Breast Lymph Node assay detects breast cancer metastases with greater sensitivity
Test provides surgeon with real time information that may aid breast cancer treatment decisions.
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Advances in breast imaging
A new gamma camera technique for the detection of small breast tumors.
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Reduced dietary fat intake may decrease breast cancer recurrence
Reducing dietary fat intake may decrease the chance of a breast cancer recurrence in women who have been treated for early-stage breast cancer.
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1 in 5 early-stage breast cancer patients may not follow hormonal therapy
Postmenopausal women with early stage, hormone sensitive breast cancer have a lower risk of disease recurrence when their treatment includes a new class of hormone therapy drugs.
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More Exercise is Linked to Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer
Higher physical activity is associated with reduced risk of breast cancer.
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Lapatinib shows promise as therapy for inflammatory breast cancer
The experimental biological agent, lapatinib, successfully and specifically treats inflammatory breast cancer.
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Decline in breast cancer likely linked to reduced use of hormone replacement
Breast cancer incidence in the United States dropped sharply, and this decline may largely be due to the fact that millions of older women stopped using hormone replacement therapy
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Siemens Ultrasound System May Detect Breast Cancer and Replace Biopsy
Addition of Fuji CR Mammography Technology to Siemens' portfolio provides facilities with options for breast cancer screening.
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Combination Therapy Shows Improvement For Breast Cancer Patients
Giving radiation therapy and chemotherapy at the same time after a lumpectomy helps keep breast cancer from returning locally
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Breast Cancer: Reducing the Pain of Secondary Bone Disease
Introducing a more potent form of a family of drugs called bisphosphonates to breast cancer patients with bone disease progression improves their quality of life.
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Breast Cancer Risk and Childhood Soy Intake in Asian-American Women
A decreased risk of breast cancer is associated with consuming soy during childhood, adolescence and adult life.
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Use of Herceptin For Early Stage Breast Cancer Treatment Is Expanded
FDA expands the use of Herceptin, a Genentech breast cancer drug, for early stage breast cancer treatment after primary therapy.
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FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Indication For Herceptin
FDA approves Herceptin for the adjuvant treatment of HER2 Positive Node Positive breast cancer.
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Breast Cancer Risk Is Increased With Higher Read Meat Intake
A higher risk for hormone receptor positive breast cancers in premenopausal women is linked to eating more red meat.
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Breast Cancer Patients and Undertreated Psychological Needs
Many newly diagnosed breast cancer patients have unrecognized and undertreated psychological needs.
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Gene Reverts Cancer Genes To Normal, Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis
The prognosis of an individual with breast cancer can be predicted by the activity of a gene that commandeers other cancer causing genes, returning them to normal.
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Order of Chemotherapy, Radiation Has No Effect on Breast Cancer Survival
For women who have had surgery for early breast cancer, it may not matter whether they receive follow up chemotherapy before, after or during radiation therapy.
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Study Warns Against Linking Ethnic Identity To Breast Cancer Genes
Research linking Ashkenazi Jews and breast cancer genes beset by problems, leads to health disparities.
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Race Affects African American Survival Of Breast Cancer
Black women with breast cancer were more likely to have larger, later stage tumors that were more difficult to treat and also had lower survival rates than Hispanic and Caucasian women who received the same treatment.
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Older Breast Cancer Patients May Be Under-Diagnosed and Under-Treated
The number of older breast cancer patients has increased along with overall elderly population and elderly patients with breast cancer may have been under diagnosed, under staged and under treated.
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Hope That Vitamin D Can Fight Breast Cancer
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer progression, according to a study published today in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.
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Breast Cancer Rates Up, While Surviving Improves
More women survive breast cancer, but the rates continue to rise according to the latest report from the National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
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Breast Cancer Researchers Report New Insights Into Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Findings may lead to new ways to detect and destroy cells before they become cancerous.
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One-Third of Breast Cancer Patients Unhappy With Cosmetic Outcome of Lumpectomy
28 percent of the breast cancer patients stated they were dissatisfied with the cosmetic result of their lumpectomy.
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Exercise Helps Breast Cancer Patients Avoid Anemia
Women undergoing radiation treatment for breast cancer benefit from moderate intensity, regular aerobic activity.
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Scientists Discover New Breast Cancer Risk Gene
Newly discovered BRIP1 gene doubles the breast cancer risk in women.
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New Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb From Glaxo May Be Within Months In EU
Tykerb could be the much expected breast cancer drug as Glaxo is set to file for EU approval of breast cancer drug Tykerb.
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Treat the Woman, Not Her Age: Older Women and Breast Cancer
Women age 65 years or older constitute half of new breast cancer patients each year, and the number of older women with breast cancer is forecast to double by 2030 as the baby boomers age.
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Critical Gaps In Breast Cancer Patient Education And Communication
Results from a recent survey of European women with early breast cancer show that the information needs of patients are not being met and that there is an unacceptably low level of patient involvement in potentially life extending treatment decisions.
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National Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Launched
The breast cancer campaign will run throughout the months of October and November, aiming to reach out to as many women as possible.
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Breast Cancer Drug Herceptin Is Subsidized In Australia
The Government of Australia has accepted a recommendation from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) to list the breast cancer treatment drug trastuzumab (Herceptin) on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
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Nicole Kidman Launches Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
Nicole Kidman stresses the importance for the women to understand breast cancer and learn about the disease.
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Charity Moves To Reassure Over Breast Cancer Increase
The number of breast cancer cases has risen considerably shows the data released by the Office for National Statistics and reported by the Cancer Research UK.
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Computer-Aided Detection Could Help Breast Cancer Screening
Computers aid cutting the work of radiologist and helping breast cancer screening.
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16 Common Myths About Breast Cancer
One in seven women will develop breast cancer in her life, but how much do most women know about breast cancer?
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New Path From Estrogen To Survival In Breast Cancer Cells Described
How the estrogen hormone can help keep breast cancer cells alive.
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Risk Factors Linked To Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
Stress reduction, drug therapy, may prevent chronic problems after breast cancer surgery.
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Aromatase Inhibitors: A Treatment of Choice for Advanced Breast Cancer Patients
Aromatase inhibitors improve the survival of advanced breast cancer patients compared to standard hormone therapies like tamoxifen.
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GSK Files Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb For US OK
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has submitted experimental breast cancer drug Tykerb for approval in the U.S. for use in the treatment of advanced breast cancer.
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Glaxo Seeks Approval for Tykerb for the Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer
In combination with chemotherapy, Tykerb improves time to breast cancer progression, based on a phase III study.
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