Every year at the beginning of December, an international breast cancer conference takes place in San Antonio, Texas. I remember attending the first such meeting about 30 years ago, when there were barely 200 participants. In 2019, more than...
From Mark Levine, the Doc with Pink Tights A Short Trip to England to Learn Something New More than 20 years ago, I conducted research on how to improve communication between breast cancer patients and their oncologists. It was...
From Mark Levine, the Doc with the Pink Tights What’s He Smoking? The topic I write about is usually stimulated by an event that has recently happened, a patient I have seen, or an article I have read. Currently,...
From Mark Levine, the Doc with Pink Tights Where You Live and Breast Cancer My Editor has reminded me that it is time for another article. She asked that I consider writing the fourth part of `The New Norm.’...
From Mark Levine, the Doc with Pink Tights Don’t Shoot the Messenger Recently, one of the BRIGHT Run supporters emailed us and wanted to know BRIGHT’s position on breast screening (early detection) in young women. She was reacting to...
From Mark Levine, the Doc with Pink Tights The New Norm – Part III In my last article about the “new normal,” I indicated I would discuss several cases to illustrate issues that can arise in women who have...
From Mark Levine, the Doc with Pink Tights The New Norm – Part II In Part I, I described that a woman can feel low, lonely, and teary in the immediate weeks following completion of primary therapy (surgery, chemotherapy...
From Mark Levine, the Doc with Pink Tights Recent News Flash: “Chemotherapy Can be Avoided” In last month’s article “Living with your New Normal,” I indicated my discussion about what life is like after completion of initial therapy would...
Living with your New Normal My editor for the Pink Tights series is Lee Prokaska, an experienced journalist and survivor. She and I were discussing “chemo-fog” which led to the idea for the current article, “Living with your New...
From Mark Levine, the Doc with Pink Tights Reading Beyond the Pink Tights Reading is a key part of my professional life, but I also enjoy reading a book for relaxation, particularly at the end of the day. Last...