Breast cancer targets 'failing'
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An "alarming" number of patients with suspected breast cancer wait too long for diagnosis, doctors warn.
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Breast cancer cases have soared in the last three decades in England - but death rates are reducing.
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Older women with early breast cancer should take a new drug to cut the chance of the disease returning and spreading, it is claimed.
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Analyzing cells from milk ducts doesn't reliably detect breast cancer, researchers reported Tuesday &#151; dashing hopes that the experimental technique could diagnose high-risk women sooner.
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More needs to be done to encourage women to have their breasts screened if we are to combat cancer effectively, MPs and campaigners have said.
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Herceptin could cut the need for mastectomies in breast cancer patients, research suggests.
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Hopes that a diet low in fat and chock-full of fruit and vegetables might prevent the return of breast cancer have been dashed by a large, seven-year experiment in more than 3,000 women.
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MAMMOGRAMS may be less effective if a woman is on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), a British study has found. Researchers in the British Medical Journal say mammography&#39;s ability to detect
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A new test developed in the Bay Area could make a huge difference for women diagnosed with a common form of breast cancer. Each year, roughly 50,000 women are diagnosed with early-stage, estrogen-dependent breast cancer.
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Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts.
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Cancer services are failing patients and drastic reform is needed, a report by MPs says.
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A UK study is recruiting 100,000 women to investigate the causes of breast cancer. Nicola Roche explains. Breast cancer remains the UK&#39;s most common cancer in women, with more than 40,000 women diagnosed each year.
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Boston researchers say many women at high risk for breast cancer are declining tamoxifen, the first approved drug for prevention of breast cancer.
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Scientists in Oxford say they have a new method of identifying people most at risk of breast cancer.
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A mammogram may be less effective if a woman is on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a new British study finds. Mammography&#39;s ability to detect and exclude
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Half of women eligible for examinations for breast cancer do not turn up for appointments, a charity has claimed. One in six women who did not attend said the appointment given to them was not convenient, meaning
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(Undated) Oct. 20, 2004 - There are several methods available to detect breast cancer, but new research finds one may not be effective.