Taking Control of Your Breast Cancer Journey
Guest post by Trisha Torrey Every Patient’s Advocate As a breast cancer patient, you probably feel like you spend far more time with your doctor, or being tested or treated, than anything else you do. It can be overwhelming, scary, and exhausting, and can make you feel totally out of control of your life and […]
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The Global Impact of Breast Cancer
On: Jan 22, 2015
By: bcsmadmin
On Monday, January 26, 2015, Dr. Julie Gralow, Director of Breast Medical Oncology at the University of Washington and Dr. Ophira Ginsburg, a medical oncologist at the University of Toronto will join us to talk about breast cancer’s global impact. DID YOU KNOW? – Nearly 2 million women are diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer […]
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Increasing Mastectomy Rates: Science vs. Personal Choice
On: Jan 19, 2015
By: bcsmadmin
This past weekend, I gave a talk at the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting – the title of the talk was Increasing Mastectomy Rates – Science vs. Personal Choice. There is a tremendous amount of literature documenting the increasing mastectomy rates. The talk focused on women with early stage […]
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Happy 2015!
On: Jan 2, 2015
By: DrAttai
Happy New Year to the #BCSM Community! We will be resuming our weekly tweetchats on Monday January 12th at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. The topic will be the New Year itself. Do you make resolutions or set goals? If so – please share! Do you have “3 words” to inspire and guide you through […]
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Patient Input Requested – Increasing Mastectomy Rates
On: Dec 29, 2014
By: DrAttai
On Saturday January 17th, I will be giving a talk at the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting – the title of the talk is: Increasing Mastectomy Rates – Science vs. Personal Choice. There is a tremendous amount of literature documenting the increasing mastectomy rates – the focus of the […]
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