Different Breast Cancer Treatment For Older Women
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When a cancerous lump is discovered in a woman&#39;s breast, a lumpectomy, or removal of the lump, may be performed, followed by radiation.
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A drug can treat  menopausal symptoms among women on tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer, say scientists.
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Older women with breast cancer are being encouraged to use a new drug which is better at preventing re-occurrence of the disease, has fewer side effects - but costs Â£1,000 a year instead of Â£30.
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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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Older women with lung cancer live longer than men the same age, U.S. researchers reported on Saturday, and said their finding suggests that estrogen might affect chemotherapy.
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NEW YORK  - In women with breast cancer,  the probability of dying from that malignancy, as opposed to  some other cause, can range from 3 percent to 85 percent,  depending on factors such as disease stage and patient age at  diagnosis, new research shows.
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Arimidex has been shown to reduce the recurrence of breast cancer in women better than tamoxifen, the standard breast cancer therapy for postmenopausal women.
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A new type of breast cancer drug is  clearly superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in many women  and should now be the first drug used to treat the cancer, U.S.  and British researchers said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Women with an aggressive form of advanced breast cancer that other treatments have failed to stop gained a new option yesterday with the approval of a novel drug -- but how much benefit it offers is unclear.
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A new type of breast cancer drug is  superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in older women and  should now be the first drug used to treat the cancer, U.S. and  British researchers said on Wednesday.
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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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HUNTSVILLE, AL - Every woman is at risk for breast cancer. Fortunately, breast cancer caught in its earliest stages can be successfully treated 97 percent of the time.
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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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THE REPORT: Doctors are reporting that a new breast cancer drug, Arimidex, and others in its class outperform the tried-and-true tamoxifen at preventing recurrence in older women.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A woman's risk for breast cancer as she grows older appears strongly linked to the natural process of lobular regression, Mayo Clinic researchers have concluded.
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A new type of breast cancer drug is superior to the old standard, tamoxifen, in older women and should now be the first drug used to treat the cancer, U.S. and British researchers said on Wednesday.
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A NEWER drug prevented far more breast cancers from recurring in older women than the old standby tamoxifen and with far fewer side effects, doctors in the US said yesterday, citing a new study.