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Breast cancer treatment and research at Dana-Farber

More than 175,000 cases of invasive breast cancer and 62,000 cases of in situ breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2007, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). The ACS projects that more than 40,000 breast cancer patients will die from the disease this year.

Dana-Farber's Gillette Center for Women's Cancers has created a patient-focused, multidisciplinary care program designed to ensure the best possible quality of life during and following treatment, while also fostering innovative research to advance the understanding, prevention, early detection, and treatment of breast cancer.

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• Treatment for Breast Cancer at Dana-Farber
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Related Stories

• Network approach yields discovery of a potential breast cancer susceptibility gene (October 11, 2007)
• Combined screening approach leads to discovery of gene linked to breast cancer (June 14, 2007)
• Dana-Farber's Eric Winer, MD, named chief scientific advisor of Susan G. Komen for the Cure (May 23, 2007)
• International study points to new breast cancer-susceptibility gene (Feb. 9. 2007)
• Molecular atlas provides new tool for understanding estrogen-fueled breast cancer (October 2, 2006)
• Women's Cancers Program leaders spur new breast cancer consortium (Spring/Summer 2006)
• Advances in chemotherapy improve outcomes in select breast cancers (April 12, 2006)
• New cellular flaw found in some virulent breast cancers (January 17, 2006)
• Low-dose chemotherapy plus antiangiogenesis drug has activity in advanced breast cancer (Dec. 8, 2005)
• New project explores genetic and emotional sides of metastatic breast cancer (Fall/Winter 2005)
• Breast Cancer Program leads the way in integrating services at DFCI, BWH (Fall/Winter 2005)
• Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center team to demonstrate multidisciplinary treatment for breast cancer during Webcast (Oct. 26, 2005)
• Herceptin treatment lowers recurrence rate in early breast cancer (Oct. 19, 2005)
• Subtle changes in normal genes implicated in breast cancer (July 14, 2005)
• Woman, interrupted: Enhancing care for young women with breast cancer (Spring 2005)
• Breast cancer's outside agitators (Spring 2005)
• Test predicts risk of blood clot in women receiving tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer (May 17, 2005)
• Breast tumor's biological traits guide hormone therapy (May 17, 2005)
• Moderate alcohol use linked to increase in breast cancer risk (May 16, 2005)
• How often should women get mammograms? (Feb. 22, 2005)
• Study helps doctors identify childhood cancer survivors at increased risk of developing breast cancer (Oct. 18, 2004)
• Dana-Farber, Brigham and Women's researchers study role of diet and exercise in breast cancer risk and recovery (Oct. 4, 2004)
• Study suggests broader chemotherapy attack in breast cancer (July 19, 2004)
• North America's largest-ever breast cancer prevention trial nears enrollment goal of 19,000 patients (April 13, 2004)
• BRCA mutations not associated with colorectal cancer risk, studies suggest (Jan. 7, 2004)
• Study supports tailoring adjuvant therapy for early-stage breast cancer (Jan. 5, 2004)

Personal Stories

• Karen Webster — Cancer tests your mettle, management consultant discovers

  

  After receiving her diagnosis and undergoing a lumpectomy near her home in Maryland, breast cancer survivor and management consultant Karen Webster searched the Internet to find the right cancer center and oncologist for her follow-up care. read more

• Shannon Mannke — The fight of her life

  

  Diagnosed with breast cancer at just 26, Shannon Mannke faced the kind of hardship few her age ever do. But she believes the experience made her a stronger person with a better appreciation of life. read more

• June Levinson and Julie Ross — Sharing cancer, sharing a gift

  

  With breast cancer diagnoses nearly 30 years apart, a mother and daughter discover they have much more in common than cancer. They recount with candor their disparate (yet similar) journeys, discovering a bond that would sustain them through cancer and inspire their support for research. read more

• Chaewon Kim — Breast cancer survivor's radical renovation is talk of the neighborhood

  

  For Chaewon Kim, a breast cancer survivor who receives care at Dana-Farber, her controversial house renovation in North Cambridge has become a hard-earned calling card for her architectural ambitions and a symbol of her determination to take charge of her life. read more

• Marilyn Wallach — My support group journey

  

  Like many cancer patients, Marilyn Wallach realized that personal strength and the love and support of family and friends isn't always enough. So, she joined a support group. Since her breast cancer diagnosis, treatment has started and stopped and started again, but there are two things that have remained constant: the love of her family and friends and the support of a roomful of women who know what it's like to be her. read more

• Shannon McBain — Helping her mother heal

  

  A fourth grader at Henry T. Wing Elementary School in Sandwich, Mass., Shannon McBain reminds us that cancer effects more than just those diagnosed with the disease. She learned this firsthand when her mother was recently treated for breast cancer. read more

• Diana Rose — Grateful to be a survivor

  

  Diana Rose didn't want to die. Only 31 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she still had so much she wanted to live for. She wanted to fall in love; she wanted to have children; she wanted to see Paris. She wanted to live. Three years into her journey toward wellness, she's now looking forward to the day 40 years from now when she can look back at her life and say, "I'm grateful to be a survivor." read more

• Kristen Pluntze — Lucky 13

  

  A breast cancer diagnosis on Friday the 13th reinforced Kristen Pluntze's fears about bad luck and superstition. But when her husband pointed out to her that the day she was diagnosed was the first day on her road to wellness, she was reminded that every day alive — whether it's Friday the 13th or Friday the 12th — is a good day. read more

• Diane Cotting — Surviving rough waters to row again

  

  Diane Cotting believes two things saved her life after she was diagnosed with breast cancer: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the sport of rowing. read more

• Laura Jeppesen — Making Connections

  

  Laura Jeppesen and her husband were poring over maps and planning their upcoming trip to France when she received a call from her doctor's office with news of her breast cancer. Instead of driving through the French countryside, Jeppeson was about to embark on a completely different kind of journey. read more

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