I started chemo a week after giving birth

PiNK 2021 Winter Issue When writer Laura Pearson was diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy, she felt so isolated and feared for her unborn child. “I found a lump in my breast on the day of my 20-week scan,” says Laura, 39, who was pregnant with her second child. After a visit to the GP […]

Good News for Women With Breast Cancer: Many Don’t Need Chemo

By DENISE GRADY | THE NEW YORK TIMES Many women with early-stage forms of the disease can forego chemo, based on a test that measures the activity of genes involved in breast cancer recurrence. Many women with early-stage breast cancer who would receive chemotherapy under current standards do not actually need it, according to a […]

Good News for Women With Breast Cancer: Many Don’t Need Chemo

Good News for Women With Breast Cancer: Many Don’t Need Chemo Many women with early-stage forms of the disease can forego chemo, based on a test that measures the activity of genes involved in breast cancer recurrence. DENISE GRADY | THE NEW YORK TIMES Many women with early-stage breast cancer who would receive chemotherapy under […]

Avoiding Weight Gain After Breast Cancer

Excess weight can be an unwanted side effect of chemotherapy, but it doesn’t have to be. By Beth W. Orenstein Reviewed by Judy Mouchawar, MD, MSPH | everydayHEALTH Breast cancer survivors with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer gained more weight within five years of treatment than women who didn’t have the disease, […]