- Your Breast Cancer Treatment Team By : Michael Russell
- Younger African American Women At Significantly Higher Risk For Breast Cancer By : Breast Cancer News
Despite an overall decline in invasive breast cancer in the United States in recent years, African-American women, particularly younger ones, have not seen a significant decline in their rates, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. - You Too Can Prevent Cancer, Including Breast Cancer By : Victor Graham
In 1931 Two-Time Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Otto Warburg discovered the prime cause of cancer to be cellular respiration. Dr. Warburg's research proves that cancer is no longer mystical. - Yoga for Prevention of Breast Cancer By : Sally Janssen
Everyone wishes and hopes to avoid contracting cancer, arguably the most serious disease in Western society. In particular, women are understandably fearful of being diagnosed with breast cancer with its sometimes consequential radical surgery. - X-Rays and Breast Cancer Risks Considered By : Lance Winslow
Have you have chest X-Rays? Well they can lead to Breast Cancer, or rather they can greatly increase the risks they say. - World's First CE Marked Real-Time, Gene-Based Test For Improved Detection Of Breast Cancer Launches By : Breast Cancer News
Veridex, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, today announced the availability in Europe of the world's first gene-based diagnostic test designed to detect the spread of breast cancer to the lymph nodes. The GeneSearch™ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Test offers an advanced alternative to more conventional tissue pathology. - Working Towards a Future without Breast Cancer By : Amie Cunningham
Chances are someone close to you such as your friend, mother, wife, sister or even yourself has been touched by breast cancer in one way or another. That’s why it is so important that we never give up fighting for a cure. - Women's Use Of Mammography Improved By Lay Health Advisers By : Breast Cancer News
The number of rural, low-income women who choose to get mammograms may dramatically increase if those women get their health information from trained lay advisers in their own community, a new study shows. - Women With Mental Disorders Less Likely To Have Mammograms By : Breast Cancer News
Women with mental disorders are less likely to have screening mammograms than women without mental illness, although the nature of the mental illness does play a role. - Women With Breast Cancer No Longer Have To Settle For Second Class Treatments By : Medical News
Today the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published a positive Final Appraisal Document (FAD) on the class of breast cancer drugs known as aromatase inhibitors (AIs) post surgery. This final decision from NICE should ensure appropriate access to these latest life-saving treatments for the hundreds of thousands of postmenopausal women with breast cancer. Up until now, tamoxifen has been considered the 'gold standard' treatment in this setting. - Women With Breast Cancer Experience More Side Effects From Chemotherapy Than Previously Thought By : Breast Cancer News
Women with breast cancer ages 64 and younger experience three to four times more serious side effects from chemotherapy than previously hypothesized, according to a study published in the Aug. 16 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports. One in six women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer who experience side effects require hospitalization or emergency department care because of the treatment. - Women Testing Negative For Familial Breast Cancer Gene Still At Increased Risk By : Breast Cancer News
Women testing negative for the two inherited breast cancer genes are still at increased risk of developing the disease, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Medical Genetics. - Women Report Fewer Paternal Cases Of Breast Cancer Than Maternal Cases, Study Says By : Medical News
Women without breast cancer often report fewer cases of the disease in their father's family compared with cases of the disease on their mother's side, even though the numbers should be approximately equal, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the New York Times reports. - Women Given More Options In Breast Cancer Treatment Procedure By : Breast Cancer News
A new minimally invasive approach to partial breast irradiation provides another treatment option for women with breast cancer. The researchers presented their findings at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. - what you should know about Breast Cancer By : Parveen
The chance, that breast cancer is found early, it is more likely to be treated successfully. Checking for cancer in a person who does not have any symptoms is called screening. - What Not To Say When Your Loved One Tells You She Has Breast Cancer By : Diana Rivers
Your best friend just told you she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. You have been friends for years, but now you don’t know what to say. Your mind goes into overdrive, suddenly thinking up and casting off all kinds of remarks and platitudes. So, what exactly do you say and how do you say it? - What is The Primary Cause Of Breast Cancer? By : Steve B
The primary cause of breast cancer is low oxygen levels in the body. - What Every Woman Should Know About Breast Cancer By : Stacey Chillemi
Why do women fear breast cancer more than any other disease? Because each year thousands of women develop breast cancer in our society and as scary as it sounds the percentage of breast cancer continues to rise. - What Are The Risk Factors for Breast Cancer? By : Anna Hardy
Breast cancer is a largely unknown disease until today, despite the fact that it affects almost ten percent of the women above the age of forty years all over the world. The causes of this killer cancer are not known even after decades of research into it. - What Are The Main Causes of Breast Cancer? By : Peter Morgan
It is an incredibly difficult day in any woman's life if she is found positive for breast cancer. Her family, friends, and anyone else who knows will wonder "why?" Why did this happen to her, and can it happen to me? - What Are Breast Cancer Preventing Diets? By : Anna Hardy
The importance of a healthy diet in preventing breast cancer has been often stressed by doctors and health journals alike. But what exactly is a healthy diet that is conducive to breast cancer prevention? - Ways of Detecting the Early Stages of Breast Cancer By : Kerris Samson
An article which provides you with information relating to ways of detecting the early stages of breast cancer. - Wall Street Journal Examines Donations From "Pink Products" To Breast Cancer Groups By : Breast Cancer News
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined how "pink products" aim to support breast cancer groups by donating proceeds to such organizations. Breast cancer foundations use the donations from pink products for various "missions" in the fight against the disease -- such as to support access to mammograms for low-income women, breast cancer research and breast cancer awareness, the Journal reports. Groups receiving funding from pink products include: - Wall Street Journal Examines Breast Cancer Screening Device By : Medical News
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined a breast cancer screening device called the "Halo system," which extracts a fluid from the nipple to test for "atypical" cells that are believed to be a precursor to cancer and has been nicknamed "the breast pap." The device -- developed and sold by NeoMatrix of Irvine, Calif. -- extracts the fluid called nipple aspirate using a warming technique and small suction cups. - W Hotels Wraps Comfort and Hope around Women with Breast Cancer with ''Robes to Recovery'' By : Cancer News
Banding Together Nearly 30 Designers, including Diane von Furstenberg, Michael Kors and Carolina Herrera, W Redefines its Signature Robe as the Ultimate Symbol of Encouragement and Recovery to Benefit Fashion Targets Breast Cancer - Vitamin D May Prevent Breast Cancer By : Ethan Miller
Breast cancer is one of the most frightening diseases faced by today’s women. In fact, breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, after nonmelanoma skin cancer. - Vitamin D May Help Curb Breast Cancer Progression By : Breast Cancer News
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer progression, suggests a small study published ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Pathology. - Video, Booklet Promote Breast Cancer Screenings Among Native American Women By : Breast Cancer News
The Anchorage Daily News on Sunday profiled a movie and booklet promoting breast cancer prevention and education among Native American women. The movie "Weaving Breast Health Into Our Lives" and an accompanying booklet feature "real women talking about real-life situations" and "incorporates tradition with information" on self-exams, mammograms and other breast health issues, the Daily News reports. - Variation In CHEK2 Gene May Triple Breast Cancer Risk By : Medical News
A study of more than 9,000 Danish residents shows that a specific variation in the CHEK2 gene may triple a woman's risk of developing breast cancer in her lifetime. The study--the first to examine the prevalence of the CHEK2 mutation in the general population and the associated cancer risk--was published online July 31 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology - Using Herbal Skin Care To The Maximum By : Stacey Landry
In the long history of mankind, herbs and plants have been used for many purposes such as curing diseases, relieving stress, and rejuvenating the mind and body. One should not be surprised by that fact that herbal skin care is today one of the most popular methods of taking care of your skin. - Use Of Adjuvant Trastuzumab In Women With HER2-Positive, Operable Breast Cancer By : Breast Cancer News
Interest among patients and clinicians on use of adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer treatment requires clear statement of what we know and do not know. - Unique Marker To Identify Breast Cancer Protein Discovered By Indiana University Researchers By : Breast Cancer News
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a way to identify a key protein in breast cancer cells, raising hopes that it will lead to a significantly better method for early detection of the disease. - Tumor Biology Might In Part Account For Racial Discrepancy In Breast Cancer Outcomes, Study Says By : Breast Cancer News
Black women living with breast cancer are more likely than white or Hispanic women with breast cancer to have larger tumors at the time of diagnosis and are more likely to have estrogen receptor-negative cancer - Treatments For Breast Cancer By : Michael Russell
It is very difficult to select the ideal treatment for breast cancer. To decide, you need to know about them. Find out the various treatments, their working methods and usages. - Treatment Of Choice For Advanced Breast Cancer Patients: Aromatase Inhibitors By : Breast Cancer News
Aromatase inhibitors improve the survival of advanced breast cancer patients compared to standard hormone therapies like tamoxifen, a researchers report in the September 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. - Treatment Changes For Half Of Patients After Second Opinion Sought By : Breast Cancer News
More than half of breast cancer patients who sought a second opinion from a multidisciplinary tumor board received a change in their recommended treatment plan, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. - Treating Breast Cancer By : Jo Wood
It wasn't that long ago that a diagnosis of breast cancer was almost akin to a death sentence. Nowadays, however, there are many options for treating breast cancer, and the chances of success are high. Factors such as the type of breast cancer and how developed it is have the biggest influence on the outcome of treatment. - There Is More Than One Kind Of Breast Cancer: The Silent Killer (IBC) By : Alfred Jones
There is another kind of breast cancer, it is called Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC), it is an accelerated type of breast cancer, and it usually does not show on a mammogram or ultrasound. It is a rare form of breast cancer, but it accounts for approximately 1% to 3% of all breast cancers. - The Value Of Exercise During Radiation Therapy For Breast And Prostate Cancer By : Carol Kornmehl
Did you know that exercise is a useful adjunct during radiation therapy? It helps to enhance overall emotional and physical well being. The types of exercise that are most appropriate are discussed. - The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation By : Elizabeth Radisson
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation story is both inspiring and sad at the same time. The foundation has been making a difference in the lives of women with breast cancer for over 20 years. - The Strength Within By : Dianna Bradley
The mixed feelings that a parent has when their adult dsaughter is diagnosed with breast cancer. - The Risks of Getting Tested for Breast Cancer By : Michael Russell
What exactly are the risks of getting tested for breast cancer? A woman has to consider her financial capabilities and the possibilities of having to deal with emotional conflicts when being faced with the diagnosis of breast cancer. - The Perfect Thing to Wear to a Mastectomy By : Deanna Mayer
I meet a lot of amazing women in my line of work. Many are going through rough times. And it never fails to amaze me how much a great sense of humor and a positive outlook can make things a little easier. Janet's sense of humor about her surgery definitely brought a smile to my heart. - The Most Important Health Tips For Breast Cancer Patients By : R. Sharp
If you are someone you know is going through breast cancer, you know what an emotionally and physically trying time it is. Many forms of cancer treatment only add to the discomfort that the breast cancer patient experiences. Radiation treatments, for example, can cause a great deal of fatigue and it can take up to two months for your normal levels of energy to return. Therefore, it is important to follow a few important health tips in order to minimize these side effects, as well as to help you get better sooner. - The Link Between Breast Cancer And Osteoporosis By : Breast Cancer News
Powerful chemotherapy drugs and estrogen-blocking hormone treatments are highly effective in treating breast cancer. But in the process they may be putting women at risk of another disease: osteoporosis. - The Health Benefits of a Tummy Tuck from Hawaii Plastic Surgeons By : Shirley Rizzo.
While many men and women opt for a tummy tuck due to aesthetic reasons, there are tremendous health benefits to this procedure performed by Hawaii plastic surgeons. By reducing your belly fat, you lead a healthier life – one that puts less strain on your organs and reduces your cholesterol. - The Genetics Of Breast Cancer By : Michael Russell
Most of the inherited cases of breast cancer have been linked with the two genes Breast Cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) and Breast Cancer gene 2 (BRCA2). These two genes play a role in keeping the breast cells growing normally and preventing any cancerous cell growth. However, abnormal BRCA 1 and BRCA2 gene increase an individual's risk from breast cancer. These genes usually account for almost up to 10 percent of all breast cancers. - The Fight Against Breast Cancer: Going Green By : Jon Stout
Increasingly, though, researchers are looking to another green food in an effort to cut breast cancer risk—green tea. While black tea and chamomile tea have long been thought to soothe nerves and combat depression, it is green tea which is making headlines in the world of cancer research. - The Case of the Nun's Disease By : Fred Harding
On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes... - The Case of the Nun's Disease By : Fred Harding
Dr Watson laid aside his diary and read out aloud what he had written to himself to confirm that everything was as he had remembered of the case. - The Birth Control Pill & The Breast Cancer Connection By : Jackie L. Harvey
There is only one drug in the world so well known that it's called "the Pill." For more than forty years, more people have taken “the Pill” than any other prescribed medicine in the world. - The Abortion Pill Compound Prevents Breast Tumor Growth By : Breast Cancer News
The chemical compound for the abortion pill has been found to prevent the growth of mammary tumors caused by the mutant gene responsible for a majority of breast and ovarian cancers, according to UC Irvine scientists. - Test To Iidentify Patients With Breast Cancer Who Will Likely Benefit From Chemotherapy By : Breast Cancer News
A test that measures the amounts of two members of the same protein family - one of which appears to act as an oncogene, and the other as a tumor suppressor - helps identify patients with breast cancer who will likely benefit from chemotherapy and those who won't, according to researchers. - Test Helps Identify Patients With Breast Cancer Who Will Likely Benefit From Chemotherapy By : Breast Cancer News
A test that measures the amounts of two members of the same protein family - one of which appears to act as an oncogene, and the other as a tumor suppressor - helps identify patients with breast cancer who will likely benefit from chemotherapy and those who won't, according to researchers. - Tennis Mom Betty Agassi Shares Her Battle With Breast Cancer And Champions Disease Awareness By : Breast Cancer News
Betty Agassi, mother of world tennis champion Andre Agassi, today will be launching a global initiative at the US Open to educate women battling breast cancer about ways that will help them minimize the risk of their cancer coming back. - TCD Researchers Chart Chemical Space In The Search For New Breast Cancer Treatments By : Breast Cancer News
Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology researcher Dr Mary Meegan from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Trinity College Dublin with collaborators Drs Andrew Knox and David Lloyd have used computational methods to identify new leads for treating breast cancer. When tested against estrogen receptor (ER) positive cancer cell lines, 12 of the compounds performed up to 100 times better than Tamoxifen. - Tamoxifen Prevents Few Deaths In Women With Borderline High Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer By : Medical News
Tamoxifen -- the only drug approved by FDA for reducing the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women -- is effective only in extending life expectancy in women with a 3% or higher five-year risk of developing breast cancer, according to a study published in the Sept. 1 edition of the journal Cancer, Reuters reports (Reuters, 7/23). - Tamoxifen For Breast Cancer Prevention Does Not Benefit Most Women: Only Those At Very High Risk By : Medical News
Most women at high risk for breast cancer do not increase their life expectancy by taking the drug tamoxifen, according to a new analysis by researchers from UC Davis, UCSF, the University of Pittsburgh and McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. In addition, the researchers showed that tamoxifen is an extraordinarily expensive cancer-prevention strategy, costing as much as $1.3 million per year of life saved. - Tamoxifen and Breast Cancer By : Michael Russell
Tamoxifen belongs to a class of drugs collectively known as selective estrogen receptor modulators. These drugs enter the cells by binding with specific cell surface receptors and signal these cells to turn on or off certain cellular functions. - Tackling Tumor-associated Macrophages Beats Breast And Other Cancers In Mice By : Medical News
Tackling tumor-associated macrophages beats breast and other cancers in mice
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) can promote the growth and spread of tumor cells. In a study appearing online on July 20 in advance of print publication in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Rong Xiang and colleagues from The Scripps Research Institute have designed a cancer vaccine to specifically target these cells. - Surgical Biopsy May Reveal Cancer In Women With Rare But Benign Breast Condition By : Breast Cancer News
Women whose mammograms reveal a suspicious lesion need a needle biopsy to confirm or rule out cancer. But if that biopsy reveals only abnormal -- not cancerous -- cells, is a more extensive evaluation necessary? - Success Of MRI-guided Breast Biopsy Confirmed By Specimen Radiography By : Medical News
Radiologists can help confirm that an MRI-guided breast biopsy has successfully removed the lesion by taking an x-ray of the lesion and slices of the lesion, a new study shows. - Study Identifies Women With Breast Cancer Most Likely To Benefit From Aromatase Inhibitor By : Breast Cancer News
While some breast cancer survivors could benefit from adding aromatase inhibitors to the standard five years of tamoxifen, a new study shows the additional therapy should be weighed carefully for each individual. Writing in the December 1, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study's authors say potential improvement in cancer-free survival beyond 5 years with the added therapy may be less than 2 percent for most patients. - Study Finds Race Affects African American Survival Of Breast Cancer By : Breast Cancer News
African-American 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 in two independent series of clinical trials examined by researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. - Study Compares Breast Cancer Cells In The Lab And In The Body By : Breast Cancer News
In this era of molecular medicine, controversy among cancer researchers is increasing as to whether the laboratory cells they study -- and upon which human treatment is based -- accurately reflect the biology of "real" tumors growing in a person's body. Some argue that cancer cells that learn to live in a flat lab dish cannot reflect cancer in the body, but others say that without any other way to study cancer, they seem to have performed well. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Examines Use Of Bar Codes In Breast Cancer Research Project By : Breast Cancer News
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday examined the Cancer Genome Atlas Project, which aims to find treatments for individual cases of breast cancer by developing "bar codes" for breast cancer tumors. Matthew Ellis, director of the breast cancer program at the Siteman Cancer Center at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and colleagues have been using bar codes to construct an atlas of genetic changes that occur when breast cancer develops. - Spread Of Cancer Into Breast Ducts More Accurately Determined By MRI By : Breast Cancer News
MRI is better than MDCT for determining if and how far breast cancer has spread into the breast ducts and should be used before patients receive breast conserving therapy, a new study shows. - Some Common Myths Regarding Breast Cancer By : Michael Russell
Myth: A woman who has been cancer earlier should not get pregnant. There is much metabolic and hormonal change occurring when a woman gets pregnant. Studies have shown that this does not cause any significant risk of breast cancer recurring. - Shorter-course Radiation Treatment Safe For Breast Cancer By : Breast Cancer News
External-beam radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer can be delivered safely and in a shorter course that eliminates as much as two weeks from conventional treatment, finds a Fox Chase Cancer Center study presented 8-Nov-2006 at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Philadelphia. - Shifting Paradigms In Hormonal Therapy Of Breast Cancer By : Scott William
Until recently tamoxifen occupied the central stage in adjuvant (post operative) hormonal treatment of breast cancer. Tamoxifen has been the unchallenged hormonal therapy of choice for adjuvant treatment of early stage breast cancer for over two decades. - SHADES OF PINK…PEARL: AmericanPearl.com Supports the Young Survival Coalition for Breast Cancer By : Cancer News
AmericanPearl.com, one of the nation’s oldest online jewelry retailers and the premium source for pearls, today announced its partnership with the Young Survival Coalition® (YSC) in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month this October. YSC is the only international, non-profit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to the concerns and issues that are unique to young women and breast cancer patients. - Self-Leadership While Dealing With Renagade Cancer Cells/ A Personal Story Of Creative Visualization By : Dawn Novotny
It is with deep appreciation to Dick Schwartz for his development of the Internal Family Systems model that I submit this article. I will briefly outline the basic tenants of the IFS model. First and foremost is his belief that every human being has an essential Self that knows how to guide the individual with compassionate wisdom when not overwhelmed by parts that manifest as conflicting thoughts.... - Saving Lives Through Breast Cancer Awareness By : Riley Hendersen
The insidiousness of breast cancer is without parallel - affecting over a million people a year worldwide and claiming the lives of women at a rate second only to lung cancer. As women battle for their lives on a daily basis, a grassroots movement to educate the women of the world continues to surge. - Save A Local Goddess During October By : Cancer News
Five Rivers Winery will join with distributor partners in more than a dozen states and donate $1 for every bottle sold during October to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, supporting local cancer patients and cancer survivors during National Breast Cancer Awareness month. The donation is guaranteed to be at least $30,000 on a national basis. - Safeway Kicks Off Fifth Annual Breast Cancer Fundraising Campaign By : Cancer News
Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) today launched its 2006 Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign with a goal of raising $6 million in October for a range of breast cancer research and treatment programs in its operating areas. In the last four years, Safeway and The Safeway Foundation have raised nearly $16 million for breast cancer charities. - Rose Breast Center Receives Certification as a Softer Mammogram ProviderSM By : Cancer News
BioLucent, Inc., maker of the MammoPad® breast cushion, today announced Rose Breast Center (Denver, Co.) has been certified as a Softer Mammogram Provider. As one of the largest healthcare providers in the region, Rose Breast Center will now offer a softer, more comfortable mammogram to the more than 18,000 women who receive mammograms at the center each year. - Roche Files Herceptin Plus Hormonal Therapy For Advanced HER2-positive Breast Cancer With European By : Breast Cancer News
Roche announced today the submission of a Marketing Authorisation to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for Herceptin (trastuzumab) as treatment for advanced HER2-positive and hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. The application is based on data from the international TAnDEM study which showed that the addition of Herceptin to hormonal therapy doubles the median progression-free survival (amount of time a patient's cancer is kept under control), from 2. 4 months to 4.8 months.1 - Roche Asks European Medicines Agency For Authorization To Market Breast Cancer Drug Herceptin By : Breast Cancer News
Roche on Friday announced it has submitted an application with the European Medicines Agency to market its breast cancer drug Herceptin as a treatment for women living with an aggressive form of advanced-stage breast cancer, called HER2-positive, and hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, AFX/Forbes reports (AFX/Forbes, 10/13). - Rita Medical Highlights Recent Clinical Data Updating Study Of Radiofrequency Ablation By : Breast Cancer News
RITA Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RITA), a publicly-traded medical device company focused solely on cancer therapies, today highlighted the presentation of recently published results of patient follow-up data after multimodal treatment for breast cancer that included radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Forty-one patients in the trial were treated with traditional lumpectomy breast conserving surgical excision, followed intraoperatively by radiofrequency ablation (eRFA). - Risk of Anemia Reduced by Exercise In Breast Cancer Patients By : Breast Cancer News
Women undergoing radiation treatment for breast cancer benefit from moderate intensity, regular aerobic activity, according to a new study. Published in the November 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study found that exercise improved the oxygen capacity of patients and maintained levels of red blood cells during radiation treatment. In contrast, women who did not exercise experienced significant declines in their oxygen capacity. - Risk Factors Linked To Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery: Stress Reduction, Drug Therapy By : Breast Cancer News
A woman's young age, extensive surgery, and whether she suffered severe, post-operative pain are risk factors for developing chronic pain after breast cancer surgery, a University of Rochester study found. - Researchers Set Benchmarks For Screening Mammography By : Breast Cancer News
A recent study of medical audit data funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) revealed that community mammography screening results surpass performance recommendations across the United States. Approximately 188 mammography facilities nationwide contributed to the study of more than 1.1 million women, who underwent at least one screening mammography exam between 1996 and 2002. The findings are reported in the October issue of Radiology. - Regain Lost Confidence By Buying A Mastectomy Bra By : Joyce Dietzel
Surviving the surgical procedure mastectomy doesn’t end after going through the operation. A woman still needs to confront the difficult challenge of living a normal life despite the noticeable changes done on her body. - Reducing Your Breast Cancer Risk With Green Tea By : Jon Stout
We know that a healthy diet and exercise are important to preventing breast and other cancers. In particular, a diet rich in anti-oxidants can help the body age gracefully and avoid diseases like cancer and heart disease. - Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer By : Chris Chenoweth
Learn which breast cancer risk factors you have control over. - Recycle for Breast Cancer Expands Recycling Program in Time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month By : Cancer News
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Recycle For Breast Cancer (RFBC) is encouraging everyone to help in the fight against breast cancer by participating in RFBC’s recycling program. - Recognizing Strength In Numbers By : Stacey Moore
Battling breast cancer can be more manageable when you have the support and encouragement of friends and family. Co-survivors know breast cancer affects everyone. "People should not have to face a life-threatening disease alone," says Susan Brown, RN, a health education manager at the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. "Strength is in numbers." - Recognizing And Battling Breast Cancer By : Susan Jan
Breast cancer occurs due to the irrepressible growth of cells in the breast that invades the nearby tissues and spreads throughout the body. These collections of irrepressible growth of tissue are called tumors or malignant tumors. However, not all tumors are cancerous. - Raleigh, N.C.-Based Not-for-Profit Group Begins Assisting Breast Cancer Patients With Little By : Breast Cancer News
The Raleigh News and Observer on Sunday profiled the Raleigh, N.C.-based not-for-profit group Pretty in Pink, which aims to assist breast cancer patients with little or no health insurance in obtaining discounted or no-cost treatment -- including chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. - Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer By : Michael Russell
- Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer: Coping with Skin Reactions By : Carol Kornmehl
Radiation therapy is a simple, painless, and generally well-tolerated tool for treating and even curing breast cancer. One of the most common side effects of radiation therapy to the breast (after a lumpectomy) or to the chest wall (after a mastectomy) is skin irritation. - Quest For Better Breast Cancer Drugs By : Breast Cancer News
Breast cancer sufferers could eventually benefit from high-tuned, tailor-made drug treatments that minimise side effects as a result of a joint initiative between computer scientists in Edinburgh and cellular biologists in Japan. - Protein Research Shows Insight Into Breast Cancer By : Richard Lewis
Early detection has always been the No. 1 defense in the fight against breast cancer. - Protein Found To Protect Breast Cancer Tumors From Chemotherapy By : Breast Cancer News
About half of women whose breast cancer is treated with standard chemotherapy have their cancer return within five years. Most chemotherapeutic drugs have undesirable side effects, but there has been no way to predict who would benefit and who wouldn't. Fortunately, new research findings at the University of Southern California could change that. - Prof Of Oncology At Georgetown University Medical Center Debates Use Of Soy For Breast Cancer By : Breast Cancer News
Do soy milk, a soy burger and a soy cookie make for a breast cancer preventative lunch? Should you serve soy supplements on the side and increase the benefits of soy? - Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence with Green Tea By : Jon Stout
In recent years, lots of research has been performed on green tea’s ability to prevent and treat breast cancer. The news has been extremely promising; it appears that as we learn more, we’ll eventually determine that green tea is, indeed, one of the simplest things we can do to protect breast health. Since about 13% of all American women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime, breast health is a significant concern for all of us. - Preventing Breast Cancer - You Control Your Odds By : Brian Lai
Although modern medicine has made great strides in fighting and treating breast cancer, it is just basically playing catch up. Mother nature has already given us the tools and resources to do this, it is up to us to increase the odds to our favor. - Power3 Chairman/CEO Steven Rash to Discuss Progress in Early Detection Blood Testing By : Business News
Steven Rash, chairman and CEO of Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (PWRM.PK), a leading proteomics company that develops and commercializes early detection diagnostic tests for breast cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, will discuss his company's progress in developing blood-based early detection testing in an online radio interview available worldwide tomorrow (Tuesday). - Pooled Data Examines If SNPs Add To Breast Cancer Risk By : Breast Cancer News
Pooling data from numerous studies has helped scientists examine specific genetic variants related to breast cancer incidence, according to a study in the October 4 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. - PA DEP: Second Quarter Mammography Report Shows All 114 Inspected Facilities Meeting Standards By : Medical News
All 114 mammography facilities inspected by the Department of Environmental Protection during the second quarter of 2006 are operating within guidelines set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to DEP Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty.
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