Breast Cancer

Georgia Bulldog fans showed support over the weekend for their opponent's coach, Blake Anderson, football coach for Arkansas State. Anderson's wife, Wendy, passed away from breast cancer last month after a two-year battle. After taking a leave of absence after his wife died, Anderson came back to coaching last week. The Bulldog crowd hosted a 'pink out' to honor Wendy at their game on Saturday. A Bulldogs Fighting Breast Cancer Twitter account started the movement and posted

Fall is in the air, school started again, you’re back on a normal schedule and your day-to-day life has kicked back into full gear. Many of you are ramping up to your busiest time of the year. As you see more people day-to-day, you have more opportunities to talk about what’s important to you and your business.   When it comes to marketing or awareness of an issue or product, word of mouth, recommendations and customer reviews continue to dominate and be one of the most trustworthy

Regular mammograms are the best way to detect breast cancer early. But if your mammogram report says that you have dense breast tissue, you may be wondering what that means.  Women who have dense breast tissue seem to have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer compared to women with less dense breast tissue. It’s unclear at this time why dense breast tissue is linked to breast cancer risk. We do know that dense breast tissue makes it harder for radiologists to see cancer. On mammograms,

September is National Yoga Awareness Month. Yoga can be beneficial for anyone, including cancer patients. Yoga is a combination of postures, breathing, meditation, bodyweight strength training and stretching. It is not considered a religious practice but rather a philosophy of creating an internal environment that promotes health and vitality. There are eight different types of yoga, including ashtanga, hot yoga, vinyasa, and hatha yoga. Hatha yoga incorporates slow, gentle movements along with breathing.  The

A recent research study recently found that home-based exercise and/or weight loss intervention failed to improve breast cancer-related lymphedema outcomes among breast cancer survivors who are overweight. The study was conducted by Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH, professor in the department of public health sciences and in the department of physical medicne and rehabilitation at Penn State Cancer Institute and hypothesized that combining weight loss and exercise would achieve the greatest reduction

HER2 stands for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. It can refer to either the HER2 gene or protein HER2. HER2 proteins are receptors that sit on the surface of breast cells and usually help control the growth and repair of healthy breast tissue.  If the HER2 gene becomes faulty and starts making multiple copies of itself, it results in an overproduction of HER2 proteins on the surface of the breast cells and can result in HER2-positive cancer. HER2-negative breast cancer can

A new study conducted by the University of Kentucky examined breast cancer survivors' experiences with communicating with their oncology team about employment and work issues.  Published in the Journal of Cancer Education, the study leaders conducted 24 qualitative interviews with Kentucky breast cancer survivors who were working 30 hours per week or more at the time of diagnosis. More than 70 percent of those interviewed reported no communication or only routine communication with their

The Let Her Decide team continues to push for additional cosponsors to the Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act every day. When we meet or talk with legislators, many of them ask about other organizations that support this legislation, which would show broad support among industry groups. Because of this ask, it is incredibly important that any size organizations, whether large or small, support the Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act. The more support and activity we can drive to this legislation,

Julia Louis-Dreyfus recently finished production on the final season of her show, Veep. Production was postponed when she was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer in September 2017. Louis-Dreyfus underwent six rounds of chemotherapy and a double mastectomy with reconstruction. Just over a year later, she announced she was in remission.  The experience has opened her eyes to the importance of affordable health care. “I think it’s an important conversation to have

A new study suggests that red meat consumption may increase the risk of breast cancer, whereas poultry consumption may protect against breast cancer risk.  Researchers followed the meat and cooking practices of over 42,000 women for an average of 7.6 years. During follow-up, approximately 1,500 breast cancers were diagnosed. Women with the highest amount of red meat consumption had a 23% higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who consumed the lowest amount of red meat. Women who