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Monthly Archives: October 2012
How important is a monthly self-exam in detecting breast cancer?
October is national Breast Health Awareness Month, which makes this question very timely. To answer it, we turned to Yale Cancer Center breast surgeon Anees Chagpar, M.D., director of the Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven. She … Continue reading
Posted in breast cancer, cancer, Uncategorized
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I have an enlarged prostate gland. Does this put me at greater risk for prostate cancer?
Our answer comes from Peter Schulam, M.D., chairman of the department of urology at Yale School of Medicine, and head of the prostate and urologic cancers program at Yale Cancer Center. He writes: “An enlarged prostate does not put you … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, prostate cancer
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