrasound, which revealed the crab-like shape of cancer. She was honest, saying it likely was breast cancer, but it would be the next …
Originally published in Psychology Today I have “gone flat,” as have many women I know. That beguiling descriptor applies to breast cancer patients like me who do not have reconstruction after a mastectomy and therefore have pancake chests. After my bilateral mastectomy in 2015, I didn’t want foreign material in my body. I miss my …
The p53 protein in its natural state, sometimes called “the guardian of the genome,” is a front-line protector against cancer. But the mutant form appears in 50 percent or more of human cancers and in 80 percent of triple-negative breast cancers. It actively blocks cancer suppressors. Researchers at the University of Houston Rice University have …
I have “gone flat,” as have many women I know. That beguiling descriptor applies to breast cancer patients like me who do not have reconstruction after a mastectomy and therefore have pancake chests. After my bilateral mastectomy in 2015, I didn’t want foreign material in my body. I miss my breasts, no doubt about it. In …
Readers in the UK: Here’s your chance to participate in research through King’s College London on the psychological effects of breast cancer, and how to build resilience through online participation. From the news release: Worrying (thinking about how things might go badly in the future), is normal from time to time, but for most …
A news release from the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center. Genetic modifier HDAC6 was found to control tumor growth and halt metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer in vivo, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer Research by investigators at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center. Immunotherapy – the use of drugs …
Some good information here (OncLive) about TNBC and CDK4/6 Inhibitors, especially clarifying the different types of TNBC. Scroll toward the bottom of the article. An excerpt, from Ruth O’Regan, MD. chief of the Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care within the Department of Medicine and associate director of Clinical Research at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer …
I had thought I was doing a decent job managing the stress of the pandemic, social unrest, my cancer advocacy and concerns, economic instability, the climate crisis, and everything that is 2020. I wasn’t. Here’s how nature helped and how it might help you too. Double rainbow on the ridge opposite my deck. A deep sigh …
From a News Release from ChristianaCare’s Cawley Center for Translational Cancer Research While radiation is successfully used to treat breast cancer by killing cancer cells, inflammation caused as a side-effect of radiation can have a contrary effect by promoting the survival of triple-negative breast cancer cells, according to research published online in the International Journal of Radiation Biology by …