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RE: Cancer's silver lining
It was never my intention to become so intimately acquainted with cancer. I didn’t seek it out, but somehow it found me. I have experienced cancer from multiple viewpoints; a...

03/19/10 09:30 AM by in Cancer's silver lining

New prostate cancer screening recommendations
What do you think about the American Cancer Society's updated guidelines for prostate cancer screening? Do you undergo routine screening with PSA or digital rectal exams? R...

03/08/10 11:16 AM by elizabethw in New prostate cancer screening recommendations

RE: Stress and surviving cancer
Hello there, Your query gets to the real bottom of the difficulty of living with cancer. What has helped me the most is personal stories so I'll tell you what I do. I dropp...

02/11/10 04:57 PM by Lin in Stress and surviving cancer

RE: Stress and surviving cancer
It is fortunate that this article was "resurrected" so I had opportunity to view it...ironically, while I am in the middle of a 3 day self imposed "hiatus" from the demands of...

01/20/10 08:46 PM by westfieldwen in Stress and surviving cancer

RE: Clear cell ovarian cancer any treatments
I would say that the best place to get more info about current treatments is the Gynecologic Oncology Group at www.gog.org. They have all the latest research studies listed an...

01/07/10 09:04 PM by Lorna A. in Clear cell ovarian cancer any treatments

Cancer's silver lining
It's difficult to think about anything positive coming from a cancer experience. Certainly no one I know would willingly go through it again. That said, I believe that my li...

12/16/09 10:59 AM by SusanMcClure in Cancer's silver lining

RE: New guidelines proposed on breast screening-- sound reasoning or rationing?
My problem with the new guidelines is the fact that my insurance company in 1999, would only allow a mammogram every two years when I was 47, In 2000, when I WAS 48, my mammog...

12/14/09 07:52 PM by PatSitzes in New guidelines proposed on breast screening-- sound reasoning or rationing?

Did you make any lifestyle changes?
Studies from SABCS have shown that various lifestyle choices (like obesity and alcohol consumption) can be risk factors for breast cancer diagnosis and recurrence. Did you mak...

12/11/09 10:19 AM by Bunmi in Did you make any lifestyle changes?