TOMORROW.
>> OKAY, JUSTIN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
AS YOU KNOW, OCTOBER IS BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
JOINING US IS DR. JORGE
DARKHORSE WITH HOUSTON
METHODIST HOSPITAL.
DOCTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
THERE'S BEEN SOME CONTROVERSY
MAMMOGRAM?
WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?
>> NOWADAYS, WE RECOMMEND
45.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CORS
AROUND IT, BUT BASICALLY WE
REALLY ENFORCE THIS ON WOMEN
WHO HAVE HIGH RISK FOR BREAST
CANCER FOR SURE, AND THEY HAVE
TO TALK WITH THEIR OWN
PHYSICIAN, WITH A PROSTATE
CANCER COME AND SPEAK WITH A
PRACTITIONER.
GENERALLY, 40 TO 45 YEARS OLD
FOR MOST WOMEN.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF WOMEN WHO
HAVE A HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER
IN THEIR FAMILY, PERHAPS THEIR
MOTHER, A GRANDPARENT.
HOW STRONGLY DO HEREDITARY
FACTORS PLAY INTO SOMEONE'S
POTENTIAL RISK?
>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IT CAME OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS.
THERE'S MUCH MORE AWARENESS
ABOUT IT NOW.
5 TO 10% OF BREAST CANCERS WE
SEE ARE GOING TO BE HEREDITARY.
BUT THERE'S OTHER CASES OF
FAMILIES THAT HAVE RED FLAGS.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A FAMILY
MEMBER WHO HAS CANCER BEFORE
AGE 50.
YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WITH
BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER.
YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WITH
MALE BREAST CANCER.
THAT CAN HAPPEN.
THOSE ARE RED FLAGS.
OR YOU HAVE TWO OR MORE FAMILY
MEMBERS WITH BREAST CANCER.
YOU HAVE TO THINK, WELL, MAYBE
I'M A HIGH-RISK PATIENT AND I
SHOULD GO TO MY FPTION.
>> THAT INCLUDES YOUR IMMEDIATE
FAMILY, BUT GRANDPARENTS AS
WELL WHEN YOU SAY IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
>> IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEANS
PARENTS, SIBLINGS, GRANDPARENTS
AND BE EVEN COUSINS, BECAUSE
THE FAMILY HISTORY OF THE
COUSINS OR THE AUNT OR THE
UNCLE SO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT EVERY SINGLE WOMAN DISCUSS
THEIR FAMILY HISTORY OF CANCER
WITH THEIR PHYSICIAN.
IF THERE'S A RED FLAG, SAY, OH,
MAYBE YOU HAVE TO GO TO ONE OF
THE HIGH-RISK CLINICS WE HAVE.
>> IT'S INTERESTING YOU SAY WE
SHOULD ALSO KNOW THE FAMILY
HISTORY OF OUUNCLES AND
FATHERS AND GRANDFATHERS, RIGHT?
DO A LOT OF WOMEN OVERLOOK THAT
FOCUSED--
>> A LOT OF WOMEN, A LOT OF
MEN, A LOT OF US, THEY DON'T
KNOW OUR FAMILY HISTORY.
IT'S A VERY POWERFUL TOOL.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT OUR
ABOUT OURSELVES.
>> WHAT ARE SOME TIPS FOR WOMEN?
>> TIPS RIGHT NOW ARE A
SELF-BREAST EXAMINATION IS
SOMETHING THAT WE RECOMMEND
STILL ONCE A MONTH.
MAMMOGRAMS ONCE A YEAR.
IT'S IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY ON
THE YOUNGER AGE GROUP, AND
PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE HIGH
RISK FOR CANCER.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE CAN DO,
BECAUSE A LOT OF WOMEN COME AND
SAY, WELL, WHAT CAN I DO
BESIDES THE FACT THAT YOU CAN
DO A MAMMOGRAM TO NEGOTIATION
CANCER EARLY OR BEFORE IT
BECOMES INVASIVE CANCER, BUT
WITH DIET AND EXERCISE HAS BEEN
RECOMMENDE AND PROVEN...
DIET REALLY DECREASES THE
CHANCES OF BREAST CANCER, AND
WHEN YOU HAVE BREAST CANCER,
DECREASING YOUR WEIGHT,
DECREASING OBESITY IMPROVES THE
OUTCOMES, PEOPLE LIVE LONGER,
SOSA VERY POWERFUL POOL.
TOOL.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE
ARE LEARNING FOR CANCER.
>> WE HAVE CLINICAL TRIALS FOR
TREATMENT OF CANCER AND
PREVENTION OF CANCER.
WE HAVE HIGH-RISK CLINIC WITH
OLIVE OIL.
WHO KNEW?
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
DOING A COMPOUND THAT IS AN
EXTRACT OF OLIVE OIL AND WE'RE
TRYING TO BE PREVENT CANCER IN
WOMEN THAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE
AT HIGH RISK FOR CANCER
>> WE HAVE A TRIAL AND WE ALSO
HAVE TRIALS FOR TREATMENT FOR
BREAST CANCER, WHERE WE'RE
GIVING LESS AND LESS
CHEMOTHERAPY, MUCH MORE
TARGETED THERAPY, AND THIS IS
THE MOST FASCINATING TIME FOR
TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER.
WE HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES WITH
LESS TOXICITY.
>> SO ARE YOU SEEING MORE
BREAST CANCER CASES NOW OR LESS
THAN 10 YEARS AGO?
>> WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IN GENERAL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
INCIDENT, YOU WILL SEE WE ARE
DETECTING MORE BR IR, BUT THEY
ARE LIVING LONGER, WE HAVE MORE
STUDY, BUT THE MORLTSITY HAS
DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO WE HAVE DECREASED MORTALITY.
>> HOUSTON METHODIST HAS
AROUND HOUSTON, CORRECT?
>> CREW.
WEHAVE OUR MAIN CAMPUS.
WE HAVE ONE IN HOUSTON AND
SUGAR LAND AS WELL, ST. JOHN'S
AND THE BAYTOWN AREA, AND IT'S
IMPORTANT BECAUSE ALL OF THESE
LOCATIONS, THEY HAVE A BREAST
CENTERWE HAVE A TEAM, WE HAVE
A HIGH-RISK CLINIC WHERE WOMEN
CAN GO AND ASK QUESTIONS AND BE
SEEN AND TREATED, IF NECESSARY.
>> AND EVEN WITH ALL OF THE
PROGRESS WE'VE MADE, IT'S
STILL, IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, IT
IS THE MOST DIAGNOSED CANCER IN
WOMEN.
>> ONE OUT OF EIGHT WOMEN WILL
BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER
AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE
THERE'S 235,000 WOMEN TO BE
DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
>> AND YOU HAVE AN UPCOMING
EVENTUALLY, RIGHT?
>> YES, WE DO HAVE ONE IN THE
WEST HOUSTON AREA, IN KATY, IN
LA CENTERA
>> THAT'S FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st
AT 6:00 P.M..
>> THAT IS TODAY.
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