When the going gets tough, the tough get going, this good said then practiced but when put to practice reaps richer dividends. That’s what this book, "Sunshine: My Encounter with Cancer", by Shimla-based writer Minakshi Chaudhry speaks about. The book was released by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at Shimla, Monday. I had breast cancer and my treatment is now over. I may have it again, who knows? The future is not ours to see. Yet now I feel a strange kind of tranquility. The worst fear -- that of something terrible happening -- has become a thing of the past. The dark clouds have passed, letting sunshine in," she said in the preface. Incidentally this is her tenth book.
The good news is that in London, Prof Shankar Balasubramanian and colleagues at Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute says the naturally occurring molecule -- thiostrepton -- "clamps" on to a cancer -causing protein called FOXM1, preventing it from working. The scientists say that one of the main challenges is to stop the cancer before it spreads to other parts of the body, making it far harder to treat. But, they now hope that a drug could be developed to mimic the molecule, which was first discovered in bacteria, the 'Daily Express' reported.
Early detections are most important to fight this menace. Radiologist Dr. Elizabeth Rafferty, the director of breast imaging at the Avon Comprehensive Breast Center at Mass General in Boston and in Danvers, affirmed her belief that early detection is essential and that the use of imaging, combined with regular mammograms and other tools for detection, may allow for doctors to make a timely diagnosis. “There is almost universal agreement that the randomized controlled trials of screening have demonstrated that the death rate from breast cancer can be reduced by periodic screening using mammography,” Rafferty said. “[But] as many as 20 percent of breast cancers will be missed by mammography.”
As per a recent study it is clear that it is no longer a women affair, even males could affected. So take care when there is a lump in the chest part.
