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11. How to detect colorectal cancer early
August 30, 2010
Colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer in men and women and the third leading cause of cancer deaths in Americans. In 2010, approximately 142,570 patients are estimated to be diagnosed with this malignancy, of which 102,900 are of colonic and 39,670 of rectal origins. An estimat...
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12. Is radiation exposure from mammograms dangerous?
June 03, 2010
The current recommendation is annual screening mammogram starting at age 40. It is a well known fact that screening of asymptomatic women has been accredited for the decline in mortality of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and the second leading cause of canc...
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13. What kind of radiation should you choose after lumpectomy for breast cancer?
January 24, 2010
Just a quarter of a century ago, almost all patients had mastectomy, even if their breast cancer is small. But over the past few decades, it has been demonstrated that for small cancers, lumpectomy followed by radiation treatment is just as good as mastectomy, at preventing breast cancer recurrence...
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14. Should you worry about genetic discrimination?
January 14, 2010
Sometimes, doctors may recommend to a patient to test for a specific gene for a particular disease that seems to be prevalent in that patient's family. For example, in hereditary breast cancer, two genes are commonly tested for breast cancer risk assessment. They are two tumor suppressor genes nam...
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15. Should women get mammogram at 40?
January 11, 2010
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American women. In 2009, approximately 194,280 patients were estimated to be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and 62,280 with carcinoma in situ. An estimated 40,610 would have died of th...
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16. Breast tumor markers - are they useful?
September 02, 2009
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American women. In 2009, approximately 194,280 patients are estimated to be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and 62,280 with carcinoma in situ. An estimated 40,610 will die of this disea...
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17. How to detect breast cancer
September 02, 2009
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American women. In 2009, approximately 194,280 patients are estimated to be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and 62,280 with carcinoma in situ. An estimated 40,610 will die of this disea...
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18. Breast Implant Complications
August 18, 2009
The first documented attempt to augment (enlarge) the breast happened 119 years ago. For the first 68 years, breast augmentation was attempted by direct injection with materials, including paraffin, fat, and free silicone. These attempts led to disastrous consequences including infection, hard bre...
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19. Breast MRI - Should all women get this test?
August 18, 2009
Patients often ask me: "Should I get an MRI?" (magnetic resonance imaging). The answer from me is: "Only if you need it."
Why should we NOT all get breast MRI? After all, we know that mammograms and ultrasounds do fail to pick up some breast cancers. MRI is the latest, most expensive mo...
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20. Melanoma - the warning signs!
August 18, 2009
Melanoma, the deadly skin cancer, is on the rise. In the United States in 2008, there were estimated 62,480 new cases. In the same year, 8,420 people were predicted to die from this cancer. Melanoma is the #6 most common malignancy in men and #7 most common in women. The ethnicity of melanoma is...
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