Hundreds of Thousands of Women Will Be Diagnosed with Breast Cancer this Year
While Breast Cancer Awareness Month isn’t until October, breast cancer is a topic that needs attention all-year-round, especially during the carefree summer months when people aren’t putting their health first. It impacts hundreds of thousands of people and 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
Radiation therapy has revolutionized breast cancer treatment and because of it, many women with early-stage cancer can be treated with breast-conservation surgery rather than mastectomy.
Here is what I learned in my interview with Dr. Sharla Patterson, a Breast Surgeon with NCH Physician Group in Naples. FL.
· How has radiation therapy, breast-conserving surgery, and oncoplastic techniques revolutionized breast cancer treatment?
These techniques have been found to all three work very well together in place of a traditional mastectomy. These techniques help reduce radiation and risk. Oncoplastic surgery is a plastic surgery that treats the breast affected with cancer and helps it to feel and look more like it did before surgery by getting rid of unsightly dimples, lumps, etc.
· What is BioZorb and how does it work?
Although breast-conserving surgery has been around for some time, recent technology, like the BioZorb marker, is helping to improve outcomes and minimize side effects. This tiny device looks like a small spiral of plastic, but is a very efficient device that is planted and basically acts like a GPS for breast cancer, ensuring more precise (and potentially shorter) radiation treatments, by targeting the cancer in the breast for radiation so other unaffected areas surrounding the targeted area aren’t hit with radiation. And thanks to new oncoplastic surgery techniques, it also helps improve the cosmetic outcomes of surgery – giving women the unprecedented opportunity to look and feel like themselves post-treatment.
- Who can benefit from Biozorb?
This treatment is appropriate for someone who is diagnosed with breast cancer and also qualifies for breast-conserving surgery.
Learn more about this exciting new technology for fighting breast cancer, by visiting MyBioZorb.com today!
About the talent
Dr. Sharla Patterson is a breast surgeon with NCH Physician Group who received her medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX. After finishing medical school, Dr. Patterson completed her General Surgery residency at the University of South Alabama. From there she went on to complete her Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Patterson serves on national and state-level committees and has received numerous awards for her commitment to Breast Health.
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This technology for breast cancer recovery sounds very promising. Thanks for sharing!
I am glad to hear how technology is advancing, especially in ways to help women. Thanks for sharing.
It’s scary to think about this that’s why everyone should get there annually check up. I did this past few months.
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Very informative post! Thanks for sharing.
Very helpful and important to know
Wow, it’s hard to believe that 1 in 8 will have breast cancer. That’s a lot of women. Thanks for posting!
Important information for all women.
Thanks so much for this. I have learned a lot..
good to know that they have new and improved options for breast cancer patients
Thanks for the info
My mother found a lump on her breast not to long ago so this post really helps me to buckle down and do what I need to do for myself
Sending you and your family love and well wishes!! xoxo
this is amazing such a great post ! thanks for letting people be aware! xoxo
We definitely need a breakthrough. Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the great article. The more info women have the better.
Breast cancer is scary and I look for ways to minimize it.
Thanks for the info, I am currently dealing with cancer.
I’m glad new treatments are being developed!! I can’t imagine being in this situation.
The medical procedures are advancing rapidly. I am glad to hear about this procedure for breast cancer. So so many are affected directly and indirectly.
I think it’s very important to get yearly exams! Thanks for the great article!
This is absolutely amazing! To be able to target the specific cancer areas instead of hitting both healthy and unhealthy areas is awesome. I hope this saves so many lives and helps those that have to go through radiation treatment.
There’s hardly a family that has not in one way or another that hasn’t somehow effected by breast cancer.
I’m always very careful about this. My grandmother passed from breast cancer.
Absolutely important! I hope this helps so many women!
I’m so glad there is new treatment here. My sister is a survivor, and it’s scary for me to imagine what she went thru.
so nice to bring attention to this.
The technology is getting some much better and detect things at a very early stage. Awesome.
So many friends and my sister had breast cancer. I was a caregiver for my sister so I went through each step with her. Just so horrible to see what breast cancer patients endure.
Check the girls! And all those fighting…stay strong, you got this!
Great info, thank you
Heading to biozorb this is so informative thanks n spreading the word
With the New Technology Studies are being tested on women with Breast Cancer every day. All the gathered information sounds very promising and gives women hope for a better & healthier life.
Cancer is just so scary! I am glad there are so many doctors and specialists out there coming up with new ways to fight it!
This is something I have never heard about. It’s very interesting.
Very good info
get your annually check up!
Made me sad but also made me happy. Lost a cousin some years back to breast cancer, maybe today we would not have lost her.
I thank you for sharing this news. This is something I will pass on to my girls.
I will share this information with my daughter.Thank you.
Interesting-I’venever heard of this technology before.
This is really helpful. Thanks for sharing because women need knowledge.
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