Mastectomy  'cancer risk' warning
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Young women who have mastectomies should be given drugs to prevent the cancer returning, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Previous reports have shown  that obesity increases a woman's risk of developing breast  cancer -- and now new research indicates that obesity continues  to have a negative effect once breast cancer occurs.
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Scientists who have proposed a  controversial theory that surgery to remove a breast tumor may  actually help the cancer to spread said on Wednesday their  ideas may also explain why black women have been more likely to  die of breast cancer in the past.
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Rising levels of obesity in Britain could lead to as many as 12,000 new cases of weight-related cancer each year by the end of the decade, a leading charity warned on Tuesday.
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Women who take high doses of folic acid during pregnancy may increase the risk of getting breast cancer, according to research. A study involving almost 3,000 mums-to-be found women who took the supplement
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There is an alarming ignorance about cancer and how to reduce the risk of  the disease, a survey suggests.
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NEW YORK  - As a treatment for breast cancer, radiation, even modern regimens, appears to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute for March 7.
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Women are being urged to check their breasts for cancer after research today revealed widespread complacency. One in five women surveyed admitted they never check their breasts for
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The way a girl grows during adolescence and even in the womb may play an important, if murky, role in her risk of breast cancer later in life, a study suggests.
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Women in Britain with breast cancer will soon benefit from a pioneering surgical technique developed by Professor Robert Mansel and his team at Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine in the UK.
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Breast cancer tends to be more  aggressive when it occurs in younger women, and doctors often  advise radical surgery. Now, however, a study shows that  breast-conserving treatment, commonly known as lumpectomy, is  safe for women younger than 40.
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Women who gain weight as adults face  a higher lifetime risk of all types of breast cancer,  researchers reported on Monday.
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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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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 10: A new study conducted by Scotland&#39;s University of Aberdeen suggests that taking folic acid is associated with breast cancer risk.
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Women with early-stage breast tumors can undergo a shorter course of radiation without a greater risk that their cancer will come back years later, the largest study to test this suggests.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A woman's risk for breast cancer declines as she grows older, Mayo Clinic researchers conclude.
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Women who are obese when they are diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are at a greater risk of dying of their disease than women of normal weight.