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According to the Johns Hopkins Medical Center: “Forty percent of diagnosed breast cancers are detected by women who feel a lump, so establishing a regular breast self-exam is very important”.
* Image sources: Breast-Self-Exam, positivemed, 2012/12/03.
* Watch the video on How to Do a Breast Self-Exam.
* Watch this health posters album on Flickr.
World Cancer Day Expo held at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 4 February 2016
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
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Last week I had my quarterly appointment with my Hematologist. I was in a good mood as I had seen my blood test results the week before, showing my cancer levels continuing to drop. He said he was very happy with my overall health as I’m responding very well to my chemo treatment. I received a new requisition form for bloodwork for the next 2 years and I only have to have my big monthly (e.g. Week 43, Week 47) blood test now, which shows my cancer levels + overall response to treatment.
The small monthly blood test (e.g. Week 45), which only shows my overall response to treatment has been cancelled, as tests every 2 weeks are excessive, when the results aren’t likely to show problems. I took this photo this morning as it was heavily raining. I was fortunate to find a covered spot to place my camera so it wouldn’t get wet.
To recap: I have multiple myeloma and anemia, a rare cancer of the blood plasma. It is treatable, but incurable. On Sunday, January 10th I completed Cycle 12 Week 4 of my four week treatment cycle. I have 21 days on (Pomalyst chemo pill) and then 7 days off. In addition, I take dexamethasone, an oral steroid, every Monday.
Despite great strides in prevention and treatment, cancer rates remain stubbornly high and may soon surpass heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States. Increasingly, we and many other experts believe that an important culprit may be our own medical practices: We are silently irradiating ourselves to death.
The use of medical imaging with high-dose radiation — CT scans in particular — has soared in the last 20 years…
Continue reading: We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer, The NewYork Times, 30 Jan 2014.
An Opinion Page by Rita F. Redberg, cardiologist, and Rebecca Smith-Bindman, radiologist, from the UCFS Medical Center.
All our posts about cancer, overdiagnosis and screening. See more comics.
My sister Jeannette (middle) has breast cancer for ten years now and she is currently undergoing her fourth chemotherapy. She has had to struggle for years to except her imminent death and loss of hair.
Lately she wants to show women who have the same doubts that it doesn't have to be a disaster to loose your hair. It's not something she has asked for,but at the same time it gives her a good feeling to not have to hide the results of a traumatic illness.
See more images of her and other women on www.kaalstaanwesterk.nl
The other women on this image are perfectly healthy. They shaved their heads out of solidarity.
cancertreatmentmx.com/treatable-condition/breast-cancer/ - At Angeles Functional Oncology treatment centers, we use the latest diagnostic and treatment technologies to address even the most advanced breast cancers.
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digital and fabric collage
A series of zodiac images for a children's magazine audience.
Little Known Fact: the carpet is made from a scan of my favorite shirt when I was ten. I wore it all the time.
This microscopy image provided by Dr. Carl June, shows immune system T-cells, center, binding to beads which cause the cells to divide. The beads, depicted in yellow, are later removed, leaving pure T-cells which are then ready for infusion to the cancer patients. Scientists are reporting the first clear success with gene therapy to treat leukemia, using the patients' own blood cells to hunt down and wipe out their cancer. They've only done it in three patients so far, but the results were striking: two appear cancer-free up to a year after treatment, and the third had a partial response. Scientists are already preparing to try the approach in other kinds of cancer.
More about Dr. Carl June and his research - www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p2328
Related article: "'Amazing' therapy destroys leukemia in 3 patients" yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/story/2011/08/Amazin...
Male breast cancer survivor briefly tells of his experience, allows his scar to be viewed and explains what symptoms to look for.My friend has asked for his face not to be shown for work and privacy reasons.
Near broadcast quality Copy available for professional TV use Upon direct donation of standard fees to UK cancer research.
This video clip may be used freely in any teaching establishment or hospital world wide as long as unedited,or changed in any way, without charge.
Here are some basic facts about the incidence of breast cancer in Malaysia:
* Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among Malaysian women in 2002. This is true for all races.
* Breast cancer comprised 30.4% of all newly diagnosed cancer cases among Malaysian women in 2002
* A woman in Malaysia has a 1 in 19 chance of getting breast cancer in her lifetime
* Among Chinese Malaysians, the risk is 1 in 14
* Among Indian Malaysians, the risk is 1 in 15
* Among Malays, the risk is 1 in 24
* The Age Standardised Rate (ASR) of female breast cancer in Malaysia is 52.8 per 100,000 people.
* For Chinese Malaysians, the ASR is 70.1 per 100,000
* For Indian Malaysians, the ASR is 61.7 per 100,000
* For Malays, the ASR is 41.9 per 100,000
* The ASR of female breast cancer in Malaysia is higher than that in Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai, but it is lower than that in Australia and the UK.
* Out of the 4,337 new cases of female breast cancer cases reported to the National Cancer Registry of Malaysia in 2002, 52.3% were for women less than 50 years old.
(Source: The Malaysian National Cancer Registry report for 2002, released on July 4, 2003.)
www.friendsofmalaysia.org/BreastCancerProj.htm
...just be aware...the best advice is sometimes from a friend...not a doctor.
Our little man relapsed. 3 years since he rang the bell. Docs say that is a good thing for the upcoming treatments
The US Open of Surfing and the Oral Cancer Foundation became the early adopters of an emerging technology, QR codes, and employed that with what have often been called guerilla-marketing techniques.
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www.barcode.com/Latest/beach-bodies-and-qr-codes-at-the-u...
To see the content of the OCF-QR code used at this event follow this link: www.oralcancer-qr.org/
See more photos from event: www.flickr.com/photos/oralcancerfoundation/sets/721576245...