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Why I Chose a Double Mastectomy and Why Research Can Work Against Us
One breast or two? New research coming out of Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital Research and Innovation Institute, challenges the perceived benefits of bilateral (double) mastectomy for patients with unilateral breast cancer. The research, published in JAMA Oncology, followed 108,084 breast cancer…
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When it Comes to Breast Cancer Survival Rates is Five Years Enough?
According to data from the Canadian Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society, the five-year breast cancer survival rate for women diagnosed with breast cancer is just around 90%. It means that of women diagnosed with breast cancer, 89% of us…
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BRCA and More – Understanding Genetic Mutations and Breast Cancer
There are numerous genetic mutations associated with breast cancer. The exact number can vary depending on the criteria used to define these mutations. That said, the exact number of known mutations is not fixed. New mutations are continually being discovered through…
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Innovations in breast cancer prevention and detection that excite me (and should excite you too)
It’s too late to spare me, but I have hope that my 23-year-old daughter, 27-year-old daughter-in-law and other young women may someday be spared the trauma and hardship of a breast cancer diagnosis. Immersed in this world thanks to the advocacy…
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Breast cancer deaths globally to reach 3M+ by 2040
The Lancet’s Breast Cancer Commission, published on April 15, 2024, predicts that by 2040, the global incidence of new cases of breast cancer will be more than 3 million per year, with the greatest rise of breast cancer deaths globally in…
