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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on January 4, 2010
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Never forget: Primum non nocere or “First do no harm”… thermography vs. mammography. Why not start with the non-toxic option?
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Careful Look at the benefits of Mammography
January 3, 2010
MindBody News
Mammography statistics are misleading
Thermography is a better choice for early detection
Chicago Tribune
March 15, 2002
Statistics misleading, some doctors say.
Relative numbers skew benefit to look much [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on December 9, 2009
Dr. Weeks Comment: Breast MRI, ultrasound, thermography – there are a group of options to consider when you want to screen for breast cancer. We hear about mammography primarily lot but many question that as a solo approach given the degree of radiation exposure and recent research results from Holland where
A team of Dutch researchers [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on November 2, 2009
Quandary With Mammograms: Get a Screening, or Just Skip It?
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By DENISE GRADY
Published: November 2, 2009
Here we go again. Another study raises questions about the benefits of mammograms, and another set of confusing statements issue forth from experts.
The Mayo Clinic, via Associated Press
A tumor detected by molecular breast imaging, right, was not found in a [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on September 25, 2009
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: better and better thought going towards this tragic problem. I would still bet on IPT though.
Switching Early Breast Cancer Patients To Exemestane Improves Long-term Survival, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Sep. 23, 2009) — New research has found that switching post-menopausal women with early breast cancer to the drug exemestane (Aromasin) after two or three [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on September 23, 2009
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Now we are learning that call station operators who spend all day with both hands on the computer, connected to a phone (often a headset) while wearing bras with underwires (think “antenae”) are getting much too much cancer. This article, written in 2006 was, …. ignored.
Electric typewriter exposure and increased [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on September 13, 2009
Dr. WEEKS’ Comment: here is another great example of a safe and cheap CHI remedy being ignored because, well, it is cheap!
J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2005 Apr;10(2):189-96.
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Is iodine a gatekeeper of the integrity of the mammary gland?
Aceves C, Anguiano B, Delgado G.
Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on September 13, 2009
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: these create more estrogen and that imbalances the estrogen/progesterone ratio. So be good!
Obesity, Alcohol Consumption And Smoking Increase Risk Of Second Breast Cancer
ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2009) — It is well known that survivors of breast cancer have a much higher risk of developing a second breast cancer than women in the general [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on August 30, 2009
New Target For Treating Breast Cancer Metastasis
ScienceDaily (Aug. 29, 2009) — Dr. Amanda Harvey and colleagues at Brunel University have demonstrated that the protein Brk plays a role in breast cancer progression and dissemination. Their report can be found in the September 2009 issue of the American
Breast cancer metastasis causes nearly 90% of the lethality [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on August 27, 2009
Dr. Weeks Comment: Now we learn that the standard of care use of a chemotherapy agent (Tamoxifen) in the conventional manner for breast cancer acutally CAUSES cancer in the opposite breast. That would have been nice to tell patients before putting them through what everyone considers torture. Moral of the Study: proceed with caution and [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on August 17, 2009
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: CoRN (Co Q 10, Riboflavin and Niacin) are essential nutrients for those suffering with both breast cancer and chemotherapy. Does your oncologist know this?
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Mar;114(2):377-84. Epub 2008 Apr 22.
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Effect of Coenzyme Q(10), Riboflavin and Niacin on Tamoxifen treated postmenopausal breast cancer women with special [...]
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