#BCSM Blog

Clinical Trials 101

By: Alicia

In: Advocacy, BCSM Guest Post, Cancer Research, Clinical Trials, Diagnosis and Treatment, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Patient Engagement, Support Community, Survivorship

Nov 11, 2013

Clinical Trials 101 – Guest Post by Carmen Gonzalez The world of clinical research can present a hornet’s nest of almost incomprehensible clinical jargon to the average Jane or Joe. […]

Integrative Oncology with Lorenzo Cohen

On: Aug 27, 2013

By: JodyMS

In: Advocacy, Cancer Research, Diagnosis and Treatment, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Patient Engagement, Support Community, Survivorship

How can men and women affected by breast cancer use complimentary therapies to better manage their cancer experience? That’s what the inquiring minds of #BCSM wanted to know. We invited […]

What’s In A Name? Cancer – or Indolent Lesions of Epithelial Origin

On: Aug 3, 2013

By: DrAttai

In: Advocacy, Cancer Research, Diagnosis and Treatment, Patient Engagement

What’s in a name? In the case of cancer, there are myths, fears and misinformation – more than perhaps any other illness. Cancer encompasses hundreds of different diseases and each […]

Guest Post: AnneMarie on the Power of Community

On: May 23, 2013

By: BCSM

In: BCSM Guest Post, Support Community, Survivorship

We’re continuing our guest post series this week with a post from AnneMarie Ciccarella. AnneMarie talks about the power of community. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ I can barely remember what I did yesterday, […]

Endocrine Therapy Side Effects – Follow Up from ASBrS

On: May 10, 2013

By: DrAttai

In: Cancer Research, Diagnosis and Treatment, Patient Engagement, Survivorship

In May 2013, I was invited to give a talk with my colleague Dr. Carol Connor at the annual meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. Our topic was “Endocrine Therapy for Breast […]