Finding out you are at an increased risk for cancer can feel especially personal – not to mention urgent – when it's due to genetics like it is for those who carry BRCA gene mutations.
That’s why we asked breast medical oncologist Banu Arun, M.D., and genetic counselor Hiam Abdel-Salam for advice on what to know if you’ve tested positive for a BRCA genetic mutation.
Learn the BRCA basicsA BRCA mutation is a difference in...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. So, you may be wondering how to avoid breast cancer.
While there is no guaranteed...
Families pass down many things: traditions, names, heirlooms, recipes. But if you have family members who have or had breast cancer, you might...
Desmoid tumors are slow-growing, locally invasive tumors that develop in the body’s connective tissues. Also known as aggressive fibromatosis, they’re treated with many of the same therapies that are used on soft tissue cancers like sarcoma, including surgery and chemotherapy.
Not everyone considers desmoid tumors to be cancerous. So, are desmoid tumors benign or malignant? And, how are they usually diagnosed? We asked sarcoma...
A family history of cancer could put you at higher risk of developing that disease one day. Depending on what type of cancer is involved,...
Many cancers have been linked to genetic mutations, whether they’re inherited or occur spontaneously.
Certain BRCA mutations, for instance...
When Daniel ‘Joe’ Einspahr, M.D., and his son bike into Virginia Beach next summer, they will have more than one reason to celebrate. Not...
I had just finished breastfeeding my one-year-old in October 2017, when I felt a lump in my left breast during a shower. I knew there was...
Some people think you can only get breast cancer from your mother’s side of the family. But that’s a myth. Breast cancer can come just as...
When I was 6 years old, my mother died from cancer. She was only 35, and at the time, her death came as a shock to everyone in our family....