Utah Breast Cancer Support Group for young women under the age of 45 - Young Survivor Sist: Breast Cancer Information

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Upcoming Image Reborn Retreats

I just wanted to let everyone know that the Image Reborn Foundation has posted their schedule for their free retreats for the beginning of 2010. Their mission is to provide no-cost healing retreats to women
who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. The focus is on encouraging women to reclaim their sense of personal power and to strengthen them in their journey toward healing on all levels and living fully.

January 8-10 (2010)
Open to all breast cancer survivors

February 5-7
Young Survivors Supported by a grant from the Salt Lake City affiliate of the Susan G Komen

March 5-7
Stage IV Advanced Breast Cancer supported by a grant from the Salt
Lake City affiliate of the Susan G Komen

April 16-18
Open to all breast cancer survivors

I am not sure how many openings they have or how they decide who gets
to go. I just registered for the February retreat. You can register
at http://www.imagerebornfoundation.org/registration.php
I would love to have some company if I get to go.
~ Candace

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Image Reborn ~ Living Beyond Breast Cancer

For those of you who need a break from the stresses of breast cancer and life in general - I strongly suggest looking into Image Reborn retreats. The Image Reborn Foundation provides FREE retreats for breast cancer survivors! I was able to attend a retreat last year in Park City and a group photo from that fun time is currently on the home page of the Image Reborn site. I met

several wonderful girls there and was rejuvenated! The weekend retreat was full of fun things - massages, facials, gourmet dinners, life journaling classes and more. You can find out more information about Image Reborn by visitng their site at http://imagerebornfoundation.org/!

Contact them asap to get scheduled for the next retreat! You won't regret it.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Information about Inflammatory Breast Cancer - Amber Chase's Musings on Cancer and Life

Information about Inflammatory Breast Cancer - Amber Chase's Musings on Cancer and Life

Amber Chase bravely fought Stage 4 Inflammatory Breast Cancer for 2 years. She wants
EVERYONE to know her story so that they can be prepared and informed.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

New breast cancer test lets doctors customize care for patients

KSL news story about breast cancer

New breast cancer test lets doctors customize care for patients

New breast cancer test lets doctors customize care for patients
August 27th, 2009 @ 10:30pm
By Jed Boal
SALT LAKE CITY -- When a doctor tells a woman she has breast cancer, the news can be overwhelming. But oncologists now have a new test that lets breast cancer patients make more personalized decisions about their treatment.

Chandy Bronson is a breast cancer survivor.

"We pulled through it, but it was really difficult," she said.

Today Bronson is healthy, happy and in remission. Last October, when she found out the lump in her breast was cancerous, she was devastated and had to break the news to her four boys.

Chandy Bronson meets with her doctor
"That was the hardest part about this whole situation, telling your little kids that you have cancer. Of course they all thought, is mom going to die?" Bronson said.

There were many tough questions, but her oncologist, Dr. William Nibley, used a new test called Oncotype DX to answer questions about treatment.

The test uncovers the genetic makeup of a patient's tumor to determine the likelihood of breast cancer recurrence and whether the patient will respond to chemotherapy.

"We can actually look at each individual's tumor, specifically, based on the genetics of the tumor. We can tell them more specifically how their tumor is going to behave and what treatments will be appropriate for them," Nibley said.

That's valuable information, especially since 96 percent of stage one breast cancer patients do not benefit from chemotherapy, yet a majority pursue the costly and toxic treatment anyway. For a small group of patients there's a great benefit from chemo; the majority can avoid needless treatment.

"We're able to personalize this recommendation," Nibley said. "So, the people who get chemotherapy, it's much more effective for them."

When doctors can customize treatment for breast cancer patients, they can save more lives.

"We're able to take the therapies that we have and really apply them to the people who need them the most," Nibley said.

Bronson was cancer-free after surgery, but the test told her the tumor was more aggressive than they originally thought, that he needed treatment and she would respond to chemo.

"Because of this test, it made making that decision much easier to do chemo radiation. I wasn't guessing," Bronson said.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women living in Salt Lake County. Statewide, more than 1,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. In the past, the prognosis for breast cancer was dependent on the size and stage of the tumor.

When Bronson started to lose her hair during chemotherapy, 23 boys and men--friends and family--shaved their heads with her. That support was crucial, but so was the Oncotype DX test.

"It's a personal test that shows: Yes, you're going to need additional treatment, or no, you're not going to need additional treatment. Knowledge is power, and this was a big piece of information for me," Bronson said.

For the cancer doctors, Nibley says they can be more effective with treatment. They can also tell many patients who dread chemo they won't need it.

Intermountain Healthcare now will submit a study on how this test changed the therapy for a large group of patients. It will be presented at a San Antonio Breast Cancer convention, the biggest worldwide meeting of its kind.

E-mail: jboal@ksl.com

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Lymph Node Transplant

When we were at the social in January, Dr. Massey's nurse Jill announced that Dr. Massey is now doing lymph node transplants. When I was in New Orleans for my reconstruction, Dr. Massey did the first transplant there on a sweet woman named Sharon. We stayed at the Hope Lodge together and got to know each other. Check out the video link on Dr. Massey's web site at www.drmarga.com to see a great news report on lymph node transplants. There are very few doctors that can do this procedure. Tell everyone you know that this is now available. You never know who it might help. I told my massage therapist and one of her other patients is now scheduled with Dr. Massey to have it done.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

5th Annual Family Picnic

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So you and your families are ALL invited!!! Join us!! Please email your RSVP and the number of people that will be attending to eringadd@gmail.com. We will have a giant sub from SUBWAY! I need to order ASAP...so don't wait! Send your RSVP TODAY!! Thanks! Erin.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Utah Cancer Resource, Education for Women

Hello Young Survivors,
I hope you all are doing well and that you all will soon be enjoying simmer.
I am writing to let you know of an upcoming Cancer Survivors Conference on Sept 25 at the Train Depot. We will also be having a train the trainer on Cervical Cancer in the near future.
Let us know if you need any information on upcoming events and check our website for the Needs Beyond Medicine Program.

We are still meeting the second Tuesday of the Month, and our next meeting will be July 14th at Health Insight which is on 45th South and 348 East suite 300. We invite you or a representative of your group to join us. Phillip Brown is in charge of sending out information and I have included him on this e-mail. You can also reach him at 801-892-6634.

Sylvia G. Rickard
UCREW
Please visit our website: www.ucrew.org

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Diagnosis and Staging

There are many wonderful sites in cyberspace that provide helpful information regarding breast cancer. We are working to post as many of these sites as possible on our blog and welcome any links to sites you have found helpful. Links will be posted under the TOPICS section by category.

A great resource for Breast Cancer Basics can be found on the http://www.PinkRibbonGirls.org website under Resources in the left menu bar.