Implants After Mastectomy Don't Harm Survival
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that  implants used for breast reconstruction after cancer surgery do  not raise a woman's long-term risk of dying from breast cancer  or other causes.
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British women who have had breast cancer can now have a new treatment which has been found to prevent the disease returning and to prolong survival.
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Treatment with clodronate does  not improve survival in women with early or advanced breast  cancer, according to the results of a meta-analysis of  published studies.
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NEW YORK  - Among women who have been treated for breast cancer, those who stick to a healthy diet and are moderately active seem to live longer, results of a new study indicate. A good diet alone or exercise alone doesn't have the same benefit.
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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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SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 16 -- The first experiment to show that low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now reveals, after a follow-up, that the benefit is almost exclusively for women whose tumor growth was not driven by hormones.
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NEW YORK  - Women who undergo mastectomy  for breast cancer can have their breast rebuilt at the time of  surgery without delaying chemotherapy, if this treatment is  also needed, new research shows.
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The long-term survival of breast cancer patients isn&#39;t reduced when they receive breast reconstruction with implants after mastectomy.
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Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests.
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Many older women with early breast cancer can safely skip radiation after having a lump removed, two studies suggest.    Most women should still undergo radiation, because it helps prevent relapses within the same breast, the researchers say...
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TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Switching to newer breast cancer drugs, called aromatase inhibitors, after two to three years of treatment with tamoxifen may extend disease-free survival and slightly reduce the risk of death in women who've been treated for early stage disease, an international study finds.
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Tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer returning long after women stop taking the drug, research suggests.
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More women who have cancer in only one breast are getting both breasts removed, says research that found the trend more than doubled in just six years. It's still a rare option: Most breast cancer in this country is treated by lumpectomy, removing just the tumor while saving the breast.
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Women undergoing breast implant surgery have a 2.5% risk of infection, a global study says.
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Tumor cells found in the blood of  breast cancer patients up to 20 years after surgery suggest  that the body may have ways of keeping a dormant cancer in  check, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Contrary to some beliefs, women who return to work after being diagnosed with breast cancer are not typically demoted or otherwise discriminated against in the workplace, new study findings show.
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Radiation treatments routinely given after surgery to remove small breast tumors may not be necessary for women over age 70 if they are taking the cancer drug tamoxifen.