The Radiant Wrap Blog

I wanted to share this article that appeared in Yahoo News tonight: U.S. Breast Cancer Rates Will Increase 50% By 2030 (But It’s Not All Bad News) Jenna Birch‎ April‎ ‎20‎, ‎2015 Some breast cancers are on the rise — while others will become less common. The reasons why are...

I was talking to an old friend last week who I haven’t seen in over twenty years. He had heard that I had Breast Cancer and told me he was really sorry for not reaching out- that I must have gone through hell and how was I? It struck me...

“Study Shows Third Gene as Indicator for Breast Cancer” As Printed in the NY Times By Nicholas Bakalaraug, August 6, 2014 Mutations in a gene called PALB2 raise the risk of breast cancer in women by almost as much as mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, the infamous genes implicated in...

Dogs Detect Ovarian Cancer By Angela Zimm May 18, 2014 on Bloomberg.com This is Amazing!!! Here’s the article….. Cancer detection dog McBaine is trained to sniff out the odorants that indicate a woman has ovarian cancer, a disease that has no effective test for early detection. Which is better at...

One feared side effect in many young women after Chemotherapy is early menopause and infertility. MD Anderson launched a study with the drug- Zoladex- which is thought to reduce the risk of developing ovarian dysfunction as a result of chemotherapy. NBC News reports that out of 218 women who had...