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BRCA 1 and 2- What Does It All Mean??
Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Emw; Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Doctor: “You have perfectly healthy breasts with no signs of cancer.” Patient: “I’d like you to remove them anyway.” As...
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Mammograms and the Several Types of Mastectomies
After a mastectomy, there has to be an upside. Of course, removing a deadly cancer can be one of them. So can saying, “I don’t have to go through an annual mammogram anymore!” That’s mostly right....
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Mammography “IF” Fear #23: Does Cancer Mean Losing a Breast?
Title: 71. breast cancer recurrence http://goo.gl/MWruF by TipsTimes (via Flickr) Copyright Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) Many women face their annual screening mammogram with a...
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Breast Cancer Medications for High Risk Women: Are You a Candidate?
Photo credit: Pills here by Robson# via Flickr Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic When it comes to your breast health, there are several points you may notice we try to drive home:...
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Imaging After Breast Cancer
Our mantra is: yearly screening mammograms for all women over 40 with breasts. We have not discussed in any detail times when imaging is required after a breast cancer diagnosis or after surgery. There...
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BRCA and Double Mastectomies
BRCA1 de by Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck via Wikimedia Commons Copyright Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported The news media pretty thoroughly covered the news of Angelina Jolie’s breasts...
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The Other Breast Cancer Gene: PALB2
Genetics, family history and breast cancer risk – now there’s a complicated subject. Much has been reported on the more common BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations and their associated risks, but other...
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Question of the Day: Should All Women Be Tested for BRCA Mutations?
Is genetic testing for breast cancer for everyone? The truthful answer is we don’t know – at least not yet. But some of the brightest minds in science are stepping up to start the conversation....
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Bilateral Mastectomy: Be Not Afraid
There’s a difference between fear and caution. As radiologists we practice caution and do our best to alleviate fears. For women who have had cancer in one breast, there is a fear that it can occur...
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