KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Why Is Cancer Screening Controversial? (April 22, 2017) https://vimeo.com/214695302 ... [Read More]
Dr. Lawenda Discusses The Multi-Disciplinary Treatment of Breast Cancer
KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses The Multi-Disciplinary Treatment of Breast Cancer (January 7, 2017) https://vimeo.com/198713495 ... [Read More]
Safer Radiation Therapy For Breast Cancer: Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Technique
If you need radiation for breast cancer ask your radiation oncologist, before starting treatment, if they can treat you with a technique that may be able to significantly lower the amount of radiation dose to your lung and/or heart. This technique is ... [Read More]
Toxic Produce, Light Therapy, Ketogenic Diet And More
The 2016 "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean Fifteen" Lists Are Out EWG's "Dirty Dozen" for the first time rates strawberries as the #1 most toxic produce item. They are contaminated by pesticides linked to cancer, reproductive and developmental damage, ... [Read More]
Breast Cancer Risk, Curcumin, Vitamin D, Genetics And More
Breast Cancer Risk Can Be Determined From A Biopsy A landmark Harvard study found that the risk of breast cancer can be predicted by looking at the percentage of dividing cells from a routine breast biopsy. If this tissue analysis (called ... [Read More]
Fasting To Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence
An important study was just published in JAMA Oncology that applies to breast cancer (and likely other cancer types) survivors. University of California, San Diego investigators found that breast cancer survivors, who reported consistently ... [Read More]
Stress Management Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence and Death
I have previously posted on the anticancer effects or stress reduction. We now have a new landmark study that further adds support to the importance of helping our patients cope with stress. In this study, the researchers randomized 240 breast ... [Read More]
Angelina Jolie Pitt Effect Highlights BRCA Mutation Testing and Preventative Surgery Options
Angelina Jolie came out publicly, in a 2013 New York Times Op-Ed article, explaining that she chose to undergo preventative bilateral mastectomies to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer after finding out she carried a BRCA gene mutation. ... [Read More]
Light exposure at night increases breast cancer growth and inhibits Tamoxifen
Light exposure at night suppresses the brain's release of melatonin, a potent natural antioxidant and anticancer hormone. Previous studies have shown that even dim light exposure suppresses the release of melatonin. (Read my article on light exposure ... [Read More]
Might Bioidentical Hormones Be Protective Against Breast Cancer Growth?
A new study was published today that helps to shed light on the association between sex hormone imbalance and breast cancer and how the use of balanced, low levels of bioidentical sex hormones may be protective against breast cancer ... [Read More]
