Cancer War

Tennis icon Martina Navratiolva opened up to CNN about her battle with breast cancer, and her comeback to win the doubles competition at the French Open less than four months after first learning of the diagnosis.

“I heard on February 24, which is kind of like my 9/11. You don’t forget the day when your life is completely changed forever,” she said in the documentary premiering Sunday in the U.S. ” (more…)

In this video Dr Chris shows you how to check your breasts for any possible signs of growths or other symptoms.

How to perform a breast self examination

Although doctors recommend that women begin practicing breast self-exams (BSE) at age 20, many are still unaware of how important this procedure is to their heath. As 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer, early detection is the best way to fight the disease. The key is to notice tumors before they grow to be potentially deadly; a BSE carefully searches the breasts for signs of these tumors. (more…)

While breast cancer is the most common cancer among women (and second leading to their death only after lung cancer) here in the United States, a research team at the Lerner Reaserch Institute in Cleveland OH, has “laid the groundwork for a breast cancer vaccine that may work much the same way as immunizations for mumps and measles,” according to lead researcher Dr. Vincent Tuohy.

Made using a protein known as alpha-lactabulmin, found in a wide variety of breast cancers, the protype vaccine is designed to prevent the disease from developing, rather than “thwart it” after it has already advanced, making it radically different than other anti-breast cancer vaccines currently being examined. It also differs from the others in the fact that it will be administered through injection, rather than intravenously. (more…)