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November (7)
NCI Website and Clinical Tri...
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December (23)
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2011
January (30)
Poetry by Jo Shapcott
Too Much Optimism?
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New Drug from the Sea
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Free Teleconference re Recen...
Limiting Lymphedema
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National Breast Cancer Coali...
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February (25)
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April (31)
Hypnosis
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May (29)
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June (31)
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Free Teleconference re Legal...
Use of Alternative Therapies
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August (31)
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Enlisting the Immune System
Sex Workshop
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More re Alcohol Intake and B...
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Teleconference: Managing Fea...
Pink Bad for Business?
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Music Lowers Anxiety
Hot Chemotherapy Bath
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Terrific Fall Conference
Era of Hope Conference
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Cancer Screening
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Susan Love: Wishful Thinking
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Just a Nice Story
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Who I am: Time to Repeat (du...
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More (Anti) Pink
Getting Dumped after Cancer
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November (30)
San Antonio Breast Conferenc...
Reporting of Clinical Trials
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Fatigue after Chemotherapy
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Honey as a Memory Boost
Avastin Approval Withdrawn
Treatment and Your Heart
Chemo Brain IS Real
More Depression for Some
SUrvivor Needs
Breast Cancer Statistics
Personalized Medicine
Preventing Lymphedema
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Smoking and Drinking (Still)
Alcohol and DNA Damage
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ASCO and Cancer Research
Thinking about Work
Avastin Again
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December (32)
Meditation/Mindfulness
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Progress in Genomics
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AIs and Aches and Pains
Managing Early Menopause
Christmas Eve
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Tamoxifen vs Letrozole
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Starch and Breast Cancer
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Disparities in Care
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January (35)
Stress NOT Associated with B...
Moderate Drinking and Recurr...
PARP Inhibitors: Possible Go...
Karma as Balm?
Tying Scarves
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Node Dissection and Micromet...
More on Exercise
Benefit of Soy?
Pathways to Recovery
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Art and Science and Decision...
Sharsheret: A Resource for J...
Quality Care
Over Treatment?
The Rusty Tin Lining
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Program on Mammography Guide...
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Exercise, Tea, and Depressio...
New Exercise Program at BIDM...
Teleconference Tomorrow
Taxanes in Adjuvant Treatmen...
Depressing Exercise Report
Oops re below
Extra Benefits of Acupunctur...
Happy New Year
February (30)
YSC/LBBC Conference
Acupuncture for Hot Flashes
Mindfulness and Meditation
Nutrition Guidelines
Breast MRI and Early Detecti...
Value of Naps
Top Ten Facts
Obesity and Prognosis
The Language of Cancer
Adventures
Aspirin
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How to Tell Your Children
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Chemo and Serious Cognitive ...
Teleconference re Menopausal...
Neoadjuvant Therapy for Her2...
Body Mass and Prognosis
Body Mass and Prognosis
Tamoxifen and Paxil
Insomnia and Chemotherapy
Breast MRI Guidelines
Choices for BRCA1 and BRCA2 ...
Follow Up after Treatment
Zometa and AIs
Hats
How to Help
Grouchy is OK
March (31)
Radiation after Mastectomy
Husbands and Purses
Estimate of Recurrence Risk
Different Perspectives
Religion and Coping
Seeing Things Differently
Fertility after Breast Cance...
Employment After Cancer
Stress Generation
Health Care Reform AT LAST
Questions to Ask
Acai Juice
Cancer Successes
Conference for Women with Ad...
Cancer and Language
Exercise Benefits (Again)
Choosing Your Doctors
After Cancer Short Video
Oncotype Tests Not Well Expl...
Support Groups
PTSD and Cancer
Underweight and Increased Ri...
Sex and Wellbutrin
An Anniversary
Radiation after Mastectomy
Weight Gain and Hot Flashes
Soy and Breast Cancer
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Personalized Cancer Treatmen...
PTSD After Cancer
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April (30)
Multi vitamins and Breast Ca...
More Imaging
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New Chemo Combo
Fried Food for the Cure?
Prognosis for 10+ Positive N...
Progress Towards Blood Test
Understanding ER/PR Testing
Your Grandmother and Your Ri...
Coping with Tests
Cognitive Function Femara vs...
Finding a Clinical Trial
Classic Erma Bombeck
Follow Up 101: An Interview
Weight Gain in Turkey
Self-Advocacy
The Healthcare Team
Fear of Recurrence
Cancer Myths
Improving Survival
Herbal Medicines
SSRIs and Tamoxifen
Fruits, Vegetables = No Risk...
Possible Value of Bisphospho...
Value of Aspirin: IMPORTANT
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Unrealistic Media Reports
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Project LEAD in Boston
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May (30)
Sexuality and Cancer
Avastin Helpful in Treatment...
Shark Cartilage is No Help
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Managing Neuropathy
Shifts in Standards of Care
Chemo Brain
Celebration of Life
Free Teleconference on Treat...
Value of Yoga
Twice Yearly Mammograms?
Fatigue and Radiation Therap...
Study on Neuropathic Pain
Get Out and Exercise
Friendship and Cancer
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Managing Stress and Anxiety
Fund Raiser and Sex Toys
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Drugs to Avoid with Tamoxife...
PTSD and Cancer
Organizing Your Care
The Wig and Me
Personalized Medicine
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Cancer and the Environment
Progress in Cancer Treatment
Plastics, Deodorant, and Bre...
Training your Brain
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June (28)
Exercise (Again!)
Reconstruction Options
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Triple Negative Breast Cance...
Reconstruction and Lymphedem...
Mixed Success with Neuropath...
Sexuality and Intimacy
Tamoxifen and Anti-depressan...
Cardiac Damage from Treatmen...
How Many Summers?
Surgery for Lung Mets?
New Drug for Bones
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Support Groups Improve Survi...
Cancer Progress
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Tips for taking Xeloda
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Genetic Risk and Lifestyle
More Bilateral Mastectomies
ASCO 2010
Drugs to Avoid with Tamoxife...
Joint Pain from AIs
Family Caregiver Resources
July (30)
Two Video Links
Understanding Statistics
Reclaiming Body Image
What is Radiation Therapy?
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Treatment for Inflammatory B...
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Higher Doses of Arimidex for...
PARP inhibitors
Avastin Not so Helpful
20 Possible Causes of Cancer
Fish Oil and Breast Cancer R...
Blogging
ASCO Endorses Use of AIs
Mastectomy and Neuropathic P...
Managing Fatigue
Pathology Reports
Cognitive Issues/Chemobrain
Full Node Dissection?
Fertility and Cancer Treatme...
Complementary Therapies
Resource and Information Lin...
Aspirin May Reduce Recurrenc...
Younger Women and Hormonal T...
Study Comparing CA to Doceta...
Exercise and Cognition
Returning to Work
Generic Anastrozole (Arimide...
Buffering: A Good Plan or No...
Teleconference re Holocaust ...
August (33)
Stress Reducers
Personality Does NOT Matter
Email Hoaxes
Choosing a Therapist
Misconceptions re Gene Mutat...
Research Standards: CAM vs. ...
Aspirin May Lower Recurrence...
Alcohol and Breast Cancer Ri...
Free Teleconference re Genet...
Recurrence Risk after 5 Year...
Herbs and Supplements (Again...
Fertility after Cancer
Body Image after Cancer
Cancer Myths
Online Cancer Fraud
Words to Ban from Oncology