Active women with breast cancer may live longer
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NEW YORK  - Recreational physical activity   in the year before a diagnosis of breast cancer seems to have a   positive influence on the prognosis of young women who are   overweight or obese when they are diagnosed, new research   suggests.
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Women who smoke may be able to  reduce their lung cancer risk with exercise, a new study shows.  But the investigators caution that any relative benefit is  dwarfed by the benefits gained from kicking the habit.
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NEW YORK  - In women with breast cancer,  the probability of dying from that malignancy, as opposed to  some other cause, can range from 3 percent to 85 percent,  depending on factors such as disease stage and patient age at  diagnosis, new research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Authors of a report released this week encourage women who survive breast cancer to address all of the modifiable risk factors they have for heart disease, because breast cancer therapy can damage the heart.
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NEW YORK  - A woman's likelihood of surviving breast cancer is related to the survival rates among her first degree relatives with breast cancer, according to a new report.
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Despite the recent advancements in breast cancer detection and research, the disease remains the second leading cause of death among women ages 40 to 55 in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).
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SUNDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- It's clear that chemotherapy after breast cancer surgery increases survival rates. But many older women aren't being offered this potentially lifesaving treatment.
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HONOLULU  - The bones of breast cancer patients tend to age prematurely as a result of chemotherapy and aromatase inhibitor therapy, according to research reported at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research meeting this week.
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Authors of a report released  this week encourage women who survive breast cancer to address  all of the modifiable risk factors they have for heart disease,  because breast cancer therapy can damage the heart.
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Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who take tamoxifen for five years appear to have a 30 percent lower risk of dying from coronary heart disease than
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NEW YORK  - In general, chemotherapy  appears to increase the risk of stroke in patients with breast  cancer. However, researchers report in the October 20th issue  of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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A daily walk around the block, a few laps in the pool, a vigorous game of soccer: studies suggest exercise is extending the lives of women who've survived breast cancer, even as it lifts their spirits.
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NEW YORK  - Women who survived childhood cancer have an increased risk of developing breast cancer compared with other women their age, the results of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study reveal.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- The long-term survival of breast cancer patients isn't reduced when they receive breast reconstruction with implants after mastectomy.
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NEW YORK  - Some types of chemotherapy are  known to be potentially damaging to the heart, but for most  women with breast cancer the benefits appear to outweigh the  risks, French researchers report.
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Cancer survival rates for people 50 to 85 are increasing at a faster rate than for any other age group, but survivors of all ages - including a former New York congresswoman - yesterday said
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Many older women with early breast cancer can safely skip radiation after having a lump removed, two studies suggest.