Articles for Tag: "breast cancer"
- September 25, 2013
Tags: cancer care, marriage, treatment, marital status, cancer support, partner, health enews, support group, Advocate Health Care, cancer, breast cancer
A new study finds that having a partner through cancer treatment can help improve outcomes significantly.
- September 25, 2013
Tags: breast cancer, mammogram, mastectomy, Advocate Christ Medical Center, chemotherapy, double mastectomy, biopsy, oncologist, radiation
See how one breast cancer survivor kept her head high and found a new lease on life.
- September 23, 2013
Jeannine Canino-Bieda shares how her fight with breast cancer gave her life new purpose.
- September 20, 2013
Tags: Advocate Health Care, stomach cancer, liver cancer, cancer, Melody Perpich, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, kidney cancer, genetic counseling, health enews, genetic testing
Everyone wants to know what the future holds for their health. And the answer could be in your genes. Here’s what you need to know.
- September 17, 2013
Tags: cancer, genetics, breast cancer, double mastectomy, ovarian cancer, Angelina Jolie, mastectomy, BRCA2, surgery, family history, genetic counseling, breast surgery, Melody Perpich, BRCA1, health enews, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Advocate Health Care, Dr. Barry Rosen, Good Shepherd
Find out how genetic testing helped Angelina Jolie make the decision to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of cancer.
- September 16, 2013
Tags: breast cancer, cancer care, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, breast health, Dr. Heidi Memmel, Heidi Memmel, health enews, Advocate Health Care, MD
New research sheds light on why advanced cases of breast cancer are climbing in women under 40.
- September 10, 2013
Tags: Advocate Health Care, breast cancer, mammogram, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, screening, tumor, Dr. Vanessa Wear, health enews
Find out why researchers say the lives of more young women could be saved if they received mammograms sooner.