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Bone Drug May Extend Lives of Young Women With Breast Cancer
Dec. 9, 2011 (San Antonio) -- A drug given to protect bones during breast cancer treatment extended the lives of young women with the disease, researchers report. In a study of more than 1,800 premenopausal women, those given the bone-strengthening drug Zometa along with their cancer drugs were 37%
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Many Women Don't Get Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
Dec. 8, 2011 (San Antonio) -- Despite the psychological and cosmetic benefits, fewer than 1 in 4 women with insurance have breast reconstruction immediately after having a mastectomy to treat their breast cancer. Women who are on Medicare or Medicaid, who are older, who are black, and who are treate
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Steps Women Can Take to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
Dec. 7, 2011 -- Women can reduce their risk of breast cancer by not taking combination estrogen/progestin hormone therapy, not smoking, minimizing their exposure to radiation during CT scans and the like, avoiding weight gain after menopause, cutting back on alcohol, and staying active, a new report
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Test May Help Guide Treatment of Early Breast Tumors
Dec. 7, 2011 -- A test that categorizes very early breast cancers by their genetic fingerprint can tell a woman the likelihood that cancer may come back if she does not have radiation, researchers say. More than 45,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with this early form of breast cancer, called duc
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New Treatments Target Advanced Breast Cancer
Dec. 7, 2011 (San Antonio) -- Women with advanced breast cancer may soon have two new treatment options. Among women whose breast cancer continued to spread (metastasize) after treatment, adding the cancer drug Afinitor to a hormone drug called Aromasin more than doubled the time before the disease
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Mammograms May Cut Breast Cancer Deaths in Half
Dec. 6, 2011 -- Despite the controversies over mammograms, the bottom line is they still save lives in women aged 50 to 75. A new Dutch study shows the scan reduced the risk of death from breast cancer in this age group by almost half. Women between 50 and 75 years old who had at least three mammogr
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Common Prostate Cancer Treatment May Be Less Risky Than Thought
Dec. 6, 2011 -- Just over a year ago the FDA warned that commonly used hormone-blocking treatments may increase the risk for fatal heart attacks in prostate cancer patients, but a new analysis finds these fears to be unfounded for most men. The review, which appears this week in the Journal of the A
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Study: BPA Is in Wide Variety of Paper Products
Dec. 2, 2011 -- It seems there's no escaping the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), which is used to make plastics like water bottles and to coat the insides of aluminum cans. Now a new study shows that BPA is also in a wide variety of paper products, including napkins, toilet paper, tickets, food wrappers
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Microwave Technique Fights Lung Tumors
Nov. 28, 2011 (Chicago) -- Researchers are using high-energy waves similar to those used to make microwave popcorn to destroy inoperable lung tumors. In a preliminary study, the technique, called microwave ablation, eliminated lung tumors in 19 of 28 patients. Eight months later, none of the tumors
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Study Adds Support to Mammograms Starting at Age 40
Nov. 29, 2011 (Chicago) -- In the latest findings to fuel the debate on when to start getting mammograms, new research adds support to those suggesting that annual breast X-rays should begin at age 40. Screening younger women has been controversial, with 2009 guidelines from a U.S. federal task forc
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