Tag: cancer
These items have all been tagged with the tag "cancer", You can see other tags in the Tag CloudA study by scientists at Rutgers University in New Jersey suggests that the presence of fat in the body could send wrong signals to sick body cells, preventing the body's inbuilt system for destroying damaged cells. The study results would suggest that it is possible that fat reduction, by dieting or liposuction might offer preventative benefits in combating cancer.
In what is believed to be a medical first, a medical team performed flap breast reconstruction surgery on a Pennsylvania woman using tissue donated by her identical twin. The team were led during the 7 hour procedure on October 17th by Robert J. Allen and James E. Craigie, reconstructive microsurgeons at The Center for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction in Charlestown, S.C.
Higher complications associated with obesity suggest that overweight patients who have undergone a mastectomy procedure should reduce their body weight before undergoing breast reconstruction surgery.
New research indicates that greater options are now available for treating breast cancer in women with breast implants. Although the number of breast augmentation procedures has increased dramatically in recent years, the most likely option in treating breast cancer remained a mastectomy for women with implants.
A new study of Canadian women indicates that patients with breast implants, while not facing any increase in cancer or other diseases, appear to show a higher than average risk of suicide. Of the 40,000 patients in the study, women who'd received cosmetic breast augmentation surgery had a lower risk of dying from breast cancer.
Studies are showing that not all breast cancer survivors are taking the proper post cancer health precautions that doctors recommend. Of every 100,000 women in the United States, there are currently 815 who are breast cancer survivors. Health professionals are emphasizing the importance of the check up mammogram, following recovery from breast cancer to ensure that the cancer has not metastasized and is still remaining in remission.
Dr. Jeanne S. Mandelblatt of the Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington D.C. recently pioneered an extensive study of breast cancer survivors to determine their post cancer health care habits. For the study, 558 women were asked to keep a diary of their health care for one year following their recovery from cancer. Of these women, 391 produced the diary, revealing that on average women received healthcare approximately 30 times the year following the breast cancer. The most costly expenses found in the diary were medical visits, which comprised a large percentage of the average $1,800 spent on health care.
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