News and Features Related to Breast Cancer
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Men With Breast Cancer Face Worse Prognosis
Dec. 13, 2010 (San Antonio) -- Men who are diagnosed with breast cancer are more likely than female patients to die in the next 15 years, researchers report. "This may be due to a difference in tumor characteristics and treatment," says study leader Hui Miao, a PhD candidate at the National Universi
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Wandering Tumor Cells Predict Poor Outcome
Dec. 10, 2010 (San Antonio) -- Women with metastatic breast cancer who have no tumor cells circulating in their blood after the first round of treatment live longer than those who do, French researchers report. Circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, are cells that break off from a tumor and escape into t
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Drug Combo Wipes Out Tumor Cells
Dec. 10, 2010 (San Antonio) -- Giving a combination of the targeted drugs Herceptin and Tykerb before breast cancer surgery wipes out tumor cells in about twice as many women as either drug alone. Both drugs target a protein called HER2 that is overproduced in about 25% of breast cancers. Herceptin
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False-Positive Mammograms Linked to Breast Cancer
Dec. 10, 2010 (San Antonio) -- Women who have false-positive results on a mammogram are at increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to findings of a large Danish study. Researchers caution that women should not be afraid and skip mammograms, as the actual risk to any given woman is stil
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Aromatase Inhibitors May Raise Heart Risks
Dec. 9, 2010 (San Antonio) -- Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who take newer hormone drugs known as aromatase inhibitors are 26% more likely to develop heart disease than those who take the old standby tamoxifen, researchers report. "Treatment with aromatase inhibitors is associated wi
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Bone Drug Fails in Breast Cancer Study
Dec. 9, 2010 (San Antonio) -- The bone-building drug Zometa does not appear to prevent breast cancer from coming back in most women, researchers report. Adding Zometa to standard therapy, usually chemotherapy, also did not extend lives, according to results of the study of more than 3,000 women. In
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Weight Lifting May Be OK After Breast Cancer Surgery
Dec. 8, 2010 (San Antonio) -- Contrary to what’s been thought, a program of weight lifting may not increase the risk for arm swelling caused by lymphedema in breast cancer survivors. This is according to a new study performed by the same researchers who previously found that weight lifting may help
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Half of Insured Women Skip Annual Mammograms
Dec. 9, 2010 (San Antonio) -- Only about half of women whose insurance pays for mammograms go in for annual breast screenings, researchers report. A review of medical claims from more than 1.5 million women aged 40 and older showed that only 50% had an annual mammogram in the years 2006 to 2009. Amo
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Elizabeth Edwards Dies of Cancer
Dec. 7, 2010 -- Elizabeth Edwards, 61, died of cancer this morning at her home in North Carolina, according to media reports. Yesterday, media reported that her condition had worsened and that she had posted a message on her Facebook page that included these lines: “I have been sustained throughout
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Silicone Implants Preferred After Mastectomy
Nov. 8, 2010 -- Despite their troubled history, silicone implants are back and breast cancer patients are increasingly choosing them over saline for breast reconstruction. Now a new survey finds that women who opt for silicone implants following mastectomy tend to be happier with their reconstructe
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