​How Immunotherapy Saved a Stage 4 Cancer Patient’s Life

If you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, your diet may be the last thing on your mind right now. But it’s very important to focus on this aspect of your health.

At every stage in your journey with cancer, you are likely to have uncertainties or worries. Your doctor can help to allay some of these fears and let you know the impact that cancer treatment may have
on your life.

When you’ve been through breast cancer and have weathered the storm of diagnosis and treatment, it’s normal to want nothing more than to climb back ashore and reclaim your former life.

As a loving husband and devoted father, Earl always took his physical health seriously. He never smoked, scheduled annual physicals and went to the dentist regularly. He was doing everything he could to ensure that he would always be there for his family.

Symptoms may not present in a dramatic or noticeable way, so women diagnosed with early-stage cancer are understandably shocked and unprepared as they begin their cancer journey.

When Cathy was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2015, the thought of having to take narcotics again was one of her primary concerns.

One of the first thoughts many patients have after learning receive a cancer diagnosis is, “How do I tell my children?”

For many women, the fear of breast cancer is very real, due to certain risk factors - for example, a family history of breast cancers, being a member of a high-risk group or even aging.

One of the most promising nonsurgical treatments emerging as a new option for prostate cancer patients with no bone or lymph node metastases is called CyberKnife®.

Because not all women get regular mammograms, and because mammograms aren't infallible, women need to know the common signs of cancer and be willing to advocate for their own treatment.