Anxiety Lingers Long After Cancer

Anxiety Lingers Long After Cancer - Posted By BCC Admin, July 12th, 2013

“Anxiety Lingers Long After Cancer.” By Jan Hoffman, The New York Times.

From the shock of the cancer diagnosis onward, depression can take its well-documented toll on patients. Even patients who appear to pack away their fears during the grinding treatment journey to becoming cancer-free concede that when the regimen ends, they unspool emotionally.

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Facing Cancer, a Stark Choice

Facing Cancer, A Stark Choice - Posted By BCC Admin, January 21st, 2013

“Facing Cancer, A Stark Choice.” By Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times

In the 1970s, women’s health advocates were highly suspicious of mastectomies. They argued that surgeons — in those days, pretty much an all-male club — were far too quick to remove a breast after a diagnosis of cancer, with disfiguring results. But today, . . . → Read More: Facing Cancer, A Stark Choice

Cancer Screening Campaigns — Getting Past Uninformative Persuasion

Cancer Screening Campaigns — Getting Past Uninformative Persuasion - Posted By BCC Admin, November 1st, 2012

“Cancer Screening Campaigns — Getting Past Uninformative Persuasion.” By Steven Woloshin, M.D., Lisa M. Schwartz, M.D., William C. Black, M.D., and Barnett S. Kramer, M.D., M.P.H., New England Journal of Medicine

For nearly a century, public health organizations, professional associations, patient advocacy groups, academics, and clinicians largely viewed cancer screening as a simple, safe way . . . → Read More: Cancer Screening Campaigns — Getting Past Uninformative Persuasion