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Tag Archives: breast cancer
How to decrease your risk of getting breast cancer?
How to decrease your risk of getting breast cancer? Breastfeed your babies! It is also convenient, good for baby, and free. Lose weight. For postmenopausal women with obesity (BMI >30), there is a 20-40% INCREASED risk of breast cancer. In … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, decreasing breast cancer risk, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, menopause and breast cancer, NAMS, obesity and breast cancer
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NEW Cancer Screening Recommendations
NEW Cancer Screening Recommendations. To help diagnose breast cancer, the American Cancer Society suggests mammography starting at 45 years of age with annual screening until 54 years of age and then every other year after 54. To prevent cervical … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, General Medicine- Adults, Uncategorized
Tagged breast cancer, cancer, cervical cancer, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, family physician, famiy medicine, HPV vaccine, mammogram, pap, Reno, Reno family physician, University of Nevada, University of Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine
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Are you a woman concerned about breast cancer?
Are you a woman concerned about breast cancer? There is a fantastic online tool to help you figure out your risk of having breast cancer. https://www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool/
Posted in Cancer, General Medicine- Adults, Uncategorized
Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer risk, breast cancer tool, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Nevada, Reno, Reno family doctor, Reno family physician, University of Nevada, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine
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Breast cancer pill rethought
Tamoxifen is used in the hopes of stopping a breast cancer recurrence. For 15 years the standard has been to take a tamoxifen pill once a day for 5 years. And then stop. There is new research that women who take … Continue reading
Posted in breast, Cancer, General Medicine- Adults, Uncategorized, Women's Health
Tagged Andover, breast cancer, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, tamoxifen, wichita
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Cancer screening guidelines: The down-and-dirty on breast cancer screening.
The American Cancer Society updated their guidelines on cancer screening. I’m going to update myself (and you!) with those. This will be broken up into a few blogs. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, it’ll be reviewed first. Breast … Continue reading
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Tagged Andover, breast cancer, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, wichita
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Breast screening guidelines have changed.
Breast cancer deaths can be reduced with effective screening. Screening is based on age and risk factors. By age: Women 20 years and older should be taught about breast self-awareness. A woman should be aware of the normal feel and … Continue reading
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Decrease YOUR chance of breast cancer. . .
There are many things in life that we cannot change: our age, our gender, our family history. But, there are (what we physicians call) modifiable risk factors. To decrease your risk of breast cancer, follow these. . . . avoid … Continue reading
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Tagged Andover, breast, breast cancer, cancer, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, mammogram, wichita
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What are the benefits to younger women getting mammograms?
Annual mammograms decreased the risk of mastectomy in women aged 40-50 by half! 1138 women participated in a study and those who had a mammogram yearly were more likely to have a smaller, singular breast cancer. These women were able to … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, breast mass, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, mammogram, mammography, wichita, women's health
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