Breast cancer rates are on the rise and, today one in eight women will develop it in their lifetime. Like Peggy Zimdars, 40% of women have dense breast tissue, making them four to six times …
BCRAN Articles
Reimagining Follow Up Care for Early Stage Breast Cancer Survivors?
Neuman is the lead investigator on Remote Electronic Assessment of Survivors with Tailored Follow-up Recommendations and Survivorship Messaging (REASSURE), a new pilot study that uses surveys and other electronic methods to help patients monitor their …
Seeking to Understand Long-Term Metastatic Breast Cancer Survival
“If we could identify people with metastatic breast cancer and say, ‘oh, you’re one of the people for whom the cancer grows so slowly that you’re likely to outlive your cancer,’ then that person may …
Alcohol and Cancer – What is Your Risk?
Medical oncologist Dr. Noelle LoConte from UW Madison explains the effect of alcohol on different parts of the body and its link to cancer and answers what people can do to reduce their personal risk …
People living with incurable cancers urge more research
See Mark Burkard’s quote in this Associated Press article. ATLANTA (AP) — Tom Smith hesitated to buy light bulbs guaranteed for up to 10 years, thinking they’d outlast him. Terry Langbaum debated filling a prescription …
Long-term cancer survivor beats odds, prompts study
After her initial diagnosis in 1978, Peg Geisler’s cancer returned and spread to her bones in 1982. A doctor told her she had a 15 percent chance of living another five years. Her story inspired …