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Fitness
Value your body
Several lines of research have indicated that exercise is critical in the recovery process for breast cancer patients.1 Experts agree that exercise is safe both during and after treatment...
What are the benefits of sport for a person who has cancer?
Cancer is a tiresome experience! Physical activity can help not only remedy the fatigue induced by cancer but it can also help reduce the risk of contracting another disease...
Lifestyle
Restoring confidence
Breast cancer and its treatment can be associated with dramatic changes to your body and the way you look and feel about yourself. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, and the associated bodily changes...
The right intake makes for a healthier outlook
You probably hear a lot about eating healthy and eating right. Advice on eating a balanced diet may sometimes be conflicting, especially in women with breast cancer...
Intimacy
Embrace your body, embrace intimacy
Physical changes, especially after breast surgery, can make some women less comfortable with their bodies. There may be a loss of sensation in the affected breast...
What is oncofertility?
Learn from Prof. Grynberg about the relatively new medical field of oncofertility, how it came about and its purpose...
Work
Do what works for you
A diagnosis of breast cancer can have an impact on many aspects of daily life, including work. While time off work is certainly needed due to treatment and support, changing work schedules,...
Talk your way back to work
Screening campaigns, early diagnosis and efficient treatments have been improving breast cancer survival rates over the years, 1 bringing hopes of remission for newly diagnosed patients...
Family Time
Dealing with loved ones
A diagnosis of cancer affects not only those with the cancer, but also their family and friends. ln fact, while about 30% of women with breast cancer experience significant distress...
Telling your children about your illness
Telling your child about your illness may be difficult because you find it hard to accept the diagnosis or you worry about scaring your child. Hiding this type of secret may actually be even more harmful...
