Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses misconceptions women have about being pregnant with a breast cancer diagnosis.

While the cancer may initially be more difficult to find since pregnant women’s bodies are going through changes, the treatment and outcomes are about the same when compared to patients with breast cancer who are not pregnant. Muss emphasizes that being pregnant does not mean choosing between treating cancer and having a healthy baby.

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Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses misconceptions women have about being pregnant with a breast cancer diagnosis.

Hyman B. Muss Addresses Misconceptions About Pregnancy and Breast Cancer

Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.

Muss explains that it is a team effort to treat patients, and nurses play a very important role in that team. Not only are they knowledgable about the treatments, but the women who are being treated also feel more comfortable talking to nurses about body image and other issues they may encounter. 

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Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer

Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of oncology, University of North Carolina, director, Geriatric Oncology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses tamoxifen as breast cancer prevention.

Muss says breast cancer prevention is difficult. Many of the studies that have looked at tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors as breast cancer prevention have shown that these agents prevent breast cancer, but don’t save any lives. What these studies show is that many of the people that develop breast cancer were able to survive the disease, Muss says.

Muss says the decision to use prevention depends on the patient’s average risk. Understanding the patient’s risk can help determine the potential benefits of these prevention drugs since these drugs come with side effects.

These breast cancer prevention drugs provide the most benefit to premenopausal younger patients or older women who have had a hysterectomy, Muss says.

Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of oncology, University of North Carolina, director, Geriatric Oncology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses tamoxifen as breast cancer prevention

Hyman B. Muss, MD

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