Alex White's Articles in Breast-Cancer


  • About Dementia, Sids, Breast Cancer
    Dementia is not really a specific disease. It is used to denote a group of symptoms that are cause by disorders of the brain. People with dementia undergo drastic changes in the personalities and cognitive abilities.

  • Advanced Breast Cancer Diagnosis
    A routine breast examination is advised for all women to identify any suspicious lumps so that breast cancer detection is made as early as possible. Mammography is the most common first line screening tool for breast cancer. But in some cases, mammography may miss some abnormalities, especially if the woman’s breast tissu ...

  • Benign Breast Lesions
    Breast cancer is one of the most terrifying and devastating of diseases for women and with good reason. It takes a heavy toll not only on the physical health of the patient, but on the emotional well being as well.

  • Breast Cancer †Are Your Genes To Blame?
    For a woman, breast cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases that she can ever develop. The incidence of breast cancer also seems to be quite high, what with almost everyone having someone in the family with breast cancer or at least knowing someone with the disease.

  • Breast Cancer In African Americans
    Being diagnosed with breast cancer is a traumatic experience for any woman. It was no different for Rosamond Stallings, a 45 year old African American woman, as the physician broke the bad news to her. An immediate mastectomy was advised as six malignant tumors were found.

  • Breast Cancer Is Accelerated By Nicotine
    The fatal effect that nicotine has on human bodies has been well documented. It may be especially injurious to women, however, because it seems to aid the spread of breast cancer tumors to other parts of the body.

  • Breast Mri And Mammography
    Some women are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer than others because of family history of the disease. Women with a family history of breast cancer are advised to take extra precautions and preventive measures.

  • Estrogen Usage May Not Be Harmful For Some Women
    Symptoms associated with menopause are often treated by estrogen therapy. It helps reduce hot flashes, dryness, and itching or burning around the vagina. It also reduces the risk of developing osteoporosis with age.

  • Exercise To Reduce Breast Cancer Risk After 50
    Exercise is always a great way to better health and fitness, but it also has surprising benefits on reducing the risk of developing cancer, especially in women who are above 50 years of age.

  • Have You Been Diagnosed With Breast Cancer?
    There is important research being done on breast cancer and almost everyday new findings are being revealed. An important piece of information that will directly affect one out of every four women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer is that Herceptin is highly effective in the treatment of breast cancer.

  • Higher Incidence Of Breast Cancer In City Women
    Typically, breast tissue includes the underlying pectoral muscle, blood vessels, fibrous tissue, lymph vessels and nerves. Does the structure of breast tissue have any bearing on a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer? Apparently it does.

  • Incidence Of Breast Cancer In Minorities
    Several research findings seem to conclude that there are disparities in health care based on ethnicity of the patients. Now, new reports come out with the indication that minority women are not getting their mammograms done as regularly as desired. Since they also face a higher risk of aggressive breast cancer, this is not ...

  • Is Gene Testing For Breast Cancer Reliable?
    For a woman, being diagnosed with breast cancer is one of the most traumatic experiences in life. Once the disease is detected the uphill climb of physical exhaustion due to medical treatment and the emotional trauma of going through the side effects of treatment begins.

  • Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk
    Most of the time, we worry about curing a disease after it has been diagnosed rather than having taken active steps to prevent it. It’s not too hard on your health if this approach is taken on minor illnesses, but if you are afflicted by life threatening diseases like cancer, the treatment itself takes such a toll on your ...

  • Ovarian Cancer Risk And Breast Cancer
    Women who have developed breast cancer or who has a family history of the disease are advised to also watch out for signs of ovarian cancer. This important piece of information must reach the ears of all women who are either suffering from breast cancer or have a family history of it and are therefore run a greater risk of ...

  • Why Does Breast Cancer Spread?
    Breast cancer can spread to any part of your body through the blood and lymphatic system. The metastasis of breast cancer cells is what makes the disease very dangerous. Metastatis means the cancer cells have traveled from the place of origin, i.e. the breast, to other parts of the body.


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