From Prevention Matters Newsletter, Spring 2016 [PDF] By Agnes Masny, RN, MPH, MSN, CRNP and Susan Montgomery, RN, BSN, OCN, GCN You may have heard that in January 2016, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a panel of medical expe...

An award-winning researcher and associate professor of Cancer Biology at Fox Chase Cancer Center – Temple Health, Jeffrey R. Peterson, PhD, recently earned a $50,000 research grant from the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition (PBCC), along with his colleag...

Genetic testing for cancer risks has been getting a lot of attention in the media this year, spurred by news that Angelia Jolie underwent a double mastectomy, after testing positive for a gene that put her at an 87 percent risk of developing breast cancer. ...

The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) is the premier accreditation for breast centers throughout the United States. Due to its success, the program has sparked interest from more than a dozen foreign centers that want the ability to ...

“He’s handsome.” “Are you kidding? He’s ugly.”  “That’s teal.” “Certainly not. That’s green.” “That song is beautiful.” “Good grief. It’s horrid.” What do these things have in common? They are subjective disagreements about things that are hard to ...

It has been known for a long time that breast cancers tend to cluster in some families.  With the discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, we have also learned that ovarian cancer is more common in families with breast cancer. Both breast and ovarian cancer ...