Hair Relaxers Won&#39;t Boost Black Women&#39;s Breast Cancer Risk
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WEDNESDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- Black women who routinely use hair relaxers can relax: The products will not increase their risk of breast cancer, a new study finds.
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Radiation treatments routinely given after surgery to remove small breast tumors may not be necessary for women over 70 if they are taking the cancer drug tamoxifen, according to researchers.
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Exposure to sunlight may reduce  the risk of advanced breast cancer in women with light skin  pigmentation, according to the results of a population-based  study appearing in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
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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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Treatment with clodronate does  not improve survival in women with early or advanced breast  cancer, according to the results of a meta-analysis of  published studies.
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Black women are less likely to have breast-reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy than women of other races or ethnic groups, according to a University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center study.
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Women who underwent hypnosis before  breast cancer surgery needed less anesthesia and had fewer side  effects than women who got counseling instead, U.S. researchers  said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that  implants used for breast reconstruction after cancer surgery do  not raise a woman's long-term risk of dying from breast cancer  or other causes.
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Dr. Daniel F. Hayes doesn&#39;t want women to be afraid of breast cancer. That fear, he said, can keep women from seeking safe and effective treatment.
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Women with a high risk of breast  cancer are declining to take tamoxifen because they are afraid  of side-effects, even though the drug can protect them from the  cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A popular herbal treatment called black cohosh is practically ineffective at relieving hot flashes and night sweats in women going through menopause, a study found.
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Experts have dismissed claims a herbal remedy can treat cancer.
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Black American women are more likely to have a hard-to-treat form of breast cancer, they get it earlier and they are more likely to die of it, researchers said on Thursday.
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&quot;I don&#39;t think there&#39;s anything that has made this much impact both in cancer prevention and women&#39;s health in past 20 years.
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A drop in breast cancer cases may due to women eschewing Hormone Replacement Therapy, a study suggests.
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Black women with early-stage breast  cancer have lower survival rates than their white counterparts  even after taking into account variables such as tumor size and  socioeconomic differences, researchers said.
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Tools used to predict whether a woman&#39;s  breast cancer is inherited do not account for smaller families  and may leave some women in the dark about their risk for  future cancers, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.