09.29.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who have also endured previous traumatic or stressful events see their cancer recur nearly twice as fast as other women, according to a report by a University of Rochester Medical Center scientist.The small, retrospective study showed that women who faced physical or sexual abuse or life-threatening situations see metastatic tumors return after about 2. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:00 am by Lung Cancer News From Medical News Today
The Society for Women's Health Research gathered three lung cancer experts on Capitol Hill on September 17, 2007 to inform Congress on the need for increased funding to research lung cancer and its impact on women. "We focused on lung cancer today because lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both women and men in America," said Phyllis Greenberger, M.S.W, president and CEO of the Society, a Washington, D.C. based advocacy organization. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
This year, an estimated 178,000 women will hear their doctors say "You have breast cancer." More than 40,000 women will die from the disease. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Adding ultrasound to mammography finds more cancers than mammography alone, but also substantially increases the number of false positives, according to first-year results from a three year study of the two tests."At this point, it's not clear whether the benefit provided by ultrasound outweighs the additional expense, stress and inconvenience caused by the false positives," said study co-author Etta Pisano, M.D. [click link for full article]
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09.28.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:00 pm by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force Issues Breast Cancer Disparity Report on October 17 The Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force will hold a press conference at Rush University Medical Center at 10 a.m. on October 17 to announce the group's recommendations to address breast cancer disparities and improve breast cancer care for all women. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 5:00 pm by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
The results of a large Phase III clinical trial show that women with metastatic breast cancer that has rapidly progressed after prior treatment with chemotherapy, experience 40 percent longer progression-free survival (4.2 to 5.8 months) with an investigational combination chemotherapy than with the current standard treatment. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 9:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
One of the largest individual studies of the effects of alcohol on the risk of breast cancer has concluded that it makes no difference whether a woman drinks wine, beer or spirits (liquor) - it is the alcohol itself (ethyl alcohol) and the quantity consumed that is likely to trigger the onset of cancer. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 5:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
A large US study suggests that it did not matter whether women drank beer, wine or spirits, they all raised the risk of breast cancer to the same extent. And more than three alcoholic drinks a day raised breast cancer risk by 30 per cent, compared to women who had less than one drink a day, said the researchers. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
The majority of breast cancer survivors consider themselves stronger after having the disease, according to new survey results. However, the data also suggest women's knowledge about actions they can take to lessen the likelihood of recurrence is surprisingly low.The survey, which was commissioned by AstraZeneca and conducted by Harris Interactive, consisted of interviews with 543 women in the United States who had been diagnosed with breast cancer. [click link for full article]
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09.27.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:00 pm by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
A report from the American Cancer Society finds the breast cancer death rate in the United States continues to drop more than two percent per year, a trend that began in 1990 and is credited to progress in early detection and treatment. [click link for full article]
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