Mammography push part of effort to boost awareness
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With the high rates of breast cancer in Ohio and in Washington County, area hospitals are offering reduced rates for mammography exams this month as part of an effort to raise awareness of the disease.
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On Friday, Oct. 15, the American Cancer Society will join other health organizations in observing National Mammography Day, encouraging women age 40 and over to have an annual mammogram.
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Marian C. Bennett found more than cancer when she discovered a lump in her breast five years ago. She found a cause she thought was worth fighting for.
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Every other year may be enough for women over 50 to have a mammogram, US researchers said on Tuesday. A study of nearly 8,000 women showed that those who let a two-year interval
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Some Connecticut hospitals are reporting an increase in the number of women seeking mammograms following Gov. M. Jodi Rell's announcement that she has breast cancer.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the second-leading cause of cancer death, following lung cancer.
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Friends suggest that her increasing presence in her husbandâs campaign reflects a clarity that comes from her cancer diagnoses.
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Dark-field x-ray imaging could make for more-accurate mammograms and better security screens.
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A technique for determining whether cancer has spread could save many patients from surgery.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- There were important advances in the detection and treatment of cancer this year -- more people than ever are now surviving the disease -- but cuts in government cancer research dollars could slow progress in the fight.
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Survey shows many doctors are not proactively discussing breast cancer awareness with patients
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Women are being urged to check their breasts for cancer after research today revealed widespread complacency. One in five women surveyed admitted they never check their breasts for
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Curves has announced plans to actively support Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Curves locations across the country will be participating in a promotion designed to encourage early detection.
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Researchers have launched an appeal to find more than 100,000 women to take part in a decades-long study to pinpoint the causes of breast cancer.
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Mammograms have become a rite of passage for 40-year-old American women, and a compulsory exercise for those over 40. But as rote as those annual screenings might seem, there's nothing routine about a diagnosis of breast cancer.
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Jeff Hersh / News Correspondent. Editor&#39;s note: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is the final column in a three-part series discussing breast cancer -- the risk factors, screening and tests and treatment options.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more effective than other screening methods for finding breast cancer in women whose genes leave them susceptible to the disease.