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Dr Jamal Ross discusses contemporary topics in health and medicine with an emphasis of using the wisdom in the word of God to prevent disease and improve your health.

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Dr Jamal Ross discusses contemporary topics in health and medicine with an emphasis of using the wisdom in the word of God to prevent disease and improve your health.

    Breast Cancer Series Wrap Up and Prayer

    Breast Cancer Series Wrap Up and Prayer

    Our journey to discover more about breast cancer has been long, but I hope you have learned something that will prevent this disease from taking a hold of your life and those around you. Our breast cancer series cover many areas of this topic including risk factors, symptoms, screening methods, biopsy types, genetic testing and treatment for the most common breast cancer types, specifically DCIS and invasive breast cancer. Let’s review these topics one more time.

    • 14 min
    What is Invasive Breast Cancer?

    What is Invasive Breast Cancer?

    As we discussed before, there are words in your biopsy report that may be difficult to understand, but there are some key phrases you can learn to help uncover the meaning of this report. Ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer are the two most common types of breast cancer. If you would like to know more about ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, read our blog “What is DCIS?” Otherwise, let’s find out more about invasive breast cancer and discover its meaning.

    • 14 min
    What is DCIS?

    What is DCIS?

    There are words in your biopsy report that may be difficult to understand, but there are some key phrases you can learn to help unravel the meaning of this report. First, you will need to become familiar with two terms, which are ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer. Let’s find out about ductal carcinoma in situ.

    • 8 min
    Do I Need Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer?

    Do I Need Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer?

    There are women and men who are at increased risk for breast cancer. In this group, genetic testing for the BRCA mutation should be a consideration. In this way, other cancers caused by the BRCA mutation can be detected earlier and family members can be empowered to know their cancer risk as well. If you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, you doctor will tell you of you need genetic testing. But for those who are have not been diagnosed with breast cancer, there are some clues you can use to help determine of you need genetic testing.

    • 5 min
    Breast Cancer Symptoms

    Breast Cancer Symptoms

    Learn about the symptoms of breast cancer and how you can find masses, as well as other changes, in your breast that may missed on mammogram.

    • 8 min
    What is the BRCA Gene?

    What is the BRCA Gene?

    There are some women that are at the highest risk to develop breast cancer. These women tend to have a hereditary form of breast. The most common form of hereditary breast is that which involves the BRCA mutation. BRCA stand for the BReast CAncer gene. There are two BRCA mutations that have been identified. Theses gene are named BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. Women with the BRCA 1 or 2 gene mutation have a 50 - 87% risk of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. These women also have a 20 -45% chance of developing ovarian cancer in their lifetime.

    • 5 min

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