I know I promised one more installment of Terry McBride’s interview, but I feel I need to address the ridiculous recommendations for breast cancer screening released recently.
A government task force has ignored the American Cancer Society’s and most doctors’ recommendations for getting annual mammograms at age 40 and doing self breast exams. They’re saying you don’t need to [...]
With the health care reform bill heading toward the Senate, I thought I’d share a story from one of the Miracle Survivors who is a strong advocate for cancer research dollars.
Penny Feddick, who was diagnosed with Stage IV non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2002, never dreamed she would later stand in front of a presidential candidate fighting for [...]
Should paying for treatment cause unnecessary pain?
I’m sitting here at the IU Simon Cancer Center to get a second opinion – well actually my third – from Dr. George Sledge, one of the premier breast cancer oncologists in the country. He is the keynote speaker at next month’s Living Beyond Breast Cancer conference in Philadelphia and [...]
