Mammography Plus Ultrasound May Detect More Breast Cancer
Breast cancer risk is higher in some women and lower in others. New research shows that mammography, when combined with breast ultrasound may detect more breast cancer cases in women who have higher risk of developing the disease.
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Breast-Fed Women Have Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Breast-fed women have lower risk for developing breast cancer later in life.
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Breast Cancer Growth Varies With Women's Age
Breast cancer growth varies not only with tumor type, but also with women's age, showing significantly fast growth in younger women.
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Cells Lining Milk Ducts Hold Key To Breast Cancer
When a form of cancer that begins in the milk ducts of the breast invades neighboring tissue to spread to other parts of the body, the cause lies not in the tumor cells themselves but in a group of abnormal surrounding cells that cause the walls of the duct to deteriorate like a rusty pipe.
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Gene Variations May Predict Risk Of Breast Cancer
Variations of the adiponectin gene, which regulates a number of metabolic processes, may increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.
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Daily Aspirin Cuts Common Breast Cancer Risk
Daily aspirin intake may cut risk for developing the common type of breast cancer.
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Genetic Variants Linked To Risk Of Breast Cancer Found
Scientists from deCODE genetics report the discovery of two common single-letter variants on chromosome 5 of the human genome that are associated with risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
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Mouse Studies Identify Gene That May Influence Metastasis Risk In Breast Cancer
Researchers have identified a pattern of gene activity in mice that may help to predict individual risk for breast cancer metastasis and survival in humans.
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Breast Cancer Risk Amplified By Additional Genes
Many women with a faulty breast cancer gene could be at greater risk of the disease due to extra risk-amplifying genes.
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Analysis Reveals New Protein Associated With Breast Cancer
A novel systems-based approach has led researchers to an important genetic marker that can help physicians know which breast cancer patients are at highest risk and will require more aggressive treatment.
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Chemotherapy May Not Affect Memory in Breast Cancer Patients
Women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer frequently report problems with memory and concentration, but two new studies suggest that chemotherapy is not the cause of these problems, and the stress of the diagnosis may be.
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Herceptin - Chemotherapy Drug Combination Cures Breast Cancer
A trial conducted by Roche shows that Herceptin and chemotherapy drug combination successfully treats women with aggressive form of breast cancer.
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Education May Close Gap In Breast Cancer Mortality
Breast cancer is not, and should not be, a death sentence for women, regardless of the color of their skin, insurance status or income.
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Older Breast Cancer Patients Benefit From Radiation
A breast cancer patient's age alone should not determine whether or not she receives standard breast-conservation treatments, including a lumpectomy and radiation therapy.
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Researchers Study Impact Of Galectin-3 On Breast Cancer
Researchers are studying racial disparities related to cancer patients.
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Breast Cancer Vaccine Successfully Treats Deadlier Form Of Disease
Newly developed vaccine successfully treats breast cancer in a clinical trial and shows promising results even for those suffering from a more aggressive form of the disease.
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Alcohol Drinking Increases Risk For Breast Cancer
Alcohol consumption increases risk for developing breast cancer later in life.
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Even After Surgery, Women Remain Unsure Of Breast Cancer Survival Rates
Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer who choose breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy live as long as those who opt for breast removal.
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Disparities Exist In Use Of Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
Study finds socioeconomic status affects odds patients requiring a mastectomy for breast cancer treatment will learn about breast reconstruction.
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Genomic Profiling of Breast Tumors Might Determine Prognosis, Treatment
Combining a breast cancer patient's clinical characteristics with a genomic profile of her tumor may provide important information for predicting an individual patient's prognosis and accurately guiding treatment options.
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Egg Essential Nutrient Reduces Risk Of Breast Cancer
Choline, an essential nutrient found in foods such as eggs, is associated with a 24 percent reduced risk of breast cancer.
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Boat racing improves lives of breast cancer survivors
The best long-term therapy for breast cancer survivors might have nothing to do with doctors or self-help books, but with Dragon boat racing.
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Breast Cancer Still Killing Too Many Women
Thousands of women die from breast cancer each year because current treatments for breast cancer are not always effective and in some cases fail to stem the disease.
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Make Your Mammogram A Positive Experience
One in 8 women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
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Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Benefit From Low Doses Of Radiotherapy
Women with early stages of breast cancer benefit from lower doses of radiation therapy as much as from internationally approved doses.
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Researchers Test Model For Breast Cancer Risk In Ethnic Groups
Researchers have developed a way to quickly estimate a woman's risk for invasive breast cancer.
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Today on Good Morning America, Maalak Compton-Rock was speaking about triple negative breast cancer and the foundation that was begun by a group of women who were all affected by their friend who was afflicted with triple negative breast cancer.
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Modified Virus Vaccine Shows Promise For Breast Cancer
Vaccinating mice with a modified form of a virus containing proteins from breast cancer cells can kill large breast cancer tumors and tumors that have spread to the lungs.
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Femara Cuts Breast Cancer Repetition Risk
Women taking Femara have lower risk for breast cancer repetition.
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High Estrogen Levels Cause Breast Cancer Repetition
Women who had repeated breast cancer cases after first successful treatment had twice as high blood estrogens than those who didn't get the disease for the second time.
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Aspirin May Cut Breast Cancer Risk
Aspirin use is found to cut breast cancer risk by 20%.
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Avastin Approved As Breast Cancer Treatment
Genentech's Avastin received FDA approval for late stage breast cancer treatment.
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Genentech's Avastin May Effectively Treat Breast Cancer
Genentech's clinical trial shows Avastin is effective in breast cancer treatment before it gets worse.
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Hope For Breast Cancer Patients Suffering From Chemobrain
Training on the Posit Science Brain Fitness Program improves mental function in breast cancer patients with chemobrain.
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BRCA1 Mutation Linked To Breast Cancer Stem Cells
Research sheds light on why women with this gene mutation have higher risk of breast cancer.
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Boat Racing Improves Lives Of Breast Cancer Survivors
The best long-term therapy for breast cancer survivors might have nothing to do with doctors or self-help books.
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New Breast Cancer Surgery Techniques
Oncoplastic surgery is a relatively new practice of breast cancer surgery, combining oncology principles with plastic surgery techniques.
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Black Women Have Higher Death Rates From Breast Cancer
Black women in Houston, Texas, have a 45% greater mortality rate from breast cancer than white women.
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Helping Women Cope With Breast Cancer Diagnosis
There are great racial and socioeconomic disparities that make some women more likely to lose their fight against breast cancer than others.
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Link Between Breast Cancer, Down Syndrome
There is new hope for breast cancer treatment research, and it is coming from a very unlikely place
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