Breast Cancer:
Breast Cancer treatment and symptoms, breast cancer information and signs of breast cancer. Updates and research on breast cancer detection and treatment.
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Sep 26th, 2009
In an adjuvant study for early stage breast cancer, 6 participants of the study have developed signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure. The study is through the Swiss drug maker Roche. The drug Avastin has brought the company $2.69 billion in U.S. Sales in the year 2008. Avastin has been studied and approved for use in colon, lung, brain, and kidney cancers in the advanced stages.
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Sep 25th, 2009
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the most common non-invasive lesion of the breast, presents unique challenges for patients and providers largely because the natural course of the untreated disease is not well understood.
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Sep 21st, 2009
Totally blind women have more than a 50 percent reduction in breast cancer compared to visually impaired women and that this same group of totally blind women have an earlier menarche, or first menstrual period, when compared to blind girls with some light perception.
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Sep 16th, 2009
Three drugs, including tamoxifen, reduce a woman's chance of getting breast cancer, but each drug carries distinct potential harms of its own.
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Sep 14th, 2009
Use of the HER2 gene test, which identifies certain aggressive breast cancers that respond to a specific drug, appears to be greatly underutilized, according to a new study published online in the journal Cancer. The drug, Herceptin, also is being given to some women who have never been tested for it, which may increase their risk of serious heart problems.
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Sep 8th, 2009
Women who do not have health insurance, who are underinsured, or whose income is low may qualify for free or very low-cost screenings for breast and cervical cancer. Currently, 8 to 11 percent of women in the United States of screening age are eligible to receive these services.
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Sep 3rd, 2009
About three-quarters of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer have a friend or family member with them at their first visit with a surgeon.
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Sep 2nd, 2009
New research shows that exercising, and avoiding weight gains can cut breast cancer risk as much as sixty – eight percent. According to a new study that excluded women who possess a genetic tendency for breast cancer, smoking and obesity still significantly increase the odds that a woman will develop the disease.
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Aug 26th, 2009
In a study published in Cancer Research, it was found that tamoxifen may contribute to a rare form of breast cancer. Tamoxifen is an antiestrogen that prevents estrogen forms of breast cancer from forming. The top researcher told WebMD that this study should not indicate the need for women to stop taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer. It is only a rare form of breast cancer that tamoxifen cannot treat and may even contribute to.
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Aug 26th, 2009
More women are surviving breast cancer in situ according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association is welcome news for millions of American women. There were 610,171 in situ survivors in 2005 and researchers expect that by 2016 the number will exceed one million.