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Breast CancerThis page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of Breast Cancer but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns.News: Breast Cancer New York TimesBy GINA KOLATA. Rates of the most common form of breast cancer dropped a startling 15 percent from August 2002 to December 2003, researchers reported ... Drug touted to fight breast cancer: Big benefits found in osteoporosis... - Apr 18, 2006 Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.comApr. 18--A drug already approved for osteoporosis could significantly reduce the number of women getting breast cancer, according to a government-sponsored ... Breast cancer scan: Is 40 the right age or 50? - Nov 19, 2009 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: So what's the right age for an Indian woman to start getting screened for breast cancer -- 40 or 50? Opinion is divided just like it is in the US ... Cancer society recommends MRIs for women with high breast cancer risk - Mar 28, 2007 USA TODAY - USA TodayAP 2001 file photo. ATLANTA (AP) — Up to 1.4 million US women — those with an unusually high risk of developing breast cancer — should get annual MRIs as ... Drug halves breast cancer returns - Oct 19, 2005 BBC NewsThe drug Herceptin cuts the risk of tumours returning in women with early stage breast cancer by 50%, a US study has shown. ... Studies: Bone drugs may help prevent breast cancer - Dec 10, 2009 BusinessWeekBy MARILYNN MARCHIONE. New results from a landmark women's health study raise the exciting possibility that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel ... Breast cancer: the facts - May 17, 2005 The GuardianSinger Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with breast cancer, her management company said today. How common is the disease - and what are the latest advances ... Physical activity may reduce risk of breast cancer by 23 per cent - May 14, 2008 Globe and MailFrom Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, May. 14, 2008 3:07AM EDT Last updated on Monday, Mar. 30, 2009 3:43PM EDT ... Dad can pass down hidden breast cancer gene - Jun 19, 2007 msnbc.comCHICAGO - A deadly gene's path can hide in a family tree when a woman has few aunts and older sisters, making it appear that her breast cancer struck out of ... Vitamin D levels linked to breast-cancer prognosis - May 15, 2008 CTV.caThe research was led by Dr. Pamela Goodwin, a breast cancer researcher at ... Because breast cancer tumours have vitamin D receptors, the vitamin can slow ... Chemo Increases Survival for Most Severe Breast Cancer Cases - Apr 11, 2006 FOXNewsResearch offers hopeful news to women whose breast cancers are typically more difficult to treat: Modern chemotherapy means more of them will survive than ... Breast Cancer Screening: The Wrong Message - Nov 17, 2009 ForbesNew guidelines recommend that women wait until their 50s to start getting mammograms. It's a dangerous precedent. On Monday, the US Preventative Services ... Study of Breast Cancer Patients Finds Benefit in Low-Fat Diets - May 17, 2005 New York TimesBy GINA KOLATA. Breast cancer patients who follow diets low in fat may reduce the chance that their tumors will return, scientists reported yesterday. ... Falling breast cancer rates: What's behind the numbers? - Apr 23, 2007 CNN InternationalBreast cancer rates fell between 2001 and 2004 — particularly in 2003. Did discontinuing hormone replacement therapy play a role? ... Breast cancer screening study suggests some tumours may cure … - Nov 24, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukScreening women for breast cancer may lead to unnecessary treatment as some cancers will disappear on their own, researchers have suggested. ... Exercise Can Cut Risk of Dying From Breast Cancer - May 25, 2005 Washington PostBy Rob Stein. Being physically active boosts the odds that breast cancer patients will survive the disease, according to the first study to produce evidence ... Breast cancer has high 'overdiagnosis' rate: study - Jul 10, 2009 CBC.caWomen should make an informed choice about mammogram screenings, the researchers say. (AP Photo/Lansing State Journal, Becky Shink) ... Red meat linked to breast cancer risk - Nov 13, 2006 New ScientistDaily consumption of red meat might may significantly increase a woman's risk of certain breast cancers, even before she reaches menopause, according to a ... Targeted Chemo for Breast Cancer - Oct 11, 2007 TIMEBy Laura Blue Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. It might not seem like good news. A paper in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows that one of the ... New drug cocktails show promise against breast cancer: studies - Jun 1, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldNew drug cocktails have shown promise in the fight against breast cancer, a diseases that annually kills more than half an million of women around the world ... Gupta: Progress, hurdles in breast cancer fight - Oct 11, 2005 CNN...(CNN) -- In 1987, around one in four women age 50 and older said they'd had a mammogram and breast exam in the past two years. ... Pomegranate compounds may ease breast cancer risk - Jan 5, 2010 Yahoo! NewsBy JoAnne Allen Joanne Allen – Tue Jan 5, 5:10 pm ET. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Enzyme-blocking chemicals in pomegranates may reduce the risk of ... Breast cancer screening should start at 40 - Jan 6, 2010 Times of IndiaThe American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) have issued recommendations calling for breast cancer screening to begin at ... Experimental Drug Delays Breast Cancer - Jun 3, 2006 San Francisco ChronicleBy MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer. Women with advanced breast cancer soon may have another treatment option: A novel experimental drug delayed the ... Drug compound kills breast cancer stem cells - Aug 14, 2009 Reuters UKBy Julie Steenhuysen. CHICAGO (Reuters) - US researchers have discovered a compound that can kill breast cancer stem cells, a kind of master cancer cell ... Four more genes linked to breast cancer - May 28, 2007 ABC Online - ABC OnlineBy Gavin Fang for AM. A study led by Australian scientists has identified four genes that may increase the risk of women developing breast cancer. ... Family History Ups Breast Cancer Risk Even Without BRCA Gene - Nov 17, 2008 Washington PostBy Kathleen Doheny. MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of breast cancer for a woman with a strong family history is four times higher than that of ... Second-hand smoke increases risk of breast cancer in young women - Apr 23, 2009 National PostThe 11-member panel says that active smoking increases the risk of breast cancer in both pre- and post-menopausal women, while exposure to second-hand smoke ... Breast cancer risks all around us - May 15, 2007 Sydney Morning HeraldMORE than 200 chemicals - many found in urban air and everyday products - cause breast cancer in animal tests, according to a compilation of scientific ... Breast cancer Barbie - Oct 3, 2006 SalonOct. 03, 2006 | How do you know it's October? It's not just pink cheeks going by you on cool fall mornings. No, it's the pink ribbons, bows, sweaters, ... Trend Toward Tinier Breast Cancer Tumors - Aug 8, 2005 FOXNewsBy Miranda Hitti. Breast cancer tumors found today tend to be smaller than those found in the past, new research shows. That may be one more reason why more ... FDA Gives Conditional OK to Avastin for Breast Cancer - Feb 22, 2008 ABC NewsBy AUDREY GRAYSON. The US Food and Drug Administration Friday afternoon granted a conditional approval for Avastin to treat breast cancer patients ... FDA OKs expanded use of Glaxo breast cancer drug - Jan 30, 2010 Reuters IndiaNEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters) - US health regulators on Friday broadened the approval of GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK.L: Quote, Profile, Research) breast cancer drug ... ABC's Robin Roberts has breast cancer - Jul 31, 2007 USA TODAY - USA TodayBy David Bauder, AP Television Writer. NEW YORK — ABC "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts discovered she had breast cancer after following her own ... Burton playing their part in National Breast Cancer Awareness month - Oct 8, 2009 ESPN - ESPNDid you know that it's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month? To help raise awareness, Burton has released this "Save the Melons" tank -- available only ... Boost for breast cancer survival - May 13, 2005 BBC NewsScientists found drug and hormonal therapies effectively cure many women - rather than simply delaying the recurrence of disease. ... Cancer risk found after hormone therapy ends - Mar 5, 2008 San Francisco ChronicleThe increased risk of breast cancer that comes with taking estrogen and ... "Estrogen clearly drives breast cancer, but there was a little more lung cancer, ... Reducing fat doesn't reduce cancer, heart risks - Feb 8, 2006 CTV.caThat study is asking whether a low fat diet can prevent breast cancer in ... Scientists also pointed out that there were fewer cases of breast cancer in ... Test 'predicts breast cancer resistance' - Jan 25, 2010 BBC NewsA genetic test could one day spot breast cancer patients most at risk of relapsing after treatment with a commonly used powerful chemotherapy. ... Eating fruit and veg does not boost chances of beating breast cancer - Jul 18, 2007 Times OnlineEating very large amounts of fruit and vegetables does not improve the survival chances of women with breast cancer, scientists have found. ... Novel drug combo improves breast cancer survival - Dec 11, 2009 ForbesBy MARILYNN MARCHIONE , 12.11.09, 03:53 PM EST. SAN ANTONIO -- Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. ... Study firmly ties hormone use to breast cancer - Dec 14, 2008 msnbc.comSAN ANTONIO - Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals ... Kylie Minogue Prepares For Breast Cancer Surgery - May 19, 2005 MTV.comBy Gil Kaufman. Australian pop star Kylie Minogue is undergoing tests in preparation for breast cancer surgery later this week. The singer announced that ... Breast cancer awareness goes viral on Facebook . . . with bra color … - Jan 8, 2010 Washington PostBecker said a co-worker received a BlackBerry message in December asking her to post her bra color -- from her relatives in Nigeria. ... Breast cancer reduction may be tied to less hormone therapy. - Dec 14, 2006 Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.comSAN ANTONIO, Texas _ Significantly fewer American women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, and a dramatic drop in the use of hormone therapy is the ... High-Dose Chemo Doesn't Help Breast Cancer - Dec 13, 2007 TIMEBy Alice Park Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007. A woman covers her head to keep her warm while receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. ... This week's new guidelines for breast-cancer screenings have left... - Nov 21, 2009 National PostOn a beautiful June Saturday last year, my friend, neighbour and comrade in motherhood Martha died of breast cancer at age 45. Summer dissolved into fall, ... Alcohol may boost breast cancer risk - Apr 14, 2008 Globe and MailFrom Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Apr. 14, 2008 9:01AM EDT Last updated on Monday, Mar. 30, 2009 3:27PM EDT ... US-led breast cancer study boosts support for Herceptin - Dec 9, 2005 The GuardianMore evidence about the breast cancer drug Herceptin is likely to increase pressure on health trusts to fund the expensive treatment despite the fact that ... Breast cancer screening benefits questioned - Jan 19, 2010 Telegraph.co.ukThe NHS breast cancer screening programme should be reviewed as 7000 women a year may wrongly receive a diagnosis of cancer, experts have warned. ... RU-486 and breast cancer - Dec 1, 2006 SalonDec. 01, 2006 | An exciting health headline today: A UC Irvine study, funded by the National Cancer Institute, the Department of Defense and the Breast ... Breast cancer risk tool revised for blacks- msnbc.com - Nov 27, 2007 msnbc.comNov. 27: Although black women are less likely to get breast cancer than white women, when they do, they are less likely to survive. ... One drink a day raises cancer risk in women - Feb 25, 2009 Irish TimesAround 5000 of these cases are related to breast cancer but others are ... “Around 80 per cent of breast cancer cases are diagnosed in women aged over 50, ... Study: Bone drug helps chemo fight breast cancer - Dec 11, 2008 FOXNewsBy MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer. SAN ANTONIO — New research adds fresh hope that a drug that strengthens bones might also fight breast cancer. ... Genentech, Roche Shares Surge on Breast Cancer Study - Apr 26, 2005 BloombergBy Marni Leff Kottle and Kristin Reed. April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Genentech Inc., the world's second- biggest biotechnology company, and partner Roche Holding ... Breast cancer pill 'saves few lives' - Jul 24, 2006 NEWS.com.auTAMOXIFEN, the pill that prevents breast cancer in high-risk women, does not appear in the long run to save many lives, US researchers reported today. ... Study Questions Exam to Detect Breast Cancer - Apr 5, 2007 New York TimesBy GINA KOLATA. A highly promoted and widely used computerized system for examining mammograms is leading to less accuracy, not more, a new study finds. ... Breast cancer awareness month: Stay informed-10 ways to protect … - Oct 16, 2009 New York Daily NewsBy Karen Yi. Pink umbrellas and balloons are displayed over a stream to promote the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign in Seoul, South Korea. ... Hormone Therapy-Breast Cancer Tie Grows - Dec 13, 2008 CBS NewsA new analysis finds that postmenopausal hormone therapy - a long popular treatment for unpleastant symtoms - seriously increases the risk of breast cancer. ... Left-handed women's risk of breast cancer higher - Sep 26, 2005 ä¸å›½æ—¥æŠ¥ - ä¸å›½æ—¥æŠ¥Left-handed women are more than twice as likely as right-handers to suffer from breast cancer before reaching menopause, Dutch scientists said on Monday. ... Study Says Breast Cancer is Deadlier in Black Women - Jun 6, 2006 FOXNewsCHICAGO — Younger black women who get breast cancer are far more likely than other afflicted women to have a particularly aggressive and lethal form of the ... Overreacting to Alchohol's Breast Cancer Risks - Sep 27, 2007 Wired NewsBy Brandon Keim. Scientists have long suspected that drinking alcohol increases women's breast cancer risks, and new research backs that up: in a study of ... Drug combos may raise breast cancer risk - May 31, 2009 Times of IndiaAP 31 May 2009, 09:11pm IST. ORLANDO: Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the ... Breast cancer vaccine helps body fight tumors - Sep 15, 2008 Reuters IndiaBy Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers who designed one experimental breast cancer vaccine say they have fine-tuned ... Breast cancer survivors skip mammograms - Apr 24, 2006 msnbc.comATLANTA - More than a third of breast cancer survivors gradually stop getting annual mammographies, according to a new study. ... Breast Cancer Study Finds All Lumps Aren't Created Equal - Jul 21, 2005 ABC NewsBy EMILY KAGAN. When Amanda Radcliffe and Sharon Seal each found a lump in their breasts, they both spent anxious weekends wondering if they would be ... Study: Hormones Raise Breast Cancer Risk - Apr 19, 2007 FOXNewsATLANTA — Research on two continents signaled more bad news for menopause hormones, offering the strongest evidence yet that they can raise the risk of ... Even tiniest spread of breast cancer raises recurrence risk - Aug 12, 2009 CBC.caAP. Breast cancer patients with even the most minute spread of the disease to a lymph node have a much higher risk of it recurring years later and may need ... Briefer radiation treatment effective for early breast cancer: study - Sep 22, 2008 CBC.caThe findings could change how early-stage breast cancer is treated in North America, says Dr. Timothy Whelan. (CBC). Shorter courses of radiation therapy ... Smoking-Breast Cancer Link Appears Stronger - Sep 30, 2005 FOXNewsBy Jennifer Warner. Older women who smoke cigarettes or have smoked for long periods of time may be up to 40 percent more likely to develop breast cancer ... HRT may hold key to fall in breast cancer rate - Dec 19, 2006 Telegraph.co.ukBy Celia Hall, Medical Editor. Breast cancer rates in America dropped dramatically in 2003. Experts suggested yesterday that the unexpected finding could be ... US OKs test to predict breast cancer return - Feb 6, 2007 Reuters UKBy Lisa Richwine. WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - US health officials approved a genetic test on Tuesday that can give women with early breast cancer an ... Drop in Breast Cancer Rates Due to Drop in HRT Use - Feb 3, 2009 ForbesWEDNESDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis shows that the drop in breast cancer cases that began in 2003 is indeed due to women stopping hormone ... Migraines cut breast cancer risk 30 percent: study - Nov 6, 2008 Reuters CanadaBy Julie Steenhuysen. CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a puzzling twist, women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer ... Sheryl Crow Undergoes Cancer Surgery, Postpones Tour - Feb 24, 2006 MTV.comSheryl Crow recently underwent surgery for breast cancer, she revealed on her Web site Friday (February 24). The post on SherylCrow.com said doctors expect ... Cholesterol Drugs May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk, Study Shows - May 14, 2005 BloombergBy Nicole Ostrow. May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor, Merck & Co.'s Zocor and other cholesterol-lowering medicines may reduce the risk of breast ... Pregnancy has no impact on breast cancer survival - Feb 9, 2009 OneindiaWashington, Feb 9 (ANI): Women who develop breast cancer during their pregnancy have no difference in rates of local recurrence, distant metastases, ... Dr. Susan Love on Edwards, Snow Cancer - Mar 28, 2007 FOXNewsThis is not unusual, though, to have breast cancer that goes into ... Although with breast cancer, we do cure about three-quarters of breast cancer. ... Jane McGrath dies after long battle with breast cancer - Jun 21, 2008 NEWS.com.auA MEMORIAL service for Jane McGrath will be held this Wednesday at the Sydney church where she and husband Glenn sealed their love. ... Breast cancer — a wake up call for Indian women - Sep 30, 2009 The HinduPTI. Caption:A woman undergoing external radio therapy for Breast Cancer at the MNJ Institute in Hyderabad. File photo: K. Ramesh Babu ... More women with breast cancer opting for double mastectomies: study - Oct 23, 2007 CBC.caAP. More women who are diagnosed with cancer in only one breast are choosing to remove both breasts, a new US study says. ... Low-fat diet fails to prevent breast cancer's return - Jul 17, 2007 Toronto StarResearchers noted that none of the breast cancer survivors lost weight on either ... For now, the message for the 2.4 million breast cancer survivors in the ... What Elizabeth Edwards Can Expect - Cancer: What Elizabeth Edwards … - Mar 22, 2007 $2.95 - Newsweek - NewsBankTo find out more about what Elizabeth Edwards and other breast cancer survivors ... What is metastatic breast cancer? My understanding is that there are two ... Mickelson's wife has breast cancer; he leaves Tour - May 21, 2009 Boston GlobeBy Michael Whitmer. Phil Mickelson has suspended his PGA Tour schedule immediately after announcing yesterday that his wife, Amy, has been diagnosed with ... New breast cancer link found - Dec 10, 2007 Globe and MailFrom Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007 10:36AM EST Last updated on Friday, Apr. 03, 2009 3:34PM EDT. Mutations in the BRCA1 breast ... Adelphi breast cancer Q&A - Oct 5, 2009 NewsdayQ: If my doctor tells me I have breast cancer, does that mean I'm going to die? A: A diagnosis of breast cancer is not a death sentence. ... The Nation; Death rate for breast cancer bolsters theory; A second... - Apr 19, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverA sharp decline in U.S. breast cancer deaths in 2003 held steady the following year, providing further evidence that the drop is related to the large number ... Breast Cancer Drug Shows Gains - Dec 29, 2005 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News ArchiveAdministration on Wednesday approved new use for Fema a medication already li a ra, The .: .federal Food and Drug for censed treating advanced breast It ... Drinking linked to breast cancer - Sep 28, 2007 Memphis Commercial AppealBy Erin Allday. SAN FRANCISCO -- Heavy drinking significantly increases the risk of developing breast cancer, and even moderate drinking can make women more ... Cybex Treads for Breast Cancer Research Foundation - Oct 1, 2009 MarketWatchMEDWAY, Mass., Oct 01, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cybex International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYBI) , a leading manufacturer of premium exercise equipment, ... Researchers decode breast cancer tumour's DNA - Oct 7, 2009 Toronto SunBy THE CANADIAN PRESS. In a world first, Canadian scientists have decoded all three billion letters of DNA in a breast cancer tumour and identified the ... Breast cancer: Reducing the risk - Oct 22, 2007 Memphis Commercial AppealBy Mary Powers. Women know the one-in-eight statistic: The widely cited odds of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. ... Dense breast tissue raises cancer risk - Jan 18, 2007 Toronto StarBreast density accounts for a substantial proportion of breast cancer ... Breast density is one of a few known risk factors for breast cancer, he said. ... Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings - Dec 12, 2009 ForbesThe Cancer Society doesn't have an estimate for what percentage of breast cancer diagnoses come from mammogram screenings, but says women have a 98 percent ... Gene parents plan more breast cancer-free babies - Jan 11, 2009 Times OnlineThe parents of the first British baby screened to be free of a breast cancer gene have spoken publicly about their “beautifulâ€? daughter - and revealed that ... Stay slim to beat breast cancer - Cancer- msnbc.com - Dec 7, 2007 msnbc.comBreast cancer patients might have a powerful incentive to avoid gaining weight: better odds of surviving the disease. New research suggests that for every ... Breast Cancer Gene Mutations May Elude Standard Tests - Mar 21, 2006 CNNBy Judith Groch,. SEATTLE, March 21 - Standard testing for mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes apparently misses about 12% of patients at high risk for ... John Edwards' wife's cancer returns: `Optimistic' couple vow to fight... - Mar 23, 2007 Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.comDespite the diagnosis of stage IV breast cancer for Edwards, 57, the smiling couple said during a news conference in Chapel Hill, NC, that they would ... Breast cancer - Salon.com - Dec 2, 2009 SalonBy Barbara Ehrenreich. Workers hoist a pink ribbon in honor of breast cancer awareness on the front of the White House in Washington, October 26, 2009. ... Pink positivity and breast cancer - Oct 7, 2008 The GuardianThanks to Libby Brooks's timely comment on breast cancer awareness month (Let's not pinkwash proper discussion about this disease, October 2), ... Background information on Breast Cancer [When available] Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. Worldwide, it is the most common form of cancer in females, affecting approximately 10% of all women at some stage of their life in the Western world. Although significant efforts are made to achieve early detection and effective treatment, about 20% of all women with breast cancer will die from the disease, and it is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in women. Search the web for more resources on Breast Cancer |
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