Posts Tagged ‘Breast Cancer Patients’

Free Workshop For Breast Cancer Patients

16th October 2009 by admin No Comments

On Thursday, November 5, at 7 pm, people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer are invited to a free workshop demonstrating how to choose the right exercise level after breast cancer. The workshop involves breathing techniques, slow body movements and “Thera-bands,” elastic bands that offer varying levels of resistance, enabling participants to work at [...]

Male Breast Cancer Patients Blame Water At Marine Base

29th September 2009 by admin 2 Comments

Jim Fontella was based at Camp Lejeune in 1966 and 1967. He was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998.
The sick men are Marines, or sons of Marines. All 20 of them were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marine Corps’ training base in North Carolina, between the 1960s and the 1980s.
They all [...]

Gene Can Dampen Chemo Drug Effectiveness

13th June 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Women with a certain type of gene may show marked resistance to an important chemotherapy drug used to treat breast cancer, new research suggests.
Scientists at the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) suspect that the variation in the SOD2 gene affects how a patient responds to cyclophosphamide, an agent used against breast tumors, blood cancers and [...]

Antioxidants May Interfere with Breast Cancer Treatment

13th June 2009 by admin No Comments

Think that vitamins can only help–but never hurt–a condition? Although that’s true in many cases, some vitamins can be harmful to certain people or under special circumstances.

Doctors are not sure exactly how antioxidants affect people with breast cancer, shown here.

Now a new study shows that many breast cancer patients take powerful antioxidant vitamins during [...]