Cancer

Women’s Cancers: Genetics, Signs, Sypmtoms, & Treatment

May 14, 2010
By Suzy_Brown

Information is power when you are managing cancer.  Dr. Ruchi Garg, gynecologic oncologist, will answer your questions about cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancer.  Dr. Garg will discuss various treatment options available to women, including robotic surgery. Click here to RSVP for this amazing free event!
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Missy’s Corner: The Women In Pink

March 11, 2010
By Missy Lavender
Missy’s Corner: The Women In Pink

In 2008, I was honored to speak at a retreat in southern New Hampshire for breast cancer patients and survivors. The Knowledge, Strength & Grace Retreat is the brainchild of Dr. Carolyn Kaelin, Harvard oncologist and herself a breast cancer survivor.   This amazing 3-day “camp” (literally held at a Y family camp on Lake Winnipesaukee) was free...
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Missy’s Corner: A Look in the Mirror

March 8, 2010
By Missy Lavender
Missy’s Corner: A Look in the Mirror

I saw a fantastic documentary a few weeks ago called In The Family, by Chicago documentary filmmaker  Joanna Rudnick.  Joanna found out at thirty-one that she is a carrier of the BRCA-1 genetic mutation, which means she has an increased risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.  (Click here to learn more about BRCA 1 and...
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