Delaying Chemo After Breast Cancer Surgery Can Be Safe
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TUESDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Women with early-stage breast cancer may safely wait up to 12 weeks after cancer surgery before they begin chemotherapy, a new study shows.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- A group of drugs called aromatase inhibitors should be used after surgery to treat postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, new guidelines recommend.
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A new breast cancer drug is significantly better at preventing the spread and return of the disease than the current treatment, according to a new study in the Lancet medical journal.
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NEW YORK  - Breast cancer tends to be more aggressive when it occurs in younger women, and doctors often advise radical surgery. Now, however, a study shows that breast-conserving treatment, commonly known as lumpectomy, is safe for women younger than 40.
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NEW YORK  - The number of breast cancer surgeries that a hospital performs seems to be associated with the likelihood of subsequently dying from breast cancer, Milwaukee-based researchers have found.
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NEW YORK  - Some types of chemotherapy are  known to be potentially damaging to the heart, but for most  women with breast cancer the benefits appear to outweigh the  risks, French researchers report.
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TORONTO - A standard treatment used to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer should be replaced by a newer drug, according to a study released Wednesday.
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MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDayNews) --  There is good  research news for women with breast cancer who carry a cancer-causing gene and are treated with breast-conserving therapy: the risk that cancer will recur in that breast is no higher than for women who don't carry that gene.
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Many older women with early breast cancer can safely skip radiation after having a lump removed, two studies suggest.
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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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Some types of chemotherapy are known to be potentially damaging to the heart, but for most women with breast cancer the benefits appear to outweigh the risks, French researchers report.
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Dec. 22, 2004 -- Having breast reconstruction after a mastectomy isn&#39;t likely to hurt a woman&#39;s chances of surviving breast cancer, a new study suggests.
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There is some good news for Elizabeth Edwards as she fights breast cancer -- the disease has not spread. Edwards will receive chemotherapy for 16 weeks, then take a four-to-six week break before doctors surgically remove the lump.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Women with early ovarian cancer may benefit from chemotherapy in addition to surgery.
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THURSDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- For cancer survivors, exercising and maintaining a healthy weight are important factors in preventing malignancy's return, at least for some forms of the disease.
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Tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer returning long after women stop taking the drug, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - When breast cancer advances, it  can spread (that is, metastasize) to the liver. German  researchers now report that laser therapy, which can be  performed on an outpatient basis, suppresses these liver tumors  and is as effective as surgery for extending survival.