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“Podcast: Pathologic profiling – Dr. Otis Brawley on cancer overdiagnosis” by Gary Schwitzer, Health News Review. It its 5th in a series of podcasts on overdiagnosis, Health News Review publisher Gary Schwitzer speaks with chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, Dr. Otis Brawley. The in-depth interview was a refreshing break from usual discussions . . . → Read More: Health News Review Interview with Dr. Otis Brawley on Overdiagnosis
“Breast cancer patients share DNA data,” The Boston Globe, Oct. 28, 2015. Accessing an untapped data source — the DNA of metastatic patients. The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project — a collaboration of the Broad, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, launched this month, asks individuals who have been diagnosed with metastatic breast . . . → Read More: Breast cancer patients share DNA data
“DCIS dilemma: Dr. Laura Esserman podcast” by Gary Schwitzer, Health News Review. When a recent article on “Breast Cancer Mortality After a Diagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ” was published in JAMA Oncology, Dr. Laura Esserman, a surgeon and breast cancer specialist at the University of California San Francisco, co-authored an editorial, “Rethinking the Standard . . . → Read More: Health News Review Interview with Dr. Laura Esserman on Rethinking DCIS
“Group Now Says Most Mammograms Can Wait Till 45,” by Rob Stein, NPR, Oct. 20, 2015. The American Cancer Society (ACS) released a new set of guidelines for mammography screening for women at average risk for breast cancer. The guidelines, published in JAMA, are a slight change from the position the society has held for . . . → Read More: Cancer Group Now Says Most Mammograms Can Wait Till 45 
By Angela M. Eikenberry From pink ribbons to Product Red, cause marketing adroitly serves two masters, earning profits for corporations while raising funds for charities. Yet the short-term benefits of cause marketing-also known as consumption philanthropy-belie its long-term costs. These hidden costs include individualizing solutions to collective problems; replacing virtuous action with mindless . . . → Read More: The Hidden Costs Of Cause Marketing
Journalist Meg Carter interviewed Breast Cancer Consortium founder Gayle Sulik for this October 12, 2015 article in the BMJ on how big business is keen to jump on the breast cancer awareness bandwagon, and whether its messages around screening do more harm than good. Here is an excerpt. — . . . → Read More: Backlash Against “Pinkwashing” of Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns 
Accompanying Photograph: Andy Katz/Demotix/Corbis When faced with decisions about breast cancer treatment or screening, it can be hard to know what to think. Gayle Sulik, The Guardian, Oct. 20, 2015 — Three decades ago, researchers believed breast cancer was one disease, so it made sense to treat it that . . . → Read More: How Should We Address Breast Cancer When Norms Continually Change? 
The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) is a nationwide advocacy organization founded in 1991 as a broad-based network of grassroots supporters and member organizations that included both breast cancer groups as well as groups focused on all cancers. Member organizations would maintain their own agendas for support, education, and advocacy. But as a coalition, they . . . → Read More: Spotlight: National Breast Cancer Coalition
“Forum: On Caregiving,” by Arthur Kleinman, Harvard Magazine, July-August 2010. A scholar experiences the moral acts that come before—and go beyond—modern medicine. Caregiving is not easy. It consumes time, energy, and financial resources. It sucks out strength and determination. It turns simple ideas of efficacy and hope into big question marks. It can amplify anguish . . . → Read More: Forum: On Caregiving 
By Diane Fine Diane Fine is earning her Master of Social Work and PhD in clinical psychology. At the moment, she has suspended her studies to take care of her friend Katherine who was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Diane has a niece who is like a daughter to her. She lives in Massachusetts. . . . → Read More: Diary Of A Caregiver |
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