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Tag Archives: mammograms
Active Surveillance Anyone?
Looking for women who are doing “active surveillance” of possible DCIS based on suspicious calcifications from a mammogram. My friend and co-founder of http://www.dcisredefined.org Sandie Walters and I have recently been contacted by someone from an online “cancer” magazine who is … Continue reading →
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Tagged active surveillance, Aurora Breast MRI, breast calcifications, DCIS, dcis alternatives, dcis overtreatment, mammograms
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Less Pink – More GREEN: An Intelligent and Urgent Makeover for “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”
by Donna B. Pinto Pinktober is in full swing. Many of us (including me) have eagerly written checks to show support “for the cure.” But what if all the highly successful pink “awareness” campaigns have been focusing time, money and research in the wrong direction? … Continue reading →
Mammograms???
I feel I am one of thousands of women who have been over-treated and harmed by mammograms. I believe our society and most breast cancer organizations put way too much emphasis, money and marketing on mammograms and not enough on … Continue reading →
Excellent News — MRI Results are All Clear!
Dr. Stephen Feig, Professor of Radiology and Director of Breast Imaging at UC Irvine, gave me the results of my Aurora RODEO MRI today. He said, “nothing suspicious — see you in a year!” 🙂 To learn more about Aurora … Continue reading →
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Tagged breast mri, feig, mammograms, radiology, uc irvine
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My Choice for NO RADIATION & NO MORE MAMMOGRAMS
“The most benign-appearing forms of DCIS (for example, low nuclear grade, small-celled without necrosis, estrogen- and progesterone-receptor positive,c-erbB2 negative, etc.), if untreated, may never cause clinical disease. Less than 50% of low-grade lesions develop into invasive breast cancer over a 25- … Continue reading →
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Tagged Aurora Breast MRI, DCIS, Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, mammograms
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