by Sara Gates | Feb 12, 2014
What is Digital Tomosynthesis? Digital tomosynthesis is one of the newer methods of breast imaging used for breast cancer screening. This technology, also known as digital breast tomosynthesis, is essentially a three-dimensional kind of digital mammography. What is a...
by Sara Gates | Jan 2, 2013
Before we move on from the stressful holiday season to the guilt-ridden months of diets and deprivation in the New Year, let’s pause together for a moment. Does anyone else feel simply exhausted? The parties and reunions and gift exchanges and endless meals of...
by Sara Gates | Dec 26, 2012
We all know that early detection is key to winning the fight against breast cancer. Now some researchers are hoping to find a way to detect cancer even earlier, and easier, than ever before. In October, Cancer Research UK, Britain’s largest cancer research...
by Sara Gates | Dec 21, 2012
It can seem like staying informed about breast health requires learning a whole new language, especially when it comes to the many types of breast cancer and the terms that describe them. Is it invasive or non-invasive? Metastatic? Recurrent? Ductal? Lobular? What do...
by April Zubko | Dec 17, 2012
Have you had your mammogram yet this year? Have you done your breast self-exam this month? We often talk about breast self-exams and mammograms in the breast health programs we do in schools, workplaces, and community events. And for good reason! Both exams are part...
by Sara Gates | Dec 14, 2012
We always trumpet early detection as the key to beating breast cancer… so we love the incredibly creative solution one survivor has thought of to remind women to complete their monthly breast self-exams. Imagine reaching into your linen closet and pulling out a fluffy...
