Love said that there were six different kinds of breast cancer and that treatments could be tailor-made to each patient. Having the treatment specific for that kind of tumor, we're seeing much better results personalizing the treatment to the tumor.
Love also said that a recent Johns Hopkins study done on rats showed that it may be possible to prevent cancer, which she said is more exciting than finding a cure. For more information on Dr. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest?
Comments 0. Top Stories. Whoopi Goldberg celebrates birthday by sharing her favorite things 1 hour ago. Here are the lessons that Sheryl learned from her experience with the disease, her best advice for people newly-diagnosed, and why she thinks every month not just October should be Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Sheryl Crow: In , I was 44 years old. I had a scheduled yearly mammogram appointment coming up and like every woman, I dreaded it and wanted to put it off. I was healthy, fit, and had no family history. I was the last person I would imagine would have a life-threatening illness.
I kept the appointment and to my shock, from a routine 2D mammogram, I was diagnosed with estrogen-positive invasive cancer. My message is one of empowerment. I am practically the poster child for early detection. We do not have a cure, so until we do, early detection is our best weapon. And early detection saves lives.
We are all busy but the hour it takes to get a breast exam could mean the difference in a less intense treatment, like I had, or in needing chemo… or even worse, being given a more dire prognosis. As women, we are often caretakers. We take care of our families, we work, we keep our homes and families going, and we tend to put ourselves at the bottom of the long list of people we take care of.
Sheryl Crow is speaking about the importance of breast cancer screening amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. It's been 14 years since the year-old singer was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer, and she says early detection played such a large role in her battle with the disease. Crow said she even considered canceling the appointment because she had a lot going on and didn't think it was "necessary" at the time.
After getting her diagnosis, she took action immediately. The singer had a lumpectomy and went through 33 radiation treatments over the course of 7 weeks. Incidence rates show that 1 in 8 women in the U. On Sept. Crow will have another concert on Oct. FB Tweet More. Sheryl Crow.
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