Test Shows Who Needs Extra Breast Cancer Treatment
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A new genetic test can tell doctors  which breast cancer patients need to undergo the discomfort of  chemotherapy -- and suggests many women don't need to,  researchers said on Friday.
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Doctors say a new breast cancer treatment tested in Canada keeps patients in the hospital for only a few hours and has a faster recovery time.
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A new blood test holds promise for improving the treatment of advanced breast cancer, researchers report. The test, which looks for malignant cells in the blood, gives
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Scientists believe they have found a way to spot which breast and ovarian cancers are most likely to be fatal.
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A new genetic test could one day spare many women diagnosed with breast cancer from the rigors of chemotherapy, a new study says. But at least one cancer expert says more
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An MRI scan can find extra tumors that mammograms missed in women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, researchers reported on Saturday.
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A new genetic test can tell doctors which breast cancer patients need to undergo the discomfort of chemotherapy -- and suggests many women don't need to, researchers said on Friday.
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A new technology that counts cancer  cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer  treatments more quickly and more reliably than established  methods, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Scientists identify four more genes that increase breast cancer risk using a method that could help improve tests.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have developed two genomic tests to help doctors better predict how breast cancer patients will respond to hormonal therapy or chemotherapy.
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Many women who have a mother, sister or daughter with breast cancer know that they are at increased risk of getting the disease. But a new clinic at the University of Arizona Cancer Center for women at high
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A genetic test for patients with early breast cancer can identify that only some of them will be helped by chemotherapy, but for those women the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks, researchers said on Friday.
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A new technology that counts cancer cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer treatments more quickly and more reliably than established methods, researchers reported.
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A 20-year follow-up of a breast-cancer treatment trial shows that radiation, given in addition to surgery and chemotherapy, can increase women's survival prospects.
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WASHINGTON : The effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be rapidly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient&#39;s blood, according to a study released on Wednesday.
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A test currently available on the market can predict which breast cancer patients are at risk for their cancer to recur, which could be a vital tool for deciding if further treatment, such as chemotherapy will be useful or safely avoided.
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Using Herceptin in combination with chemotherapy before surgery could cut the number of mastectomies needed in women.