Tag: breast cancer
member name: Marc Garnick, M.D., Harvard Medical School
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November 11, 2008 03:55 PM EST --
While there is a great deal of information about breast cancer in the lay press, there is less written about the problem of precancerous abnormalities of the breast.
What do we mean by a precancerous . . .
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November 05, 2007 11:16 AM EST --
As a practicing oncologist who recommends biopsies of various tissues on a regular basis, the following report on the benefits of hypnosis for patients undergoing cancer surgery is a welcome one. The . . .
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January 28, 2008 11:32 AM EST --
Breast cancer is one of the best examples of a cancer that is hormonally responsive. What does this mean? First, hormones are chemical substances made in one part of the body that circulate throughout . . .
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February 18, 2008 12:03 PM EST --
When a woman gets a mammogram, her doctor examines the x-ray pictures to see if the breast tissue displays characteristics that could indicate the presence of cancer. One of the dilemmas in interpreting . . .
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July 28, 2008 05:11 PM EDT --
The study reported on below by my colleague Dr. Robert Shmerling provides sobering news. It is yet another piece of evidence that brings into serious question the true value of early detection of cancer . . .
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October 15, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
Testing an individual’s DNA, or genetic material, to determine the likelihood that he or she will develop a particular disease has progressed in an almost unbelievable manner in the past ten years. . . .
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