There are many partially answered questions about the best ways to do things in breast oncology. Several questions had great answers provided at this year’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Below is the newest information on how long to … Continue reading
Hearing presentations at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) is kind of like watching your friend’s children grow up in their annual Christmas cards. An idea will show up one year as a single presentation. If it’s a good … Continue reading
According to a new law in California, radiologists who read mammograms will soon need to inform patients if their breasts are dense as seen with the mammograms. The reason is that breast cancer occurs more often in women with dense … Continue reading
MRI is the most sensitive technology currently available to detect breast cancer. However, in a situation akin to the proverbial million-dollar “hammer” where everything starts to look like a nail, there is a temptation to think of MRI as the … Continue reading
A group of doctors at Stanford Medical School has done us the favor of reviewing 237 research studies that looked for possible benefits of organic foods. It’s a great article, but my first reaction concerns the title, “Are Organic Foods … Continue reading
Vitamin-D, that is… Several weeks ago there was a newspaper report that a specific change (technically called a polymorphism) in the gene for the vitamin-D receptor (VDR) was almost twice as common in women at high risk for breast cancer … Continue reading
When I return from breast cancer meetings, I am often asked, “What’s new?” Sometimes there is a spectacular new treatment. At other times, there is new information that has not yet led to new treatments, but the information still raises … Continue reading
The San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times recently reported research that taking calcium supplements might increase the risk of heart attack. The most recent study in Germany and Switzerland recorded calcium supplements used by 23,980 women without prior … Continue reading
“The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it lacks scientific information to ban the chemical bisphenol A from food containers.” Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2012 “…FDA supports reasonable steps to reduce exposure of infants to BPA in the … Continue reading
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