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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Aug 20th, 2009
Researchers at Michigan State University have gained new insight into how the hormone progesterone promotes breast cancer. Scientists have discovered that progesterone activates genes that cause inflammation in the mammary gland, (breast gland) that in turn promote breast cancer.
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Aug 17th, 2009
The results of a recent study published in the British Medical Journal may be confusing to women when it comes to the reliability of mammography. According to the study’s authors, Jorgensen and Gotzsche, screening mammogram results lead to an overdiagnosis of breast cancer. In their study, one in three breast cancers detected by organized screening mammography was overdiagnosed.
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Aug 15th, 2009
Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before surgery to assess the extent of early breast cancer has not been shown to improve surgical planning, reduce follow-up surgery, or reduce the risk of local recurrences.
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Aug 15th, 2009
Actual utilization rates for radiation therapy equipment used in freestanding cancer treatment centers are closer to the current assumed rate of 50 percent, not 90 percent as proposed by CMS in the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule for 2010.
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Aug 15th, 2009
Drinking wine while undergoing radiation treatment for breast carcinoma may reduce the incidence of skin toxicity in breast cancer patients.
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Aug 13th, 2009
Breast cancer survivors who lift weights are less likely than their non-weightlifting peers to experience worsening symptoms of lymphedema, the arm- and hand-swelling condition that plagues many women following surgery for their disease.
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Aug 12th, 2009
Nancy Brinker’s self-less dedication to helping find a cure for breast cancer earned her the Medal of Freedom at the White House on August 12. Brinker, who is a breast cancer survivor, founded the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization that she started in 1982 after her sister died of the disease.
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Aug 11th, 2009
A new study finds that breastfeeding significantly reduces the incidence of breast cancer among premenopausal women who have a family history of breast cancer, a factor that places them at especially high risk for the disease.
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Aug 9th, 2009
New research shows it may not be what we eat, but our eating patterns that can reduce chances of breast cancer. The study, published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggests that calorie restriction has benefits for reducing risk of breast cancer, but how that is accomplished might be more important.
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Aug 8th, 2009
In an effort to prevent breast cancer, many women opt to have a preventive mastectomy according to a press release from the American Association for Cancer Research. Why would someone decide to have their breasts removed and subsequently go through a breast lift? Imagine being told that you had a genetic mutation on the gene BRCA 1 or BRCA2. This increases your chances for developing breast cancer from the normal 12% most women face to between 50% and 85%.
