Tag: "breast cancer"
Join Siteman for the Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure
As someone affected by breast cancer, Yulanda Tomlin-Watson is part of a team no one chooses to join. In 1998, the disease took her mother, the nucleus of her extended family. In her honor, Tomlin-Watson started a team the next year that friends and relatives happily joined. “JoAnn’s Jewels,” named after the woman they lost, [...]
It starts with you and me
The following letter to the Bowling Green Times is reprinted with permission from Carrie Anne Mitchell: Not long ago, I was one of the 36 women that took advantage of a free mammography screening on July 18. With a history of breast cancer on my mother’s side of the family, I made an appointment with [...]
Komen Race Recap: Thank You St. Louis
Thanks to so many of you who helped in the fight against breast cancer at Saturday’s Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure. While the overall event raised over $2.2 million and had over 50,000 participants, our Siteman Cancer Center, NewsChannel 5, St. Louis Rams team was one of the event’s largest with over [...]
Siteman Breast Cancer Survivor Featured in Today’s Komen/Post-Dispatch Section
The annual Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure is Saturday and we look forward to seeing around 3,500 people in our blue Siteman Cancer Center/NewsChannel 5/St. Louis Rams Team Georgia shirts on race day. To get people ready for the race, today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a fantastic section with dozens of breast cancer [...]
Siteman, NewsChannel 5, Rams Team Announced for Komen Race
The fight against breast cancer has made great strides in the past 15 years. Some of that, including here in the St. Louis area, can be attributed to the literal strides taken by people participating in the annual Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure®. Since 1999, the St. Louis Affiliate of the Susan G. [...]
Can Diet and Exercise Prevent a Breast Cancer Recurrence?
After everything is finished with a breast cancer treatment, preventing a recurrence becomes a focus. Patients are prescribed medications to reduce chances it doesn’t happen again. There’s another idea in mind that may hold off a recurrence: losing weight. Cancer prevention researcher Kate Wolin, ScD, from our Siteman Cancer Center has a new study enrolling women with [...]
FDA decision on Avastin disappointing to some oncologists
In a development forseen for sometime, FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, revoked the agency’s approval of the breast cancer indication for Avastin on Friday “after concluding that the drug has not been shown to be safe and effective for that use.” It was disappointing news to Siteman Cancer Center oncologist Mike Naughton, MD. Previously, [...]
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