FDA OKs US test for recurring breast cancer
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new genetic test of the likelihood of recurring breast cancer, five to ten years after its onset.
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WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to allow broader application of a breast cancer drug. The drug (letrozole) is currently used against advanced breast cancer and the FDA will now allow
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British women who have had breast cancer can now have a new treatment which has been found to prevent the disease returning and to prolong survival.
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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 said Wednesday, citing a new study.
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U.S. health regulators have approved GlaxoSmithKline Plc's   pill Tykerb for patients with advanced breast cancer after other treatments have failed, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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The test could help about 80,000 women a year make better choices about how to treat their breast cancer, federal officials said. Half could safely skip chemotherapy, they said.
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Women whose breast cancer is detected by mammography have a lower risk of the cancer recurring after treatment compared to those who discover a tumor by other means, a Finnish study said on Tuesday.
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A new way to accurately predict how individual breast cancer patients will react to the anticancer drug trastuzumab (Herceptin) has been identified by researchers at the Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston.
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A new test that counts cancer cells in the bloodstreams of patients with advanced breast cancer best tells whether treatment is working, according to a study led by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Scientists in the United States are  developing a screening test for breast cancer that checks a  woman's saliva for evidence of the disease to help find tumors  early, when they are most treatable.
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U.S. health officials approved a  genetic test on Tuesday that can provide women with early  breast cancer an estimate of whether the disease is likely to  return in five to 10 years.
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A study released Tuesday effectively dashed hopes that a new test can accurately detect breast cancer in young, high-risk women. Researchers had hoped the test, known as ductal lavage, could detect cancer in milk ducts before it shows up on mammograms.
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U.S. News & World Report - Male relatives of breast-cancer patients might want to be tested
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WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug designed to better fight what&#39;s described as the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in America.
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Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American women. The American Cancer Society estimates 215,990 new cases will be diagnosed in the US this year.
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THE REPORT: Doctors are reporting that a new breast cancer drug outperforms the tried-and-true tamoxifen at preventing the disease from recurring.
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Women whose breast cancer is detected  by mammography have a lower risk of the cancer recurring after  treatment compared to those who discover a tumor by other  means, a Finnish study said on Tuesday.