Breast cancer won’t wait for the pandemic to subside. As part of the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation’s “Virtual Passport to Survivorship,” Brown Surgical Associates’ Dr. Theresa Graves discusses what we’re doing to make sure screenings and treatment are safe. https://youtu.be/3FrmbLCWz9A
Breast Cancer
RI man runs marathon in honor of late wife who battled cancer
NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — For Portsmouth’s Dana Gilmour, running is an outlet. “Trying to move from, you know, missing Amy, being such a sad part to reflecting on the positive things,” Gilmour said. Gilmour’s wife, Amy, died after a battle with metastatic breast cancer in February. On Sunday, the Navy veteran ran 26.2 miles in her…
Pandemic could lead to increase in deaths from breast, colon cancers
In a recent editorial in Science publication, the nation’s top cancer doctor, Norman “Ned” Sharpless, expressed concern that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and decreased screenings, the number of cancer deaths could dramatically increase over the next 10 years. Dr. Christine Emmick from Brown Surgical Associates Center for Breast Care spoke with Channel 10’s Barbara…
Finding new way to treat breast cancer during the pandemic
Breast cancer treatments continue during the pandemic, in a new way! “We’re very fortunate in the breast cancer world,” said Dr. Theresa Graves, a breast cancer surgeon with Brown Surgical Associates and director of the Breast Cancer Center of Lifespan Cancer Institute. Graves recently told Channel 10’s Barbara Morse that most patients, as many as…
Dr. Wiggins shares how yoga helps patients move beyond cancer fear
Once cancer treatment for breast cancer has been completed, there is no guarantee of wholly successful treatment. That can lead patients into the territory of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). In a recent article in Yoga Medicine, Dr. Doreen Wiggins discussed the role yoga can play in overcoming that fear. She says research has demonstrated…
