Breast Cancer Information: Moose and Doc
The Full Index of Posts Click this link for the full list of posts
Breast Cancer Screening: Click this link for the list of Posts on Screening and Mammograms
Types of Breast Cancer: Click this link for the List of Posts on types
Below are some example posts from the above list
- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma of the Breast
- Paget's Disease
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Adenoid Cystic Breast Carcinoma
- Mucoepidermoid Breast Carcinoma
- Male Breast Cancer
Dec 4, 2018. Dear Dr Halls, I need to compliment you with your site. I am from the Netherlands and got diagnosed ... in July this year. Every time I am looking for info I end up on your site; informative but also with a twist of humor. Thanks! Monique v.d.A
Benign Breast Tumors: Full list of posts
Below are some example posts from the above list
- Breast Cellulitis
- Mastitis
- Breast Abscess
- All about Breast Cysts
- Epidermoid Cyst
- Sebaceous Cyst
- Fibroadenoma of the Breast
- Fibrocystic Disease of the Breast
- Breast Lipoma
- Seroma
- Tubular Adenoma
- Gynecomastia
March 13, 2019. Your website is extremely informative. It seems that every time I was searching for the meaning of something on a pathology report ... your website was on page one of the Google results . ..It is also packed with really good articles. I appreciate that your content is easy to follow for those of us that are learning about breast cancer real-time as we are diagnosed and go through treatment. That said, it also doesn’t leave out the science. I’m a research hound and need the info. both ways. Since the doctors don’t have time to educate patients, websites like yours are critical. Holly J.
Survival Statistics: Click this link for the full list of posts on survival
Below are some example posts from the above list
- Breast Cancer Survival Rates: What You Need to Know
- Survival Rates based on the stage
- Breast Cancer survival by race
- Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) Survival and Prognosis
- Survival Rates for Stage IV
- Male Breast Cancer Survival Rates
- Lifetime Risks that you can NOT Change
- Lifetime Risk factors that you can Change
August 29, 2017. Big fan of Moose & Doc. Have referred many patients to that site for BC related info and explanations. Keep up the good work! Dean C.
Staging and Grading Click this link for all the posts on staging
Below are some example posts from the above list
- Breast Cancer Staging and TNM classifications
- What is Staging?
- Birads 2,3,4 and 5 - What does it mean?
Sept 20, 2016. Hello Dr Halls, I just wanted to send a thank you for your website. It gave me information in a lighthearted way at a time when a few complex words on my test report produce inexplicable anxiety. Thanks for your refreshing approach to the topic!!! Cris O.
About this Site
This information website has been around for many years. Indeed, breast-cancer.ca was originally created between the years 2000 and 2003 and is still going strong.
However, this website continues to be a work in progress and is regularly updated with all the latest information
It is absolutely unique in that it was developed and designed by Dr Halls, who has many years of research experience and clinical practice in the field.
There is everything that you need to know about types, screening, treatment, prognosis and benign conditions of the breast.
This site mixes the medical information on each condition with an easy to understand, fun format that the general reader can relate to.
In addition, chat characters help explain certain concepts and answer questions. Last, and certainly not least, the revolutionary Moose adds her own unique sense of humor and inspiration to the mix.
Newer Information on Breast Cancer
Below is our most updated information. However, although this section has some great information for everybody, some of it is a bit more technical.
So, if you want more in-depth and scientific information please have a look at some of the posts below.
Section 1 - Screening Programs and Risk Factors
- 1A- Introduction to screening
- 1B- Results of screening mammography
- 1C- More on risk and breast density
Section 2 - Screening Mammography
- 2A- About Mammography for screening and diagnosis
- 2B- More on mammography, CAD, PET and Ultrasound
- 2C- The abnormal mammography, birads, breast MRI.
- 2D- Breast Biopsy methods.
- 2E- Axilla imaging, post-op mammograms.
Section 3 - Benign Breast conditions, types of non-cancer lumps.
- 3A- Cysts and a few other benign changes.
- 3B- Benign hyperplasias, papillomas, adenomas and sclerosing adenosis.
- 3C- Fibroadenoma, Phyllodes tumor, lipoma and others.
- 3D- Male gynecomastia
Section 4 - Benign Conditions, Atypical hyperplasia and DCIS.
- 4A- Atypical ductal and lobular hyperplasia
- 4B- DCIS, ductal and lobular carcinoma in situ.
- 4C- Columnar change, atypias, intraductal papilloma and carcinoma
- 4D- Cancer developing from atypical and in-situ lesions.
Section 5 - Invasive Breast Cancers
- 5A- Classifying invasive ductal carcinoma.
- 5B- Invasive lobular carcinoma
- 5C- Micro papillary breast cancer and inflammatory breast cancer
- 5D- Rare types
- 5E- Male breast cancer.
Section 6 - Pathology tests, what they mean.
- 6A- Pathology reports
- 6B- ER, PR and Her2, and what these immunohistochemistry test mean.
- 6C- More on ER, PR and Her2.
- 6D- Triple negative breast cancer.
Section 7 - Staging
Section 8 - Information on Breast Cancer Treatment
- 8A- Treatment, the team, the basic drugs.
- 8B- Treatment, hormones and antibodies.
- 8C- Treatment, early stage, neo-adjuvant, advanced and metastatic.
- 8D- Special Treatment situations, triple negative, pregnancy, inflammatory breast cancer.
A Bit more about Dr Halls
I am Dr Steven Halls, MD, FRCPC, a radiologist in Canada. I made a Breast Cancer Risk Calculator in the year 2000, and a few years later I started this website on Breast Cancer.
In the first half of my career at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, I worked on breast cancer research along with a lot of oncologic imaging. Now, in the second half of my career, I work in Camrose, Alberta, Canada as a radiologist, where I continue to do mammography, breast cancer biopsies, staging and follow-up scanning every day.
I have two other major websites:-
My two hobby websites are halls.ca, and my software development of the Talking Moose is on Talkingmoose.ca.
