Laurie Ratliff was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer 25 years ago, and she’s continuing to beat the odds while advocating for aesthetic flat closure as a viable breast reconstruction option.
Although the primary endpoint was not met in a phase 2 study of women who used CBD before a scan, researchers say CBD does have some anti-anxiety effects.
Researchers have compiled a list of chemicals commonly found in plastics, including benzophenones, chlorinated paraffins and PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” and they say there might be a connection to breast cancer.
Breast cancer treatment settings prove to be a good opportunity to talk about financial toxicity. These conversations can also happen in generalized healthcare, according to Laila Gharzai, M.D., LLM, from the Department of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University.