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Texas researchers are at the forefront of the breast cancer fight

Texas researchers are at the forefront of the breast cancer fight

Since President Nixon declared the official "War on Cancer" in 1971 by then president Richard Nixon, the nation has made great strides in understanding and fighting the various forms of the disease.Renewed focus is being propelled in part by the so-called "Cancer Moonshot," an initiative spearheaded by Vice President Joe Biden which hopes to invest a billion in federal funding to support cancer research and make a decade worth of advances in half the time.As home to four of the nation's 69 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers, including two comprehensive cancer centers, Texas researchers have been at the forefront.When it comes to breast cancer, specifically, they are delving into novel approaches that go beyond surgery and chemotherapy, and seeking knowledge about the demographic factors that impact which patients develop and recover from the disease.


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Genetic testing for breast cancer is on the rise

Genetic testing for breast cancer is on the rise

Buy Photo Patty Ferris of White Plains, center, with Dr. Karen Green, left, a medical oncologist at White Plains Hospital, and Nicole Boxer, a certified genetic counselor at the hospital, photographed Sept 16, 2016.After Ferris was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer in 2004, she underwent genetic screening to help determine the chances of the cancer returning.The findings, which showed that the odds of a reoccurrence were low, helped her and her medical team decide which surgery to have in order to treat the cancer.(Photo: Seth Harrison/The Journal News)Buy PhotoThere was no family history of breast cancer in Patty Ferris' background when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form in 2004 at age 38.


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Pregnant women with breast cancer can be treated successfully

Pregnant women with breast cancer can be treated successfully

Sarah Mital, a 35-year-old resident of New York was trying to get pregnant when she discovered a lump in her right breast.The next month, at her annual OB-GYN visit, Mital was referred to Dr. Sharon Rosenbaum Smith, a breast surgeon at Mount Sinai West in New York to assess the lump.Rosenbaum Smith diagnosed Mital with invasive ductal carcinoma in her right breast and ductal carcinoma in situ in her left breast after a series of scans and biopsies.A week after the diagnosis, Mital learned she was pregnant.