Group Therapy Doesn&#39;t Extend Breast Cancer Survival
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Women who seek support in coping with early-stage breast cancer through group counseling sessions don&#39;t appear to improve their odds of surviving the disease, new research indicates.
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BOSTON Elderly women in treatment for early-stage breast cancer may safely forgo radiation therapy - which is expensive, inconvenient and often difficult - without substantially increasing the prospects for the return of the disease, researchers reported
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Three quarters of women with terminal breast cancer receive no palliative care, according to a new study. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology analysed the pattern of care at the end of life
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NEW YORK  - The results of a new study provide no evidence to support the notion that patients with cancer can influence the course or outcome of their cancer by making changes to improve their emotional well-being or, in particular, that psychotherapy can help them live longer.
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In women who&#39;ve been treated for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent recurrence of the disease. Now, new research indicates that the
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NEW YORK  - While supportive care to  relieve symptoms is now the standard of care at the end of  life, a new study shows that a "sizeable proportion" of breast  cancer patients nearing death do not have access to such  treatment, also referred to as palliative care.
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Women with breast cancer who take tamoxifen are less likely to have a heart attack than women with other types of cancer who are not taking the drug, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - Research has shown that women who undergo chemotherapy after surgery for early-stage breast cancer have an improved chance of survival. Now, investigators have evidence that therapy can be safely delayed for up to 12 weeks - but waiting longer may adversely affect the outcome.
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NEW YORK  - An analysis of the results of several studies confirm previous reports suggesting that chemotherapy offers little or no survival benefits for young women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers and, if given, it should not be the sole second-phase, or "adjuvant" therapy.
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Some women claim they don&#39;t have time to get a mammogram. Others believe that with no history of breast cancer in their families, they don&#39;t need one.
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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.
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Women diagnosed with breast cancer should be given a new drug instead of the standard treatment because it is safer, more effective and may increase overall survival rates, doctors have suggested.
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NEW YORK  - Breast-conserving therapy  (BCT), which involves limited surgery and radiation, is a  suitable option for young women with BRCA-associated breast  cancer, the most common hereditary type of the disease, new  research suggests. This is because the risk of cancer returning  in the same breast after treatment is relatively low.
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Experts have dismissed claims a herbal remedy can treat cancer.
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There is no truth in the belief that cancer patients can delay their death for important events, a study suggests.
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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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Women from more deprived backgrounds have a lower breast cancer survival rate, research suggests.