Madeleine Philippe Cancer Foundation (Aus) Inc
"So that we may help others and save lives".
Raising breast and ovarian cancer awareness through sharing knowledge and experience.
Life Changing Moments
by Clancy Philippe
Madeleine Philippe (my wife) received a call from her doctor in December 2006 to be told that she had breast cancer. That's when your world falls apart and the moment when Annabelle our grand daughter, literally hurled herself backwards and hit the wall with disbelief. I was numbed to find that breast cancer was with us and not something that others had. Madeleine herself was shocked and I could see tears running down her cheeks........ (More)
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Early Diagnosis can mean the difference between life and death.
The good news is that with advances in treatment and diagnosis, more women are surviving breast cancer than ever before. These days, about 84 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer will be alive 5 years on. You will probably never develop breast cancer — but if you do, finding it early will increase your chances of effective treatment. If the cancer cells are only in the breast and have not spread to other parts of the body, it is likely they can be completely removed and not be a threat to your life. When breast cancer is found early, before it has spread, women have a much greater chance of successful treatment and more treatment choices. Click here for Breast Cancer symptoms.
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About 20% of ovarian cancers are found at an early stage. When ovarian cancer is found early at a localized stage, about 94% of patients live longer than 5 years after diagnosis. There are 2 tests that are used most commonly to screen for ovarian cancer. These tests, transvaginal sonography and CA-125, are often offered to women who are at high risk of developing epithelial ovarian cancer, such as those with a very strong family history.
A new tool has been developed to assist in the assessment of the
likelihood of women's risk in developing ovarian or breast cancer. Talk
to your doctor about it, if you have a history of either breast or
ovarian cancer in the family. Do not do the test yourself, get
your doctor to do it properly.
Women concerned about
their family history of ovarian or breast cancer are being encouraged to
go online with their general practitioner to complete National Breast
and Ovarian Cancer Centre’s new risk assessment tool. Dr Helen Zorbas,
CEO, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC), said the easy
to-use online tool www.nbocc.org.au/fraboc
has been developed to assist health professionals in assessing a
woman’s risk of developing ovarian or breast cancer based on her family
history of the diseases. The online tool, developed for use by doctors,
takes a woman and her doctor through a maximum of eight questions,
collecting information about the history of breast and ovarian cancer on
both sides of the family.
It is important that any likely symptoms in the abdomen area be
rapidly investigated by your doctor and checked for potential ovarian
cancer. Failure to do so can result in the cancer spreading and become
very difficult to treat.
Click here for Ovarian cancer symptoms.
5 things women should know about Ovarian Cancer. (Click)
Breast changes to look for and breast symptoms.
Anti Cancer-A new way of life. This book could save your life.
Watch Dr David Servan-Schreiber talk on cancer prevention.
Watch Dr William Li of the Angiogenesis Foundation.
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