The University of Pittsburgh’s Dr. Bernard Fisher, a surgeon whose research led to a transformation for how breast cancer would be treated, ending the routine use of debilitating radical mastectomy, died this past Wednesday. He was 101. Dr. Fisher conducted many...
Dr. Vandana Abramson makes Breast Cancer Awareness Month every month. Employed by Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Dr. Abramson has helped 3,000 women and about 10 men fight breast cancer since 2009. She prides herself on being “All-encompassing” and participates in...
Between 2012 and 2016, there were 13,064 new cases of female breast cancer in Nassau and Suffolk counties, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In response, New York State and Long Island healthcare systems continue to raise the bar in...
Andrea Greer was diagnosed with breast cancer at 40. A mom of two already intensely valued family—it become more valuable knowing days could be numbered. She received a lumpectomy at University of Missouri Health Care Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. Additionally, as the...
A recent Kaiser Permanente Research study, across 21 Kaiser sites in Northern California, reinforces a growing movement toward sending mastectomy patients home just hours after surgery. The New Trend: Mastectomy Becomes a Day Procedure The Santa Rosa Press...
A cross-departmental team from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana have made a breakthrough discover in cancer research. The discovery is sought to explain how breast cancer spreads to the bone. The effort was led by Laurie Littlepage at the Harper...
