Breast amputation, medically known as mastectomy, seems a radical measure to prevent breast cancer. As an emergency room physician in my early years of doctoring I hated amputations the most, even if it was an accidental traumatic loss of a portion of a finger. Amputation seems so final. No hope of regrowth or regeneration of…
It’s all in the news. A very well-known lady decided to have her breasts amputated because she carries the gene for breast and ovarian cancer. She has been quoted as saying, “My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the…
What Do Red Wine and Peanut Butter Have in Common? Hmm… red wine and peanut butter don’t even go together very well do they. But they both contain a compound called resveratrol that can help prevent breast cancer. Dr. Eleanor Rogan, PhD, professor at the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied…
In my study of medical journal articles I have started collecting the ones that reveal how certain food prevents various diseases so I can share that information with you. In one way it’s amazing and encouraging to me that main stream medicine is performing research to identify how food affects health and various disease…
Thermography offers another surprising benefit. Not only does it detect breast cancer at very early stages, it can also help prevent the development of breast cancer. So is the thermography procedure itself therapeutic? No. But thermography can identify hormonal risk factors that play a part in the development of breast cancer. In a woman’s life…
If you missed the prior articles on Mammography Risks, you may review them here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 And here we are for Dr. Boyce’s conclusions on whether or not the risk of mammograms adding to the development of breast cancer outweigh the benefits. “Does x-ray mammography put women at an even higher…
The debate over whether having mammograms done yearly increases the risk of developing breast cancer prompted the writing of this series of articles. You may want to review Part 1 and Part 2. In this article *Dr. Boyce presents more information about the risks of developing breast cancer and comes to his conclusions at the end. From Dr….
In part 1 of this series on the risks of mammography adding to the cause of breast cancer we looked at the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation that we might be exposed to in Dr. John D. Boyce’s article Ionizing Radiation and Breast Cancer Risk on the Cornell University web site at: https://ecommons.cornell.edu/entities/publication/62c608c1-6210-4207-939b-0380ce2ec387 In…