Category: Health
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Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
When Homa Sadat found a lump in her breast at age 27, her gynecologist told her she was too young to have breast cancer. With the lump dismissed as a harmless cyst, Sadat didn’t think about it again until she felt a shooting pain. A biopsy of the lump confirmed breast cancer; a biopsy of…
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Women’s Cancers: Basic research seeks new ways to attack cancer
Advances in immunotherapy Peter P. Lee, M.D., chair of cancer immunotherapeutics and tumor immunology at City of Hope, is pursuing several projects that are part of a what he calls integrated immunotherapy. This concept advances the idea that effective cancer treatment must address each phase or action of the body’s complex immune system. In one…
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New Program Offers Peer Support for Women
It has long been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. At City of Hope, researchers are implementing this concept of imitation—of making one thing similar to another—in a leading-edge approach to treating difficult cancers. City of Hope’s new chief of surgery and an enthusiastic researcher, Yuman Fong, M.D., has been developing a…
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Exercise: Tackle Your Busy Schedule With Renewed Energy
Being a successful woman in the real estate industry means your days are most likely hectic and stressful. The last thing you probably want to do is go to the gym. If you can motivate yourself to go, you may end up on the treadmill the entire time because the weight area intimidates you and/or…