What&#39;s up Doc? Treatment options for breast cancer
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Jeff Hersh / News Correspondent. Editor&#39;s note: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is the final column in a three-part series discussing breast cancer -- the risk factors, screening and tests and treatment options.
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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
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BEIJING, Aug.20(Xinhuanet) -- Scientists say the effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be quickly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient&#39;s blood.
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More breast cancer patients are being offered chemotherapy before surgery instead of afterward &#151; amid much debate about how to do it right and when it's a good option. Doctors have long known that having chemo first sometimes shrinks an advanced tumor enough that a woman can undergo smaller surgery and keep her breast.
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By Holly VanScoy, HealthDay Reporter    Doctors are combining time-honored therapies with conventional treatments     HealthDayNews -- In medical circles, what was once considered either old-fashioned or "far out" is getting another look. And sometimes that new look can bring about different ways to treat diseases and conditions...
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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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New treatment guidelines for breast cancer patients in the United States could spark changes to management of those with the disease in Australia.
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A simple blood test could tell doctors which women with breast cancer need more aggressive treatment.
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Breast cancer survivors now have another drug that can help keep the disease from coming back. Femara is prescribed to fight advanced breast cancer.
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Scientists say the effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be quickly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient&#39;s blood.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - Canadian doctors have devised a way to give some women with breast cancer a kind of &quot;take-out&quot; radiation that takes only a few hours to prepare and appears to have none of the nasty side-effects of traditional radiation therapy.
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Women with early ovarian cancer may benefit from chemotherapy in addition to surgery. It&#39;s not clear, however, which women would most benefit, or which
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A simple blood test could tell doctors which women with breast cancer need more aggressive treatment, scientists believe. Women with five or more tumour cells in their blood sample would have aggressive disease needing more treatment.
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Scientific advances have enabled better diagnosis and treatment for women with breast cancer, according to studies presented at the world&#39;s premier conference on cancer.
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Magnetic resonance imaging is roiling the field of breast cancer medicine. Currently, mammograms, which use X-rays, are the standard screening tool.
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In women who&#39;ve been treated for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent recurrence of the disease. Now, new research indicates that the