breast cancer – MD Update

It’s All About Her

November 1, 2018December 28, 2018 Holly Hinson age of breast cancer, Beth Riley, breast, breast cancer, breast cancer patient, breast cancer treatment, breast density, breast mass, cancer, cancer registry, cohort, cosmetic outcome, deputy director, deputy director of the university of Louisville James Graham Brown cancer center, diagnosis, distinctive clinical challenge, Elizabeth Riley, endocrinologist, episodic appointment, fertility, fertility preservation, fertility treatment, gynecological high-risk colleague, high-risk colleague, idea of fertility preservation, image001 photo, In-Vitro, In-Vitro fertilization, IVF, JGBCC, key specialist, Louisville James Graham Brown, Louisville James Graham Brown cancer center, mammogram, mammogram screen, medical oncologist, onco-plastic, onco-plastic surgery team, oncologist, ovulation induction cycle, patient population, photo, physician, pregnancy, program 's logo, reproductive endocrinologist, Riley, sexual health, sexual health counsel, started practice, timely way, treatment challenge, treatment difference, U, unique cohort, unique facet of a young woman 's breast, year basis, young breast cancer patient, young woman, young woman 's breast

LOUISVILLE When medical oncologist Elizabeth Riley, MD, noticed she was seeing more breast cancer patients under the age of 45

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Special Section

Plastic Surgeons Transplant Tissue Between Identical Twins

January 1, 2018March 23, 2018 Gil Dunn 14, abdomen, abdominal skin, Adair, Adair 's left chest, Adair 's right chest, breast, breast cancer, breast reconstruction, cancer, Cherona, Cherona Craig, Cheryl Adair, chest, Craig, Donald Graham, donor, flap, Jewish hospital, Katherine Fu, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Kleinert Kutz, Kleinert Kutz hand, Laxminarayan Bhandari, long-distance marathon, mastectomy, Michelle Palazzo, microsurgical, microsurgical technique, new breast, operate room, Palazzo, photo, plastic surgeon, plastic surgeon transplant tissue, radiation, reconstruction, relay team of surgeon, right breast, sister 's abdomen, sister 's combined procedure, skin, surgeon, surgeon transplant tissue, surgery, surgical team, Terry McCurry, tissue, transplant, transplant surgery, twin, twin sister 's abdomen, U, Uzair Qazi

LOUISVILLE After watching her identical twin sister go through chemo and radiation therapies not once, but three times, Cherona Craig

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Special Section

Shorter Treatments, Longer Lives

October 1, 2017 Donna Ison 18, 18 mV photon, 6 mV photon, Bardstown, benefit of the patient, breast, breast cancer, breast radiation, cancer, cancer patient, combination of CT scan, CT, CT-based, current state of radiation oncology, Dr. Kristie Paris, Elekta, Elekta treatment delivery system, energy capability, energy capability of 6 mV photon, Flaget, Flaget 's tumor board, Flaget cancer center, free-standing radiation center, good perspective, guided procedure, image-guided radiation, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Kristie Paris, long-term complication, longevity, mammogram, medical oncologist, modulated radiation, multitude of change, mV, new radiation therapy technology, normal tissue, Norton Healthcare, oncologist, oncology, one-week course, one-week course of partial breast radiation, original career path, partial breast radiation, participate surgeon, patient 's chance, patient undergo breast conserve therapy, precise localization, precise localization of the tumor, proliferation of computed tomography, prospective case, radiation, radiation oncologist, radiation oncology, radiation technology, radiation therapy technology, short treatment, stereotactic radiation, therapy, tissue, treatment plan, tumor, university of Louisville

BARDSTOWN For Kristie Paris, MD, radiation oncology may seem a far cry from her original career path in theatre, but

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Early Detection is Essential

October 1, 2017 Donna Ison 100 % survival, 3-D mammography, abnormal blood flow, ac, advanced breast image technology, age 40, battlefield radiology, blood flow, breast, breast cancer, breast density increase, breast image, breast ultrasound, cancer, Care, CEDM, Chad Harston, clinic, CN-BN, contrast-enhanced, contrast-enhanced mammography, daunt statistics, Debbie Stakelin, dense glandular tissue, dense tissue, designated lead physician, detect cancer, Dr. Chad Harston, drug administration guideline, early detection, excellent fit, glandular tissue, good detection, good prognosis, hands-down, Harston, high risk, hundred of thousand of mammogram, image interpretation, image-guided needle biopsy, Iraq perform, lead physician, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic center, lymph, lymph node, mammogram, mammogram fall, mammographic view, mammography, mammography result, metastasis, MRI, MSN, old mammogram, one-millimeter, photo, physician, possible abnormality, prognosis, radiologist, radiology, regular mammogram, RN, screen, screen mammography, sensitivity, sensitivity of traditional mammogram fall, service health education consortium, simple mission, special mammographic view, statistics show, survival, tissue, tomosynthesis, traditional mammogram, traditional mammogram fall, transitional internship, ultrasound, virtual slice, virtual slice of the breast, Wilford hall, woman 's image fellow

LEXINGTON One in eight women will develop breast cancer within their lifetime. With these daunting statistics, it is no wonder

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Cancer Care Cover Story Obstetrics/Gynecology Women's Health

Educating Patients, Optimizing Costs, Empowering Women

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton 3D tomography, ablation, ACOG, anesthesia, appropriate professional guideline, ASC, assistant, bladder, booth, Botox, breast, breast cancer, breast exam, breast self-exams, callback, cancer, cancer screen, caregiver of the entire family, Caregivers, cervical cancer, cervical cancer screen, cervix, clinician, co-managing, co-managing partner, co-managing partner of woman, conflict recommendation, confuse information, cost-conscious way, dense breast, detection, early detection, educate patient, entire family, exam, executive director, family history, genetic test, GYN, GYN care, GYN office, GYN practice, gynecologic, gynecologist, healthcare agenda, healthcare relationship, heavy bleed, high volume, high-risk patient, historical data, hormonal age, important healthcare relationship, in-office, in-office procedure, individual risk factor, infection, interval, Kirkham, lens, lens of wellness, lens of Wellness Rebecca Booth, Louisville, low risk, mammography, medical decision-makers, Miller, nurse, nurse practitioner, OB, opportunity, overactive bladder, pap, pap smear, patient-physician, patient-physician relationship, photo, physical exam, physician, physician assistant, PLLC, practitioner, procedure, recommendation, right interval, risk factor, risk patient, screen, screen interval, screen recommendation, self-exams, smear, tomography, tomosynthesis, ultrasound, unique lens, wellness, Wellness Rebecca Booth, woman 's health, woman 's overall health

LOUISVILLE We hear this time and again – Women are often the caregivers for their entire family, the medical decision-makers,

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Cancer Care Legal

Radiology and Breast Cancer

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Stephanie M. Wurdock, ESQ 3D image of the breast, A., breast, breast cancer, breast screen, breast screen technique, breast tomosynthesis, cancer, delayed diagnosis, detailed X-ray image, detailed X-ray image of the breast, digital breast tomosynthesis, Dr. Matthew Zwick, field of breast screen, healthcare attorney, Kentucky, Kentucky physician, liability, limitation of traditional mammogram, mammogram, mammogram screen, modality, monitor breast cancer, MRI, order physician, overwhelm majority of Kentucky physician, physician, PLLC, primary tool physician, radiological find, radiologist, radiology, radiology play, radiology study, screen mammogram, significance of radiological find, Stephanie Wurdock, tool physician, traditional mammogram, ultrasound, ultrasound image use sound, vast majority of lawsuit, woman 's risk

Breast cancer affects one out of eight women in their lifetime. The primary tool physicians rely upon to detect, treat,

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Events – Oct 2016

October 1, 2016December 30, 2016 MD-Update Staff B., breast, breast cancer, cancer, cancer battle, Chandler, Chandler hospital, Children-Lexington, Children-Lexington official, color of courage, courage, day dichroic, dichroic, dichroic glass, eliminate barrier, estate of Natalie, expanded Medicaid, federal poverty, Gil Dunn, harmful ray while, honor of individual, hope scarf, hope scarf raise fund, insured Kentuckian, KCL, KCL community relation, KCL executive director, Kentuckian, Kentucky Albert, Kentucky Albert B., Kentucky cancer patient, Kentucky CancerLink, l-r, La Grange road, Lara MacGregor, level guideline, Lexington construction, Linkin, Linkin 's bridge, Mary Ann Leucht, Melissa Karrer, metastatic breast cancer research, mission of hope scarf, modern day dichroic, Owensboro, Owensboro restaurant sponsor, park garage, park garage of the university of Kentucky Albert B., pedestrian pedway, pedway, photo, physician, PizzAroma, PizzAroma owner, porch possum, ray while, recent finalist, reflective appearance, Reise officer, ROCK’N, ROCK’N roll tribute, scarf, Shriners, Shriners hospital, survivor, tribute band hotel, Vicki Blevins-Booth, woman face cancer

Construction on % Schedule at Shriners Hospital for Children-Lexington LEXINGTON Construction on the new medical center for Shriners Hospitals for

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Cancer Care Complementary Care Oncology

The Role of the Genetic Counselor

May 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Robert Baker BRCA, BRCA mutation, BRCA1, BRCA1 mutation, BRCA2 gene, breast, breast cancer, cancer, Care department, colonoscopy, colorectal, costly cancer drug, counsel, counsel patient, counselor, discussion of treatment option, double mastectomy, emphatic yes, evidence of breast cancer, example of genetic predisposition, example of proactive care, family history, family history of cancer, family of a newborn, general population, genetic counsel, genetic counselor, genetic mutation, genetic test, genetic test of healthy people, Gina, healthcare, healthcare cost, high risk, immune modify therapy, insurance, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Lexington, Liz Reilly, map-out, mastectomy, maximum efficacy, MS, mutation, old sister 's foot-steps, ovarian cancer, pre-cancerous, proactive care, Reilly, Reilly 's job, Reilly 's practice, reproductive history, revolutionary impact of molecular genetics, role of the genetic counselor, scope of the genetic counselor, sister 's foot-steps, spread presence, story of risk, symptomatic tumor, time of consultation, type of cancer, unexpected abnormality, wide spread presence, wide spread presence of KentuckyOne health, woman 's risk

LEXINGTON If the first image that comes to mind when you hear the term genetic counselor is a person who

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Cancer Care Oncology Special Section

3D Times Three

May 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey 3D breast biopsy capability, 3D image, 3D mammogram, 3D mammography, 3D mammography decrease recall, 3D mammography screen capability, 3D mammography unit, 3D unit, Barkley, biopsy, breast, breast cancer, breast image specialist, cancer, cancer detection rate, commercial insurance carrier, Corydon, detection, diagnostic image center, Floyd, Floyd memorial, Floyd memorial hospital, insurance, insurance carrier, Laura Barkley, Leis, local new Albany area, mammogram, mammography, mammography decrease recall, mammography unit, memorial, MRI, patient volume, radiology, radiology manager, RDMS, regular mammogram, RVT, Sarah Leis, stereotactic, stereotactic unit, success of the 3D unit, thin section of the 3D image, time three, value of 3D mammography

When used in relation to cancer, words like “spreading,” “expanding,” and “aggressive” are generally negative. There are exceptions, however. One

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Cancer Care Uncategorized

Hope Scarves Donates $50,000 to James Graham Brown Cancer Center

January 1, 2016July 17, 2017 MD-Update Staff 505, 505 s. Hancock St., breast, breast cancer, breast cancer research, cancer, donation, Dr. Yoannis Imbert-Fernandez, founder of hope scarf, Hancock St., hope scarf, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Kosair, Kosair charity, Louisville hope scarf, major donation, metastatic breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer research, photo, research lab, S., scarf, story of hope, support of translational, survivor story, translational, Translational research building, treatment option, woman face cancer

LOUISVILLE Hope Scarves, which provides scarves and stories of hope to women facing cancer, donated $50,000 to the James Graham

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