Recent Posts in Breast Cancer

Mar 14, 2023 - In Breast Cancer The Future Of Cancer Care: Next-Generation Sequencing Available at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Innovative technology at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center determines an individualized treatment plan for metastatic cancer based on a patient’s genetic makeup. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) is used to sequence DNA and RNA to quickly identify and ...

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Feb 15, 2023 - In Breast Cancer Study Finds Education and Navigation Increased Cancer Genetic Counseling and/or Testing

Genetic counseling and genetic testing for mutations in certain genes such as BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes - can help people understand their risk of certain types of cancer that can run in families, and improve outcomes through prevention, early detection, and ...

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Feb 2, 2023 - In Breast Cancer Personalizing Breast Cancer Treatment

Clara Maass Medical Center offers treatment options based on tumor type. Maria J. Kowzun, MD, FACS For a disease as personal as breast cancer , it’s fitting that, now more than ever before, treatments can be personalized. “We want to provide patients with ...

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Jan 31, 2023 - In Breast Cancer What Healthy Women Know

Learn about 5 keys to optimal health. Women go through many life stages and their health needs change accordingly. Staying healthy may seem daunting, but it’s not complicated. “ Preventive health is extremely important,” says Nadia Aurora, MD , an ...

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Jan 24, 2023 - In Breast Cancer Investigators Explore Impact of Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Consumption on Black Breast Cancer Survivors

Investigators from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, together with RWJBarnabas Health, found that a higher risk of mortality in Black breast cancer survivors is ...

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Jan 23, 2023 - In Breast Cancer Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s Breast Care Connection Granted Accredited Status From the American College of Surgeons

(New Brunswick, NJ) - The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a quality program administered by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted accredited status to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s (RWJUH) Breast Care ...

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Jan 9, 2023 - In Breast Cancer Better Women’s Health at Every Age

What women need to know to stay well-from adolescence to ageless. Throughout a woman’s life, her body and her healthcare needs evolve. From adolescence through menopause and beyond, women experience many changes. Staying healthy through all those changes ...

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Dec 14, 2022 - In Breast Cancer Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Earns National Accreditation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons

The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has once again granted Three-Year Accreditation to the cancer program at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC), Livingston, NJ, an RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) ...

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