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Alcohol and Survival

Posted 4/11/2013 by hhill
This is excellent news for those of us who really enjoy a cocktail in the evening or a glass of wine with dinner. If you have been reading this blog for any length of time, you know this is a recurring topic, and it is often to share another study that suggests even moderate alcohol intake may increase breast cancer risk or recurrence risk. This newest study from Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests the opposite: that moderate drinking may not impact whether or not one survives breast cancer and might even increase your odds. Read more... Comments (0)
Five Year Survival Rates

Posted 4/4/2013 by hhill
In a way, this is a companion piece to my recent blog on the use (or not) of the word "cure" in Cancer World. In Breast Cancer World, five year survival rates are misleading, often misused, and not so important. As I have said before, each year that you stay healthy, the odds of remaining healthy increase. But three years or five years or even ten years have no special magic for women who have had breast cancer. Research and statistics have to be organized in some way, and the standard format is five and ten years. Read more... Comments (0)

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Alcohol and Survival