What’s going on in the breast cancer world? You need to know the latest breast cancer news and the legislation that impacts your treatment.
Today we welcome Dr. Regina Hampton, MD, FACS, and co-founder of Breast Care for Washington, D.C. A locally recognized expert on breast disease, Dr. Hampton is the medical director of the Breast Care Center at Doctors Community
Breast cancer affects women of different races in varying ways. According to the CDC, breast cancer rates are highest among white women and African American women. This is followed by women who are Hispanic, Asian/Pacific
According to the U.S. Office of Patents Commissioner (in the year 1899), "Everything that can be invented has been invented." He must be rolling over in his grave! Nowadays, every year seems to bring with
To close out our May focus on legislative activism, we welcome this guest post by Josh Newby, co-founder of Theresa’s Research Foundation. He explains the importance of participating in and supporting research on metastatic breast
At I’m Taking Charge, we look forward to the day when all women will have the opportunity to be fully informed about all aspects of breast cancer. This includes information about effective detection and treatment,
It’s St. Patrick’s Day today! And what better way to celebrate than share a bit of news about women in Ireland? Young Irish breast cancer survivors are the latest to partake in research on Tamoxifen and
Here at I’m Taking Charge, we love to share news about organizations and products that can benefit you during your breast cancer journey. The AeroForm® Tissue Expander System just became available in the United States.
This is Part 2 of Carrie’s series on the new breast cancer screening guidelines. In Part 1, she explained why breast exams are still important, and why self exams are crucial for women under age
We're so grateful to Carrie for taking the time to write this amazing article for us! You can read more about her here. As an oncology clinical nurse specialist, I get fired up any time I hear
Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis is a huge hurdle on its own, but hearing that you have an aggressive form of breast cancer often makes the hurdle bigger. Aggressive forms of breast cancer are a
