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  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 12 recommendations
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

A Very Open Letter from an Oncologist

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  • By gpawelski · Posted August 8, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • A Medical Director at California Cancer Care, an oncology practice in Northern California wrote a candid letter to the Health Beat blog by Maggie Mahar. He is a member of The Century Foundation's Working ...

Dancing on the abyss

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  • By yesshecan · Posted November 2, 2009
  • Journal · 6 recommendations
  • Silent home. Cat sleeps. Dog sleeps. Cancer sleeps. PET scan came back with NED. Yet I am aware, so keenly aware that cancer can sleep and hide and edge forward when it choses. I dance on the abyss. Stare ...

San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

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  • By nutrachris · Posted November 22, 2009
  • Discussion in Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 1 recommendation
  • The annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium will be held from December 9 thru December 13, 2009. I highly reccomend this meeting. www.sabcs.org Over 8,000 breast cancer healthcare professionals will ...

My Feet Hurt

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  • By Mannasaurus · Posted November 20, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with cancer · 1 recommendation
  • Hello all. I know I've read that this is common after chemo. My feet started hurting toward the end of the chemo treatments (taxotere/carboplatin) but now they hurt even more and its been 4 months since ...

RE: Article from New York Times - Quandry for women over breast screenings

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  • By MarionBCDIY · Posted November 5, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • In our local paper today, there was an article regarding the controversy over mammograms -- after reading the whole article I think the most important statement came from Dr. Larry Norton, deputy physician ...

foods that fight cancer

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  • By mog · Posted November 13, 2008
  • Discussion in Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 1 recommendation
  • Hi everyone, I'm 40 with two small kids, just diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, bone mets in 4 places. Needless to say, I am freaking out, but along with hormone treatment (Tamoxifen and zoladex ...

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