Cancer Free at 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy
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More young women are learning early that they are genetically prone to breast cancer, setting off a new type of family drama.
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According to a new study, most women now receive their first breast screening mammogram for breast cancer at the age of 40, as recommended by experts in the US.
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Hormone replacement therapy, breast surgery and a low body weight all make it harder to detect breast cancer, scientists have discovered.
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My daughter's doctor said she should learn to give herself breast exams. Is breast cancer really a threat at age 16?
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Most doctors don't talk about breast reconstruction with women before cancer surgery, depriving them of key information that can sway their decision about whether to have the whole breast or just a lump removed, new research suggests.
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The first experiment ever to show that low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now reveals, with longer follow-up, that the benefit was almost exclusively to women whose tumor growth was not driven by hormones.
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Women over the age of 70 who have small breast cancer tumours removed in surgery need not bother with follow-up radiation treatment if they take the cancer drug tamoxifen, according to two new studies.
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Breast density and high levels of circulating sex hormones are independent risk factors for breast cancer in postmenopausal women, a new study finds.
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Women whose breast cancers are detected by X-ray screening are nearly twice as likely to be cancer-free 10 years after treatment than women whose cancers are discovered by hand, a major new study shows.
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Women in their 40s, who tend to have relatively dense breast tissue, are more likely to have a breast tumor missed on a screening mammogram than are older women, new study findings suggest.
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NEW YORK  - People 65 years of age or older may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the outcome.
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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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More women who have cancer in only one breast are getting both breasts removed, says research that found the trend more than doubled in just six years. It's still a rare option: Most breast cancer in this country is treated by lumpectomy, removing just the tumor while saving the breast.
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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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More U.S. women diagnosed with breast cancer are choosing to have both breasts removed, even though it is usually not necessary or even recommended, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Experts remain undecided about screening 40 to 50-year-old women for breast cancer.
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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.