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22 ways to help a friend with breast cancer

Whether your friend or family member is newly diagnosed or in the midst of treatment, she's unlikely to be wowed by vague offers or having to do your thinking for you. She has enough on her mind; she has cancer. She may not want that tuna casserole or to hear about what treatment your Aunt Phyllis had either.So how can you help? There is no one-size-fits-all answer. That's why we turned to survivors for our list of support dos and don'ts. Our patient-generated advice is sorted into three stages— Diagnosis, Surgery & Treatment, and Recovery —identified by Maureen Broderick, a licensed clinical social worker who has worked with cancer patients and run cancer support groupsHere's what you need to know.Health.com: 10 Celebrities Who Battled Breast CancerLearn to listen"One of the most important ways a friend supported me was by listening to me as I decided what to do," says Orinda, Calif. writer Victoria Irwin, 57, who had a lumpectomy and radiation earlier this year. "When I was in decisi...

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    Women who get a quicker, localized form of radiation treatment for early-stage breast cancer are more likely to need to have their breast removed later on than women...

  2. New Radiation Therapy Shows Promise in Lung Cancer

    Aiming powerful beams of radiation precisely at tumors helped control their growth and helped people with early stage but inoperable lung cancer live longer, U.S. re...

  3. New Radiation Therapy Shows Promise in Lung Cancer

    Aiming powerful beams of radiation precisely at tumors helped control their growth and helped people with early stage but inoperable lung cancer live longer, U.S. re...

  4. Lowering your breast cancer risk

    Debate on preventative mastectomies vs. natural remedies

  5. A cure for cancer – in the intestines?

    It is the great paradox of cancer treatment: High doses of chemotherapy can effectively kill cancer cells, but too much radiation can ultimately kill the patient bef...

  6. Marriage benefits may extend to cancer survival

    For people with cancer, being married may improve survival, a new study suggests.In the study, married people with cancer were about 20 percent less likely to die ov...

  7. Hugo Chavez Begins Radiation Therapy in Cuba on Eve of Pope Benedict XVI's Visit

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez arrived in Cuba this weekend to begin radiation therapy, just two days before Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the island.Chávez was met...

  8. 5 medical tests to think twice about

    You may assume your doc is being thorough when she runs a gazillion tests, but there's a downside to being too proactive. New studies show that many people don't ben...

  9. Small Medical Device Company Focuses on Breast-Cancer Battle

    Small Business Spotlight: Cianna Medical, Inc., @CiannaMedicalWho : Jill AndersonWhat : A medical device company devoted to improving women’s heatlthWhen : 2007Where...

  10. Getting behind childhood cancer fight

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  11. Battling breast cancer

    Noreen Fraser tells her story of triumph

  12. UK mother loses legal fight to stop son's radiation for cancer

    A mother in Britain, who was so desperate to stop her cancer-stricken son having to undergo conventional medical treatment that she went into hiding with him, lost a...

  1. A new low cost approach to cancer treatment

    Northwest Biotherapeutics says it has a breakthrough, lower-cost way to treat cancer , with personalized immune therapies

  2. Chavez to fly to Cuba for radiation therapy for cancer , he says

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he's flying to Cuba to begin radiation therapy Sunday for his cancer.The Venezuelan leader has been recovering after undergoing...

  3. One-day radiation therapy a new alternative for breast cancer patients

    Born with a congenital heart defect, Elaine LaCross was no stranger to illness. She wasn’t exactly surprised when she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in...

  4. A great start to Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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  5. Targeted Radiation Cuts Breast Cancer Relapse

    A gentler, more targeted type of radiation therapy may help prevent breast cancer from coming back, researchers report.In a study of 43 women with early-stage breast...

  6. New X-Ray Approach Targets Prostate Cancer

    The results of a small study suggest that a new type of radiation treatment called stereotactic body radiotherapy is a safe and effective alternative to standard rad...

  7. New Dangers of Radiation Therapy Exposed

    Over the past several months, journalists have exposed some risks of radiation therapy that have been previously unknown, sometimes with disastrous consequences. Som...

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