❓ Why does this happen? Hormone therapy (HT, endocrine therapy) lowers estrogen levels in your body. This directly affects how your body stays flexible and healthy: - Joint stiffness: Your joints become less "springy." - Cartilage wear: The protective cushion in your joints can thin out. - Inflammation: Your body may react with more swelling and soreness. 📌 How it feels: - You feel stiff, especially right after waking up. - Your hands, knees, or feet ache. - You might feel l

From my "medical point of view", there is no universal "yes" or "no" answer. The decision is always personal and must be made together with your Medical oncologist and an Endocrinologist. ℹ️ Here is what we carefully consider: ➡️ Hormone Levels: Many weight loss medicines affect your hormones and metabolism. If you have hormone-positive Breast cancer, these medications could interact with your treatment and how the disease behaves. ➡️ Drug Interactions: If you are undergoing

🌺 All ladies BEFORE planning for pregnancy have to do some health examinations. ℹ️ One of them is the diagnosis and assessment of breasts' health (physical breasts' examination and breast US). ℹ️ Breast US is a safe, non-invasive and painless procedure, which allows doctors to see the structure and condition of breasts, to find or exclude cysts or tumors. It is important to: ✔️ ensure mother's health, because some of breast's diseases can affect the ability to breastfeed, ✔️

All doctors, who care pregnant ladies, have to remember about PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED breast cancer. Hormonal fluctuations during pregnancy can significantly impact breast tissue, potentially leading to changes such as tenderness, swelling, or the development of breast masses. These changes are often BENIGN and related to hormonal shifts, because during pregnancy, the breasts undergo significant changes in preparation for lactation. If a pregnant lady noticed any new or unusual

Dear friends, please , do not confuse between BI-RADS 4 breast imaging category and stage IV of cancer BI-RADS is NOT a stage of cancer; it is a BI-RADS category (Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System), indicating a suspicious finding during breasts' imaging (mammography, ultrasonography), those require a biopsy to determine if cancer is present. Unlike cancer stages (stages I, II, III, or IV), those describe the extent of cancer, that has already been diagnosed and confir

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