Cancer Research and Medical Updates
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Talking About Life (and Death), With or Without a Diagnosis
“Choose life,” we’re reminded in the book of Deuteronomy. What does it mean to choose life these days? Researching treatment…
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Genetic vs. Biomarker Testing in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know?
How these tests can help create a treatment plan that’s right for you Navigating Your Diagnosis Being diagnosed with early-stage…
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Finding Myself Again: How Supportive Oncology Saved Me
If I lost myself in cancer, then I rediscovered myself in Supportive Oncology… Eight years ago at the age of…
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Supportive Care in Oncology: Meeting Cancer with Compassion
“How am I supposed to live my life now?” This question came from a patient I care for—someone diagnosed with…
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Diagnosed with ovarian cancer? Educate yourself with the Biomarker Boost
All the information, decisions, and emotions that come along with an ovarian cancer diagnosis can be a lot to process.…
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You Are Not Alone: The Power of Support During a Cancer Diagnosis
A few months ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, a moment that changed my life forever.More importantly, I want…
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How Biomarker Testing Changed my Cancer Treatment Plan
On November 30th, 2020 my world was turned upside down. On that evening I received a phone call from my…
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Looking on the Bright Side
I had a mammogram in the fall of 2021 that indicated I needed a breast ultrasound. Everything looked okay, but…
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Learning the ABCs of ADCs: A treatment option for ovarian cancer and breast cancer
If you’re facing ovarian cancer or breast cancer, you’re likely to come across many treatments and medical terms. ADCs,…
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Perspective of a Jewish Oncologist
While patients most certainly do not “choose” their disease, I have chosen to care for cancer patients. As a physician,…
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Biomarker & Genetic Testing: What You Should Know
If you or someone you love has been recently diagnosed with cancer, you’ve probably seen the terms biomarker and genetic…
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Radiation Therapy: What You Need to Know
Approximately 50% of cancer patients need radiation treatment. It is important to be informed before this stage of your treatment. …
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Triple Negative But Always Positive
After two weeks of sporadic nipple pain and an email from my boss reminding everyone to be on top of…
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A Beginners Guide to HER2 Breast Cancer from Start to Finish
Breast cancer is a complex disease with different subtypes, and HER2-positive breast cancer is one of them. This type of…
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HER2low And What You Need To Know
HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) is a protein present in normal cells that helps to regulate cell growth…
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Advancement in HER2+ Treaments
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 at the age of 32. I had just finished breastfeeding my second…
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Top 10 things you should know about breast cancer and ovarian cancer screening and cancer genetics
Ovarian Cancer There is no reliable way to screen for ovarian cancer that finds it early enough to change the…
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Leaving a Legacy of Decreased Lifetime Cancer Risk
I was newly married when I learned about my BRCA1 mutation, after my mother’s Ovarian Cancer diagnosis. We planned to…
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What does it mean if my breast cancer is HER2 positive?
HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) is a protein present in normal cells that helps to regulate cell growth…
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Transformative Trials at Holy Name Lead to Breakthrough Therapies, Improving the Lives of Women with Complex Cancers
Holy Name Cancer Care critical in the development of new treatments for advanced ovarian and endometrial cancers The past decade…
