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Nexavar May Treat Advanced Breast Cancer
Sept. 24, 2009 (Berlin) -- Adding the cancer drug Nexavar to standard chemotherapy significantly extends the time until advanced breast cancer progresses, researchers report. In a study of more than 200 patients, those given Nexavar plus the chemotherapy drug Xeloda lived 2.3 months longer before th
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Surgery Improves Late-Stage Breast Cancer
Sept. 22, 2009 (Berlin) -- Women whose breast cancer is diagnosed late, when it has already spread to other parts of the body, live about a year and a half longer if their breast tumor is surgically removed, researchers report. The main treatment for most breast cancers is surgery to remove either t
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Me and the Girls
"You have breast cancer." This year, nearly 250,000 women in the U.S. will hear those words. Last year, Zunilda Guzman was one of them. "I was devastated," says Guzman, 39. "I wanted the world to end." But Guzman, mother to a 9-year-old daughter, knew she couldn't let that happen. And neither did an
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Me and the Girls: Zunilda Guzman
WebMD senior writer Miranda Hitti interviewed breast cancer survivors as part of a series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The series, called “Me & the Girls,” explores the personal stories of these women after they were diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer survivor Zunilda Guzman, 39, live
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Me and the Girls: Diane Morgan
WebMD senior writer Miranda Hitti interviewed breast cancer survivors as part of a series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The series, called “Me & the Girls,” explores the personal stories of these women after they were diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer survivor Diane Morgan, 71, lives
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Me and the Girls: Jennifer Mukai
WebMD senior writer Miranda Hitti interviewed breast cancer survivors as part of a series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The series, called "Me & the Girls," explores the personal stories of these women after they were diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer survivor Jennifer Mukai, 43, live
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Me and the Girls: Pam Cerceo
WebMD senior writer Miranda Hitti interviewed women who faced breast cancer as part of a series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The series, called "Me & the Girls," explores the personal stories of these women. Pam Cerceo, 51, lives in the Philadelphia area. She didn't have breast cancer, but it
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Me and the Girls: Tammy Joyner
WebMD senior writer Miranda Hitti interviewed breast cancer survivors as part of a series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The series, called “Me & the Girls,” explores the personal stories of these women after they were diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer survivor Tammy Joyner, 49, lives
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Me and the Girls: Erica Seymore
WebMD senior writer Miranda Hitti interviewed breast cancer survivors as part of a series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The series, called “Me & the Girls,” explores the personal stories of these women after they were diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer survivor Erica Seymore, 34, lives
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Me and the Girls: Mary Manasco
WebMD senior writer Miranda Hitti interviewed breast cancer survivors as part of a series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The series, called "Me & the Girls," explores the personal stories of nine women who faced breast cancer. Breast cancer survivor Mary Manasco, 59, lives in Jackson, Miss. I
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