Specific Research Aimed at Metastatic Disease
Metastatic breast cancer kills over 40,000 women a year. While there is vast research on detection, treatment and management of early disease, metastatic disease receives the least amount of funding....
View ArticleA Celebration of Our Heroes- The Caregivers
They are our waiting-room-seat-warmers, chauffeurs, confidantes, chefs, doctor decipher-ers, bouncers, phone screeners, prescription pros, brave-face-holders, silly-joke-providers and unsung heroes,...
View ArticleFollow the Money...
Sometimes it is hard to know which drug holds the most promise when reading about Phase 1 trials. They may sound effective on paper, but do they really work? One good indicator of a truly promising...
View ArticleGenerous Grant That Will Help Us All
As readers of this blog know, we are strong advocates of the work being done at the Cold Spring Harbor Lab. If ever there was a research institution that holds the key that will unlock the cure to...
View ArticleWhat a night
Sunday, July 20th, 2014 had perfect weather. The bright white tent was filled with colorful table linens and fresh flowers from the gardens. Food tables were set up by the finest restaurants, caterers...
View ArticleLink Between The Pill and Breast Cancer, Another Study
This has been a debate for a long time: Does taking oral contraceptives increase your risk of developing breast cancer? Without looking at the details of the study, let's review a few facts. Everyone...
View ArticleNew Gene Mutation Possible Link to Triple Negative Breast Cancer and Young Women
The No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation's Before Forty Initiative strongly advocates the importance of early screening for breast cancer in women before the age of forty and not waiting until after...
View ArticleAct 3, Scene 1
(Disclaimer. This blog and the NSBCF is dedicated to fighting for our lives. We have an illness: cancer. This post is about another illness, an illness as real as cancer: depression. If you or someone...
View ArticleDisease for Sale
Attention Cause Marketers: Unique Opportunity Available. Are you looking for a disease to use to generate sales? Hit the ground running with a new social media campaign... October is now available....
View ArticleHOPE
Thirteen and half years ago I was told I would not see beyond two years because I had the most aggressive form of breast cancer and after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, there was nothing I could...
View ArticleSpecial Programming Note
WNYC and NPR present “LIVING CANCER” To Air Nationally on NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered During the Weeks of February 9 and March 23 Nationally, one in two men and one in three...
View ArticleSandra Lee Smart Self Advocacy
Television chef, Sandra Lee, has discovered she has breast cancer. It is apparently quite aggressive because her doctors have informed her she is a "ticking time bomb" and she will be undergoing a...
View ArticleNew Drug Offers New Hope for HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
Promising clinical trial results presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2015 show activity of the investigational anti-cancer agent ONT-380 against HER2+ breast...
View ArticleClinical Trial Provides Access to Targeted Drugs To Patients Who Have...
This is very exciting and long awaited news. I have seen too many people who have exhausted all their options, and who were physically eligible for a new, targeted treatment, only to be turned down...
View ArticleControlling Pain in Breast Cancer Surgery
The take-away: Post operative pain in breast cancer surgery can be quite difficult for the patient particularly in the setting of sentinel node and axilla dissection. This scientific article shows...
View ArticleThe Mammography Debate
Our Chief of Research, Constantine Kaniklidis, has just published two reports in "Current Oncology" presenting an evidence-based review of the mammography debate. We are so very fortunate to have...
View ArticleUse Caution With Supplements During Chemotherapy
We are advocates of a healthy, evidence-based CAM regimen. However, when undergoing chemotherapy, it is not advisable to supplement unless expressly permitted by your doctor. Of all the supplements...
View ArticleNothing to Say
It's October. Oh holy hell. Not again. Everyone is asking me to either say something or participate in something pink. Why? When have I ever been pink? I was first diagnosed in September - so I had to...
View ArticleEARLY DETECTION DOES MATTER. PERIOD.
From the inception of the No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation, we have stressed the importance of early detection. Some people are very lucky and find their tumors while they can be removed and the...
View ArticleCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Finds More Hope
We have long been strong supporters of the work being done at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Today, an article that appeared in Long Island's Newsday, shows that there is much to hope for. Cold...
View ArticleUpdates on the Research Front
There has been quite a bit of new information on the treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer. We update frequently here on the blog, but new information can also be found on our website. Today we...
View ArticleReal: Day 1
(It's that time. That horrible time when women trying to manage their fear, pain, heartache and confusion get swallowed up by an orgiastic marketing stampede of corporate hijackers stealing a precious...
View ArticleGates of Hell
Tom Petty died last night. He was a poet, a performer, and without knowing it, a provider of the strength we needed to stand up to the gates of hell and not back down. "I won't back down. No, I won't...
View ArticleTidal Wave
As if it was not bad enough to be diagnosed with cancer, I had to be diagnosed a few weeks before Pink Hell Month. And that is what it is. (If you are a Pink-er, you should probably stop reading...
View ArticleLiving Well
Beyond the treatments, beyond the worry and soothing the frazzled nerves of concerned loved ones, there is one vital thing that must never be forgotten: You. Day 7 Living Well It is so easy to get...
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