‘This is me now’: A Breast Cancer Patient’s Story About Healing and Recovery When 28-year-old Aleka Schmidt learned that a mastectomy was the only viable treatment for her Stage III breast cancer, she commissioned a pre-surgery portrait by photographer Sandie Ecker, “to preserve how I looked before the mastectomy.” The black-and-white image captures the collision of emotions in a young wife and mother, who sits with arms folded across her breasts, at once vulnerable and courageous, afraid and hopeful, steeling herself against the coming transformation with confidence in her husband’s love. 'Good' HDL Cholesterol Now Tied to Lower Cancer RiskMONDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Higher blood levels of HDL cholesterol, the "good" kind that protects against heart disease, are also strongly associated with a lower risk of cancer, a new review of studies suggests. 'Male Lumpectomy' May Help Some With Prostate CancerTUESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new procedure for prostate cancer that destroys only the part of the gland that is cancerous results in fewer side effects than surgery or radiation therapy, a new study finds. 'Phase 0' Trials Aim to Speed Cancer Drug DevelopmentFRIDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) -- Even after years of painstaking research and testing, only a small percentage of cancer agents make it from the laboratory to the patient. So scientists have come up with a way to weed out the duds earlier in the process and speed good medications to the marketplace. 'Virtual' Colonoscopy Catches Cancers Outside the ColonMONDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- A minimally invasive, CT-based scan often called "virtual" colonoscopy may detect more unsuspected tumors than regular colonoscopy, including those that lie outside the actual colon, researchers report.
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