NEW YORK (WABC) — Eyewitness Information’ Liz Cho hosted the annual, Emmy Award-winning WABC-TV particular “Breakthroughs for Breast Most cancers” on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. on Channel 7 and wherever you stream us.
The particular discusses groundbreaking therapies utilizing “chilly remedy” in breast most cancers like by no means earlier than. A brand new IceCure makes use of cryoablation to destroy tumors by freezing them, with no surgical procedure required and little downtime. This new remedy helped an aged affected person eradicate her Stage 1 most cancers with out dealing with the risks of anesthesia or surgical procedure. And a few most cancers facilities are utilizing a “chilly cap” for sufferers throughout chemotherapy, which helps sufferers maintain extra of their hair. However does it work the identical for folks of all ethnicities? A brand new examine is trying on the effectiveness of the chilly cap on girls of coloration, who’ve extra textured hair.
Plus, a brand new protocol at one hospital is promising “Zero opioids, zero ache.” They’re remodeling restoration for breast surgical procedure sufferers, just about eliminating the necessity for postoperative narcotics. Analysis exhibits that mastectomy and reconstruction surgical procedure is among the many highest-risk surgical procedures related to opioid use. By utilizing a particular approach that blocks the nerves sending ache indicators, girls can get via their whole restoration with out ever taking a ache killer. One lady amazed her household and buddies – and herself – at how straightforward her restoration was after a double mastectomy. She was in a position to heal with virtually no ache in any respect.
Additionally, businesswoman and supermom Tina Knowles is often fiercely personal, however she opens up about her private battle with breast most cancers to encourage different girls combating the illness. Knowles reveals how a missed mammogram led to a later-stage prognosis, and the way her daughters Beyonce and Solange helped her get via therapy and therapeutic. She determined to go public in her new ebook, “Matriarch,” to offer girls hope for a full life after breast most cancers.
And a shocking new examine may without end change the best way most cancers sufferers get assist for his or her psychological well being. The particular goes inside a examine to see how music remedy is altering lives.
Plus, see the story of a pregnant Staten Island lady who had to return to her physician six occasions earlier than they agreed to scan the lump she present in her breast. She shares how she, as an African-American lady, needed to struggle to get care…after which fought via chemo whereas pregnant and delivered a wholesome child lady. Now she’s working with the American Most cancers Society to encourage different girls, and has particular recommendation for ladies after they see a health care provider.
This half hour covers quickly growing new therapies and cutting-edge advances. This system illuminates a number of the most superb breakthroughs obtainable, exhibiting the tales of sufferers whose lives are modified without end.
2024 SPECIAL: ‘Breakthroughs for Breast Most cancers’: Lives modified by newest therapies
Be a part of Eyewitness Information anchor Liz Cho for our annual, Emmy Award-winning WABC-TV particular “Breakthroughs for Breast Most cancers”
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