Breast Cancer

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I have a dear one who is diagnosed with DCIS and will need surgery and radiation. Anyone have any good survivor stories.

My friends sister has breast cancer and their mother died of cancer.
 
my mom survived all that and has been cancer free for 6 years now.....grandmother in law got it in her 30's.....lived till she was 80......
 
my mom had breast cancer at 46. She's 72 now.

DCIS is the most common form of non-invasive cancer. That means it doesn't metastasize quickly.

I wish your friend a long life to come.
 
Hello Friends..........

1. You should be more active. A recent Norwegian study discovered that women who exercised on a regular basis cut their breast cancer risk by 72 percent.

2. You should eat more unrefined seed foods. They all contain phytoestrogens. If you eat foods rich in these elements, you are 4 times less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer. You should consume whole grains, beans, nuts, edible seeds, fruits and vegetables with their seeds.

3. You should eat less vegetable oil and increase the consumption of animal fat and dairy products. Consume yogurt, cheese, milk, butter, and olive oil on a daily basis, and eat meat from time to time.

4. You should eat less tofu and soy beverage. The isoflavone found in soy causes breast cancer cells to grow rapidly. On the other hand, eat more miso and tamari. Studies have found that they are very effective in preventing cancer.

5. You should eat foods rich in antioxidants. At the same time, avoid supplements of vitamins E and C. It was discovered that supplements increase breast cancer risk. Eat five to seven servings of dark green and bright red/orange foods every day.

Thanks
 
Men get breast cancer too...

Kenyan Men With Breast Cancer Fight Disease, Stigma
October 01, 2015 — For a long time, Kenyan men fighting breast cancer have hidden their condition, embarrassed they are fighting a disease associated with women. Now, some doctors and patients are coming out and talking about the disease, in hopes of reducing the stigma.
Samuel Wachira is seated on a bench at the Kenyatta National Hospital's Oncology department. He is waiting for a file that belongs to his 78-year-old father, who is receiving chemotherapy. His father, James Njuguna, started feeling sick in early 2014. They had to visit several hospitals before doctors at Kenyatta finally made the correct diagnosis, breast cancer. “We started moving from hospital to hospital from August, it took us six months to be diagnosed with cancer but good enough it was diagnosed at stage one. But after treatment here at Kenyatta we are getting very positive results,” Wachira recalled.

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A patient accompanied by a visitor is seen walking inside Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. According to the country’s Ministry of Health, every year about 41,000 new cases are diagnosed in Kenya every year.
A 'woman's disease'

Wachira said upon diagnosis, he and his father felt the stigma. Most people talked about breast cancer being a woman's disease, he said, and were afraid of not just of the disease, but of the family depending on them financially. But Wachira said breast cancer is just like any other disease. “Most of the people will desert you because they feel you will be asking for help. Very few people will be close to you if they hear you have a cancer patient. They should not be ashamed. It is just like any disease and anyone can get cancer,” he said.

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Doctors are seen operating on a cancer patient at a Nairobi hospital. According to health officials, most cancer cases in Kenya are diagnosed only at an advanced stage.

Dr. Andrew Odhiambo, an oncologist at Kenyatta Hospital, said breast cancer in men is rare, but does exist. “About one percent of all breast cancers will be in males and in some regions it is even less, even up to 0.5 percent, so for every 100 cases of breast cancer diagnosed, you might tumble upon one who is a male,” he explained. Odhiambo said early detection in Kenya is hard, especially outside the cities. “To make a diagnosis of cancer, especially if you are coming from the rural areas, the diagnostic capability is poor all through so that will affect both males and females the same," he said. "But it is true that most physicians will not imagine that a male could have breast cancer and therefore will be treated for fungal infections, boils and other diseases until it starts to look ugly."

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Link found between gum disease and breast cancer...

Link found between gum disease, risk for breast cancer
Dec. 21, 2015 - Smoking history, even for women who quit 20 years before the study, was shown to significantly increase the risk for breast cancer in women with gum disease.
Postmenopausal women with gum disease are more likely to develop breast cancer, and face increased risk if they have a history of smoking, according to a new study. Previous research has linked periodontal disease to heart disease, stroke and diabetes -- as well as oral, esophageal, head, neck, pancreatic, and lung cancers -- inspiring researchers to investigate the potential link to breast cancer as well.

The effects of smoking on gum disease have been shown in several previous studies as well, researchers said, which led to expectations for smoking history to have an effect on the risk. "If we can study periodontal disease and breast cancer in other populations, and if we can do more detailed study of the characteristics of the periodontal disease, it would help us understand if there is a relationship," said Dr. Jo Freudenheim, a professor at the University at Buffalo, in a press release. "There is still much to understand about the role, if any, of oral bacteria and breast cancer."

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Gum disease has previously been linked to higher risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, as well as several forms of cancer.​

The researchers reviewed health records for 73,737 women without breast cancer who'd been followed as part of the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. Of the women, 26.1 percent had gum disease. After a mean follow-up of 6.7 years, researchers found 2,124 were diagnosed with breast cancer. The researchers reported breast cancer risk was 14 percent higher among women with gum disease.

Women with gum disease who had never smoked, or quit smoking more than 20 years before the study, had a 6 and 8 percent higher risk of breast cancer. Women with gum disease who had quit smoking in the previous 20 years had a 36 percent higher risk of breast cancer, and women who were smoking at the time of the study had a 32 percent higher risk. The researchers said the long-term influence of smoking, even if a person has quit, is well known because of changes to bacteria that have been seen in current and former smokers. The study is published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.

Link found between gum disease, risk for breast cancer
 
Granny says she still gonna take a occasional nip fer 'medicinal purposes'...

Alcohol Increases, Exercise Decreases Breast Cancer Risk
May 23, 2017 - One of the largest cancer prevention studies of its kind to date reached a sobering conclusion. Just one alcoholic drink per day can increase the risk of breast cancer in women. But researchers also concluded there are things women can do to decrease their risk of breast cancer.
The study by the American Institute for Cancer Research was a review of 119 prior studies involving 12 million women, 260,000 of who had developed breast cancer. Lead author Anne McTiernan is a cancer prevention expert at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

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Fitness enthusiasts run through dance exercises as they work out at Tropical Park in Miami, Florida.​

In 10 of the studies involving 4,000 women of childbearing age who developed breast cancer, McTiernan said investigators uncovered a connection between alcohol consumption and increased risk of breast cancer. “We found that those women who drank an average of just 10 grams of alcohol a day had a five percent increased risk of breast cancer. So, five percent is a small amount but it was statistically significant so it gives us more confidence that it’s probably real,” said McTiernan. She noted, “Ten grams of alcohol is like a small glass of wine.”

In another subset of studies involving 35,000 post-menopausal women who developed breast cancer, McTiernan said alcohol was found to be a greater risk factor. According to McTiernan, “We found that there was a nine percent increased risk of drinking that same amount of alcohol, drinking 10 grams per day of alcohol. Again, small glass of wine, eight ounce of beer, one ounce of hard liquor.” McTiernan said the World Health Organization considers alcohol a carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent. It contains a metabolite called acetaldehyde that is damaging to DNA, according to McTiernan.

Lowering risk

See also:

Low-dose Aspirin Might Reduce Risk of Most-common Breast Cancer
May 02, 2017 - Low-dose aspirin might help fend off breast cancer, according to a new study.
Researchers at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center noted an overall 16 percent reduction in breast-cancer risk among the 57,000 women who took an 81-milligram dose of aspirin three or more times a week. The most striking finding, according to researchers, was the effect the aspirin had on the most common form of breast cancer, known as estrogen or progesterone receptor positive HER2-negative breast cancer. The risk of developing that subtype was reduced by 20 percent.

The participants, part of the California Teachers Study that began in 1995, filled out questionnaires that included their exercise, smoking and drinking habits, family history of cancer and medications they took, including hormone replacement therapy. By 2013, almost 1,500 women reported having developed invasive breast cancer. The reduction in breast cancer risk in the City of Hope study was seen in comparison to the results of other large studies investigating the possible benefits of higher-dose aspirin and other painkillers. The study's findings were published online in the journal Breast Cancer Research.

Investigators did not see a breast-cancer risk reduction among women who took regular-strength aspirin or other types of painkillers. They said that may be because some women only took the aspirin occasionally, for pain relief. Low-dose aspirin taken regularly has been linked to other health benefits, including reductions in the risk of heart disease and colon cancer. Investigators in the latest study only found an association, not a causal link, between the use of baby aspirin and a reduced risk of breast cancer.

Researchers noted aspirin reduces inflammation, which plays a role in the initiation of disease. They also said the painkiller is a mild aromatase inhibitor. Aromatase inhibitors reduce the amount of the female hormone estrogen circulating in the bloodstream, which fuels breast tumors, so they are used to treat some forms of breast cancer in post-menopausal women. At this point, researchers are not recommending that women start taking low-dose aspirin to protect themselves against breast cancer. They said more research is needed showing a definite link between baby aspirin and cancer prevention.

Low-dose Aspirin Might Reduce Risk of Most-common Breast Cancer
 
Yes, the dispersal physiology of the willow (Salix) links to our post on progesterone and dispersal in the cancer cures thread. What are the transcription factors that maintain any balances in this scenario?
 
Olivia Newton-John's breast cancer returns...
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Olivia Newton-John reveals she has breast cancer again
Tue, 30 May 2017 - The Grease star's diagnosis comes 25 years after she first had the disease
Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John has revealed she has breast cancer again, 25 years after recovering from her original diagnosis. The Grease star has postponed upcoming tour dates after discovering that severe back pain she has been suffering is a result of the disease spreading to her spine. The 68-year-old was due to perform across the US and Canada next month. She will have treatment and expects to return to the stage later in 2017.

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As well as having a career spanning over 45 years, Newton-John is a health and environmental activist[/img]​

Last week, the four-time Grammy award winner cancelled planned meet-and-greet events for the upcoming tour dates due to "severe back pain". A statement on Tuesday said: "The back pain that initially caused her to postpone the first half of her concert tour, has turned out to be breast cancer that has metastasized to the sacrum. "In addition to natural wellness therapies, Olivia will complete a short course of photon radiation therapy and is confident she will be back later in the year, better than ever, to celebrate her shows."

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Singer Olivia Newton-John attends the 50th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on 2 November 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.​

After surviving her initial cancer diagnosis in 1992, Newton-John became a prominent campaigner for others facing the disease, as well as on other health issues. She set up the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness research centre in Melbourne, Australia. It was partially funded by a sponsored walk along the Great Wall of China, aided by celebrity friends including Sir Cliff Richard and Joan Rivers. Tuesday's statement advised ticket holders for her upcoming concerts to contact the venue about refunds.

Olivia Newton-John reveals she has breast cancer again - BBC News

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Proton beam cancer therapy 'effective with fewer side effects'
30 January 2016 - A cancer treatment at the centre of an NHS controversy in 2014 causes fewer side effects in children than conventional radiotherapy, according to new research.
The study, published in The Lancet Oncology, suggests proton beam therapy is as effective as other treatments. Researchers looked at 59 patients aged between three and 21 from 2003 to 2009. In 2014 the parents of Ashya King took him out of hospital in Hampshire to get the treatment abroad. Their actions led to a police operation to find them. Ashya, who was five at the time of his treatment, is now cancer free, his family said last year.

'Acceptable toxicity'

All the patients who took part in the study, led by Dr Torunn Yock from the Massachusetts General Hospital in the US, had the most common kind of malignant brain tumour in children, known as medulloblastoma. After five years, their survival rate was similar to that of patients treated with conventional X-ray radiotherapy, but there were fewer side effects to the heart and lungs, the study found.

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Ashya King left the UK to have proton beam therapy in the Czech Republic​

Dr Yock told BBC Radio 5 live: "The major finding is that proton therapy is as effective as photon therapy [conventional X-ray radiotherapy] in curing these patients and what is also very exciting is that it is maintaining these high rates of cure but doing so with less late toxicity, which has dramatic quality of life improvements."

The paper said: "Proton radiotherapy resulted in acceptable toxicity and had similar survival outcomes to those noted with conventional radiotherapy, suggesting that the use of the treatment may be an alternative to photon-based treatments."

What is proton beam therapy?
 
What we have for Salix links to Alpinia:

'Silver (Ag)

Woody angiosperms have about 0.06 ppm, but plants growing near silver ores have more.

Equisetum 0.23 ppm even when in soils not evidently mettaliferous.

Salix species (Salicaceae) 0.28 ppm

Erigonum ovalifolium (has been used as an indicator of Ag in Montana, says Cannon (1960)

Gold (Au)

Equisetum 0.00045 ppm

Populus (Salicaceae) 0.02 ppm

Indicator plants for gold are said to include:

Cecropia species

Typha species

Alpinia speciosa.'
(Gibbs, Chenotaxonomy of Flowerinbg Plants)
 
For estrogen balance, we suggest that Olivia Newton-John could become a world model just as surely as anyone else, precisely because there are clues:

Estrogenic Activity / Picea
Estrogenic activity of 7-hydroxymatairesinol potassium acetate (HMR/lignan) from Norway spruce (Picea abies) knots and of its active metabolite ent... - PubMed - NCBI

Alaska / Salix / Picea
A foundation of ecology rediscovered: 100 years of succession on the William S. Cooper plots in Glacier Bay, Alaska. - PubMed - NCBI
'....Where Salix dominates, there is no establishment of "later" successional species such as Picea.'
 
Granny says she still gonna take a occasional nip fer 'medicinal purposes'...

Alcohol Increases, Exercise Decreases Breast Cancer Risk
May 23, 2017 - One of the largest cancer prevention studies of its kind to date reached a sobering conclusion. Just one alcoholic drink per day can increase the risk of breast cancer in women. But researchers also concluded there are things women can do to decrease their risk of breast cancer.
The study by the American Institute for Cancer Research was a review of 119 prior studies involving 12 million women, 260,000 of who had developed breast cancer. Lead author Anne McTiernan is a cancer prevention expert at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

980A611B-CF70-4303-9F31-BF69024C7C1C_w650_r0_s.jpg

Fitness enthusiasts run through dance exercises as they work out at Tropical Park in Miami, Florida.​

In 10 of the studies involving 4,000 women of childbearing age who developed breast cancer, McTiernan said investigators uncovered a connection between alcohol consumption and increased risk of breast cancer. “We found that those women who drank an average of just 10 grams of alcohol a day had a five percent increased risk of breast cancer. So, five percent is a small amount but it was statistically significant so it gives us more confidence that it’s probably real,” said McTiernan. She noted, “Ten grams of alcohol is like a small glass of wine.”

In another subset of studies involving 35,000 post-menopausal women who developed breast cancer, McTiernan said alcohol was found to be a greater risk factor. According to McTiernan, “We found that there was a nine percent increased risk of drinking that same amount of alcohol, drinking 10 grams per day of alcohol. Again, small glass of wine, eight ounce of beer, one ounce of hard liquor.” McTiernan said the World Health Organization considers alcohol a carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent. It contains a metabolite called acetaldehyde that is damaging to DNA, according to McTiernan.

Lowering risk

See also:

Low-dose Aspirin Might Reduce Risk of Most-common Breast Cancer
May 02, 2017 - Low-dose aspirin might help fend off breast cancer, according to a new study.
Researchers at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center noted an overall 16 percent reduction in breast-cancer risk among the 57,000 women who took an 81-milligram dose of aspirin three or more times a week. The most striking finding, according to researchers, was the effect the aspirin had on the most common form of breast cancer, known as estrogen or progesterone receptor positive HER2-negative breast cancer. The risk of developing that subtype was reduced by 20 percent.

The participants, part of the California Teachers Study that began in 1995, filled out questionnaires that included their exercise, smoking and drinking habits, family history of cancer and medications they took, including hormone replacement therapy. By 2013, almost 1,500 women reported having developed invasive breast cancer. The reduction in breast cancer risk in the City of Hope study was seen in comparison to the results of other large studies investigating the possible benefits of higher-dose aspirin and other painkillers. The study's findings were published online in the journal Breast Cancer Research.

Investigators did not see a breast-cancer risk reduction among women who took regular-strength aspirin or other types of painkillers. They said that may be because some women only took the aspirin occasionally, for pain relief. Low-dose aspirin taken regularly has been linked to other health benefits, including reductions in the risk of heart disease and colon cancer. Investigators in the latest study only found an association, not a causal link, between the use of baby aspirin and a reduced risk of breast cancer.

Researchers noted aspirin reduces inflammation, which plays a role in the initiation of disease. They also said the painkiller is a mild aromatase inhibitor. Aromatase inhibitors reduce the amount of the female hormone estrogen circulating in the bloodstream, which fuels breast tumors, so they are used to treat some forms of breast cancer in post-menopausal women. At this point, researchers are not recommending that women start taking low-dose aspirin to protect themselves against breast cancer. They said more research is needed showing a definite link between baby aspirin and cancer prevention.

Low-dose Aspirin Might Reduce Risk of Most-common Breast Cancer
This O/P has been banned for a long time waltky .

Maybe you should think about new threads.
 
What we have for Salix links to Alpinia:

'Silver (Ag)

Woody angiosperms have about 0.06 ppm, but plants growing near silver ores have more.

Equisetum 0.23 ppm even when in soils not evidently mettaliferous.

Salix species (Salicaceae) 0.28 ppm

Erigonum ovalifolium (has been used as an indicator of Ag in Montana, says Cannon (1960)

Gold (Au)

Equisetum 0.00045 ppm

Populus (Salicaceae) 0.02 ppm

Indicator plants for gold are said to include:

Cecropia species

Typha species

Alpinia speciosa.'
(Gibbs, Chenotaxonomy of Flowerinbg Plants)
badger2 why don't you have an avatar yet ??
 
Yiostheoy has discovered the Hebdo phenomenon. Readers have an idea of 'badger' already in their heads. No samples in the Avatar Editor? We'd rather talk about the Muslim/non-Muslim stats for breast cancer. Who may be getting their aspirin in clandestine ways?
 

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