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CLIENT RESULTS Blueguide helps Igor and his mother during a particularly critical time with much needed support and valuable treatment information "Blueguide offered services that were extremely pertinent to my mother's critical situation with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. I reached out to one of these physician navigators and my deepest regret is that I didn’t come across their company sooner ... The level of concern and compassion for our situation, and help with symptoms, side-effects, clinical trial questions, and access to much-required support services, was appreciated beyond what I am able to express. I also want to take this opportunity to thank our Blueguide physician for everything that she has done and followed-up with for being right there at several moments where we were struggling with receiving proper information and making important timely decisions." See more: https://www.blueguide.ca/site/blog-master/2020//10/igor-son

Prostate gland testing - the low-down on screening with a PSA test Prostate cancer is diagnosed in about 1 in 9 men throughout their lifetime. Clear risk associations exist with age, race, and family history - should all men undergo testing? Increasingly somewhat controversial, population-wide screening in men without symptoms is generally not recommended. However, for some men, the benefits of prostate cancer testing - through clinical examination and the PSA (prostate sp...ecific antigen) blood test - are significant. The PSA is a protein made by both normal and cancer cells in the gland the laboratory reports a measurement in units of nanograms per milliliter, where numbers above a certain score mean a higher likelihood of finding cancer cells. This test may be offered to men after the age of 40 to establish a baseline for future prostate cancer risk informed choice of continued testing, through discussion with a health care professional, is encouraged. See more: https://www.blueguide.ca//prostate-cancer-psa-test-risk-fa

Vaccinations as a strategy for cancer prevention Over half a million women are estimated to be diagnosed with an HPV-related cancer each year. Many people are unaware that in North America, HPV is a risk factor for not only cervical cancers, but also oral, anal and penile cancers in both genders. Recent research reveals by having the HPV vaccination, adults 27-45 years old can prevent the vast majority of all HPV-associated cancers. Despite new guidelines and enhanced scree...ning efforts, vaccination coverage remains well below goals world-wide. See more: https://www.blueguide.ca//vaccinations-strategy-cancer-pre

Cigarette smoking - the trajectory of tobacco and reversing the risks Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death in the world today, according to the World Health Organization. The American Tobacco Company began in 1890. By 1924, over 70 billion cigarettes were sold. Finally, in 1947 there was enough evidence to confirm that smoking causes cancer. However, it was not until 1967 that the Surgeon General definitively linked smoking to lung cancer and ...heart problems, which lead to the legal obligation to print health hazard labels on packages in 1970. There are about 4800 compounds in tobacco smoke toxic components include radon, formaldehyde, tar, carbon monoxide, arsenic, hydrogen cyanide and nicotine. Studies have shown nicotine to be more addictive than cannabis, caffeine, cocaine, alcohol and heroin, regarding both physiological and psychological dependence. Approximately 70 carcinogens have been identified in tobacco smokeincluding radioactive isotopes that deposit in lung airway branches. Smoking is a serious risk for many cancers: head & neck, lung, leukemia, stomach, bladder, pancreas, colonand also many other chronic diseases. Research indicates that each year of abstinence from smoking, these risks decrease, and may return back to non-smoker values after 15 years. See more: https://www.blueguide.ca//cigarette-smoking-history-risks-

Transforming cells in recurrent breast cancer Cancer researchers continue to search mechanisms of how and why cancer cells change over time. Several notable studies have described how the characteristics, such as surface receptors, do change as time goes on. In some instances, these alterations can affect treatment recommendations for patients. After reviewing the biopsy results of over 1,000 women with breast cancer that had returned, when compared to their original biops...y, over 300 (about 33%) cases showed hormone receptor status alterations from positive to negative, and vice versa. If you are a woman with a recurrent breast cancer, depending on the site of return, it may be important to inquire about whether a new biopsy could lead to more specific treatment. See more: https://www.blueguide.ca//transforming-cells-in-recurrent-