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New Breast Cancer Article: A Tool for Early Breast Cancer Screening

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:24:09 +0100

Who isn't familiar with the expression, "early detection is the best prevention?" We hear this term throughout the year and most everyone is familiar with this "catch phrase" as it relates to breast cancer. Obviously, a woman's chance for survival improves when a cancer is found early. We hear that simple rhyming statement but are women really offered early detection?Our... Read More

New Breast Cancer Article: Breast Cancer for Beginners

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:24:09 +0100

Introduction Because of the social changes, which has brought increased number of workingwoman and hence delayed childbearing, there has been a steep rise in the number of breast cancer patients in the last few decades. But as the incidence of the patients has risen so has raised the modality of treatments and the success rates. Also scientists have devised methods... Read More

New Breast Cancer Article: Breast Cancer Screening

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:24:09 +0100

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer women face second only to lung cancer, however it is the most feared cancer or disease for most women. It occurs in about 12% of women who will live to the age of 90. Several well established factors increase the risk of breast cancer and they include family history, nulliparity (not having... Read More

New Breast Cancer Article: Recommendations For Early Breast Cancer Screening

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:24:09 +0100

Women need to empower themselves about the benefits and risks of mammography and examine the additional screening tools available today. One current philosophy suggests breast health screening should begin at age 25. Where does this recommendation come from and why is this valid?For MOST women, the recommendation for annual breast cancer screening begins at the age of 40. Unfortunately, the... Read More

New Breast Cancer Article: Early Detection And Breast Cancer

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:24:09 +0100

It is generally accepted that by the time a cancer is found by mammography or palpated during a clinical breast exam, the cancer has been growing for 8-10 years. What if we could have been alerted to the problem as it was developing, rather than wait till it is large enough to be seen by the naked eye? Would that... Read More

New Breast Cancer Article: Breast Cancer

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:24:09 +0100

In December of 2001, breast cancer was the furthest thing from my mind. I was busy. I had a loving husband, a nice home, three beautiful stepchildren, a good job. Then my perfect little world was suddenly turned inside out and upside down.A routine, suspicious mammogram. A phone call. Mammogram #2. A stereotactic core biopsy.My diagnosis: breast cancer, stage 2,... Read More

Latest Breast Cancer News: Team Finds Breast Cancer Gene Linked to Disease Spread

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:15:08 +0100

Scientists at two New Jersey institutions have identified a long-sought gene responsible for metastasis in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients. The research, published in the January 6 edition of Cancer Cell, also describes how this gene is resistant to traditional chemotherapy treatments.

Latest Breast Cancer News: Dempsey Racing, Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Team Up for Rolex 24 At Daytona

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:09:37 +0100

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. January 4, 2009: Dempsey Racing will partner with the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer for the 2009 Rolex 24 At Daytona, and will carry pink trim on the black and white No. 40 Mazda RX-8 driven by Patrick Dempsey, Joe Foster and Charles Espenlaub.

Latest Breast Cancer News: Breast Cancer Vaccine Clinical Trials

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:59:13 +0100

Arkansas Scientists Developing Breast Cancer 'Vaccine'.. More

Latest Breast Cancer News: Breast Cancer Gene Linked To Disease Spread Discovered

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:24:22 +0100

Researchers have identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading to death. In doing so, the scientists may have answered one of the biggest mysteries in cancer research.

Latest Breast Cancer News: Team finds breast cancer gene linked to disease spread

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 19:24:07 +0100

A team of researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading to death.

Latest Breast Cancer News: Gene tied to spread of breast cancer is found, study says

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:08:15 +0100

It also makes disease resistant to chemotherapy; 40 percent of patients had 'bad-prognosis' gene Researchers have identified a gene that appears crucial to the spread of breast cancer while also making the disease resistant to chemotherapy.

Latest Breast Cancer News: Diet tied to survival in breast cancer patients

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:36:04 +0100

Women with early-stage breast cancer may live longer if they maintain a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, a new study suggests.

Latest Breast Cancer News: Ark. Scientists Developing Breast Cancer 'Vaccine'

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:07:04 +0100

Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hope to begin clinical trials this spring on a vaccine to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer.