Herceptin could cut mastectomies
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Herceptin could cut the need for mastectomies in breast cancer patients, research suggests.
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Breast implants after mastectomy to treat breast cancer do not reduce the long-term survival of patients, reveals a study on the long-term effects of breast implants.
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TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Premenopausal women who get a lot of vitamin D and calcium may cut their risk of breast cancer by almost a third, Harvard Medical School researchers report.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A key protein may help doctors spot women at hidden risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer, according to new research.
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SAN ANTONIO -- Doctors say a newer class of drugs is showing better results in preventing the return of breast cancer than the more traditional drug, tamoxifen.
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was a medication now prescribed by many doctors.
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NEW YORK  - After surgery for early-stage breast cancer, women may be treated with tamoxifen for 5 years. After that point, treatment with Aromasin significantly improves survival, according to a new study.
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Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- The long-term survival of breast cancer patients isn't reduced when they receive breast reconstruction with implants after mastectomy.
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A majority of women would be willing to cut their alcohol consumption if they thought it would reduce their risk of breast cancer, research suggests.
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WITH nearly three new cases of breast cancer detected in Singapore every day, a drug that greatly reduces the risk of the disease recurring after surgery is giving such women hope.
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Adding Herceptin to hormonal therapy increases significantly the length of time certain women with advanced breast cancer live without their disease progressing, researchers said on Monday.
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A simple blood test could tell doctors which women with breast cancer need more aggressive treatment.
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Mammograms are not as effective at detecting potentially life-threatening breast cancers in thin women, those taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and those who have had previous breast surgery as they are in other women, scientists reveal today.
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Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests. US researchers from the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia examined data on more than 2,000 patients with early stage breast cancer.
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The drug toremifene, used to treat breast cancer in women, has been found to also reduce the incidence of prostate cancer in men at risk for the disease.
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NEW YORK  - Premenopausal women who suffer  from breast pain may find relief with a drug called goserelin,  or Zoladex, which blocks the female hormone estrogen, UK  researchers report.