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>>>Dr. Margileth: Oftentimes after breast cancer treatment, including surgery, radiation,
chemotherapy, and reconstruction, etc. a woman will often gain weight. Much of this is probably
due to the fact that she is not as active as she was before and may be obviously anxious
about all of these treatments and may snack a little more, and often women will gain 10
or 15 pounds during this treatment period.
There is certainly no magic secret to losing that weight. In a simplistic way, the answer
would be to eat less and do more. Unfortunately, it is a calorie issue and I am not aware of
any magical diet but different people respond to different dietary manipulations and with
perseverance many women are able to lose that weight.
My favorite plan probably would be weight watchers, which is a reasonable way to eat
and something that can be maintained as a lifelong habit. We have many patients that
use things like ________ for three to six months to help lose the weight, but the dilemma
there is that they may often go back to their old eating habits and gain weight again.
One of the interesting sidelights of breast cancer research in the last several years
has been the fact that they are now couple of studies that may indicate there is a decreased
risk of recurrence with exercise in patients who have been treated with breast cancer so,
exercise we always recommend the patients, and that in combination with some moderate
dietary restriction can lead to appropriate weight loss.
One of the things that we see in this country is that many women want to lose 10 pound in
10 days or some totally unrealistic weight loss. Probably the most physiologic weight
loss would be to have a goal of losing about three to four pounds per month and if one
does that over a year, many many people would reach a very reasonable and appropriate weight.
The problem is it is not easy but if one sticks to it with some exercise and some dietary
restriction, it is certainly not impossible.
Hi, I am Dr. Jay Harness and I want to share with you an important information that I believe
that every newly diagnosed patient with breast cancer needs to know.
Susan Denver: “I am a breast cancer survivor.”
Katherine Stockton: “I am a breast cancer survivor.”
Coree: “I am a breast cancer survivor…”
Susan Denver: “…and I want every woman to know…”
Katherine Stockton: “…about personalized breast cancer treatment…”
Susan Denver: “…and the Genomic Test.”
Coree: “A test that helps guide a woman and her doctor…”
Katherine Stockton: “…to the best treatment options for her.”
Susan Denver: “Pass it on!”