HRT makes X-rays less likely to spot cancers
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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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Cancers were harder to detect in the breasts of lower-weight women who were also more likely to develop cancers between screenings, according to a study.
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About a quarter of U.S. women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone back on it, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - When added to conventional  hormone replacement therapy (HRT), testosterone may reduce the  risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, results of a  small study suggest.
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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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Men with prostate cancer that does not appear to have spread have better survival chances when they get short-term hormone treatment along with standard radiation.
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Dark-field x-ray imaging could make for more-accurate mammograms and better security screens.
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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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A drop in breast cancer cases may due to women eschewing Hormone Replacement Therapy, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Having a doctor examine the  breasts for potential signs of cancer may add little to the  benefits of mammography screening, a large study suggests.
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Cancer is less common in adolescents and young adults than in older people. But in some ways it is more alarming.
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Women who have breast cancer detected by a mammogram run less risk of having cancer elsewhere in the body over the next 10 years than women whose tumors are discovered by other means, according to a new study.
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Overweight and obese women have a lower risk of breast cancer prior to menopause, researchers said on Monday in a finding they said both puzzles them and contradicts conventional wisdom.
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People who pay for whole-body X-ray scans in the hope of finding tumors at their earliest stages may, ironically, be raising their overall risk of cancer, doctors warned on Tuesday.
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Most women who have breast cancer and are past menopause should take a type of hormone-blocking drug known as an aromatase inhibitor to prevent cancer recurrence, experts said Monday.
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Taking a form of HRT can sharply increase the risk of developing a blood clot for some women, research suggests. Researchers found taking HRT containing the hormones oestrogen and progestin doubled the risk of venous thrombosis for all women.
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs called aromatase inhibitors was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was tamoxifen, a medication now prescribed