Blogs

Read here blogs of the OWise team. The team, all scientists, discuss topics that may be of interest to you. Thus far the topics have been highlighted by our close collaborators including patients, carers, cancer clinicians, support workers and other health care professionals. If you have suggestions for an interesting blog, please get in touch with us!

 

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Blog
October 4, 2024

Moving Forward After Active Treatment

Coming to the end of your active treatment period for breast cancer? This blog explores how to manage the new changes during this time.

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The landscape of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer treatment
Blog
October 3, 2024

HER2 Metastatic Breast Cancer: All of the treatments explained

Here we look in depth at metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, the treatments available and potential side effects.

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Women with HR+ breast cancer
Blog
September 20, 2024

HR+ Breast Cancer: What’ve hormones got to do with it?

Find out exactly what hormones have to do with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer and how they can affect your treatment plan.

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Flowers and sun signifying hope of HER2-low breast cancer
Blog
September 3, 2024

What is HER2-low Breast Cancer?

HER2-low is a new way to characterize breast cancer. This blog will cover HER2-low by delving into what it is and how it is treated.

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Woman with breast cancer exercising - running on the beach
Blog
August 19, 2024

Breast Cancer and Fitness: Your Exercise Guide

Learn how exercise can help manage breast cancer-related challenges and expert advice on staying active during and after treatment.

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Chemotherapy for breast cancer inducing neuropathy
Blog
August 6, 2024

Navigating Life with Neuropathy Induced by Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a treatment for breast cancer. Learn how to navigate nerve damage caused by chemotherapy, known as peripheral neuropathy.

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Signs and diagnosis of breast cancer
Blog
August 5, 2024

Breast Cancer: Signs and Diagnosis

Let us take you through how to check your breasts, the key signs to look out for, and the process of breast cancer diagnosis.

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Books to learn all you need to know about chemotherapy
Blog
July 29, 2024

Chemotherapy and breast cancer: All you need to know

Chemotherapy is a treatment for breast cancer. Learn how chemotherapy works, the different types and what to expect from treatment.

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Navigating chemotherapy safely
Blog
July 25, 2024

Chemotherapy and Breast Cancer: Navigating Treatment Safely

Chemotherapy is a treatment for breast cancer. Take steps to manage your health and well-being to navigate chemotherapy treatment safely.

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Woman with metastatic breast cancer walking through a meadow
Blog
July 25, 2024

Metastatic breast cancer: pathology, signs, and diagnosis

Metastatic breast cancer occurs when cancer spreads beyond the breast and lymph nodes, to other parts of the body.

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The immune system in action
Blog
July 22, 2024

Immunotherapy Uncovered: A Guide for Breast Cancer

Immunotherapy boosts the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells. This blog covers types of immunotherapy for breast cancer.

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Blog
July 22, 2024

Understanding Your Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Guide

It can be difficult to understand the information about your breast cancer diagnosis, this blog will break it down for you.

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Breast cancer survivor Carly Moosah
Blog
July 18, 2024

15 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Was First Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

A blog written by Carly Moosah listing 15 things she wishes she’d have known when first diagnosed with breast cancer.

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Two women sitting back to back
Blog
October 10, 2022

Triple Negative and Me: TNBC and its treatments

If you have Triple Negative breast cancer, find out exactly what triple negative is and how it can affect your treatment plan.

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Blog
May 26, 2022

Tamoxifen: what you should and shouldn’t avoid

Tamoxifen is one of the widely prescribed breast cancer treatments for premenopausal women.But, did you know that the effectiveness of this drug can be boosted or compromised based on everyday foods and drinks?

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Blog
September 5, 2021

Choosing To Go Flat Instead of Breast Reconstruction

In this blog, the Breast Advocate® team discuss the process of choosing to go flat after breast cancer surgery.

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Blog
August 3, 2021

How to deal with Tamoxifen side effects

In this blog we explain how tamoxifen works, common side effects and management strategies to help deal with these.

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Blog
July 19, 2021

Self Advocacy and Breast Cancer

Self advocacy and being an active participant in your health care team is a process. Useful approaches may vary between individuals. This blog aims to help those who wish to further participate and have a more active role in their own care but feel unsure how to begin.

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Fatigue cartoon with a tired head with a flower coming out of the brain
Blog
July 16, 2021

Cancer Related Fatigue is not “just tiredness”

Cancer-related fatigue is a common and weakening side effects of cancer. People with cancer know what being tired normally feels like; this feeling of fatigue is different.

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DNA strand
Blog
July 13, 2021

BRCA: the inherited risk of breast cancer

BRCA is one of the most well-known genes influencing the risk of cancer. Explore exactly what it is, the associated risk of breast cancer, and treatments in development to target these genes.

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Orange paper fan
Blog
July 12, 2021

Hot flushes: What causes them and how to manage them

Are you experiencing hot flushes? This blog explores what causes them and tips to help you manage them.

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Hair loss and Cancer Treatment
Blog
July 9, 2021

Hair Loss & Cancer Treatment – Why does it happen and what can I do about it?

In partnership with HeadWrappers this blog looks at cancer treatment related hair loss and management techniques.

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Blog
July 5, 2021

Urogenital Problems and Breast Cancer Treatment

While not always discussed in the doctor’s office, breast cancer treatment can have an effect on the genital and urinary areas.

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Blog
July 2, 2021

What is Chemo-brain and what can I do about it?

Find out about possible causes and treatment options for the cancer side effect commonly referred to as chemo brain.

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