As we advance in modern day medical breakthroughs we are finding more information about what works best for breast cancer treatment. It is now understood through breast cancer research that a large factor in a woman's risk of getting breast cancer is her ancestry and hormonal history. While this is important information we know that the reason women get cancer is not strictly hereditary. We cannot do anything about who our mom and dad are or where they came from but we can take other precautions to guard against this disease. We are, however, using this information to discover the most effective type of chemotherapy and other protocols for [Read More]

Did any of us ever expect that computers and phones would help with our breast cancer therapy? There is now a tool called telemedicine that can greatly help us get the best treatment for breast cancer possible. Telemedicine allows cancer doctors and treatment teams to consult with each other by sending information vital to the healing of complex cancer situations. This is done through the Internet and newer technology phones through special telemedicine devices. Pictures and details can be sent to specialists that have more experience in certain cancer specialties for more information so the chemotherapy and other protocols can be applied toward the cancer free goal. Breaat [Read More]

Our world offers so many more options for breast cancer therapy than ever before in time. Just a few decades ago if a woman was diagnosed with breast cancer her first breast cancer treatment was to have her complete breast removed with all the lymph nodes. Then she automatically underwent extensive chemotherapy treatments. She had no voice in the situation whatsoever. She was told, "It is either we do this or you die". Those times seem like the dark ages now because so much has changed in the medical industry and in our personal mindset. It is still common for a woman to want the cancer out of her body right away. There is nothing hard to u [Read More]