Study Finds Rise in Choice of Double Mastectomies
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More women with breast cancer are choosing to have their healthy breast surgically removed along with their affected breast.
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Using Herceptin in combination with chemotherapy before surgery could cut the number of mastectomies needed in women.
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Most surgeons fail to mention the possibility of breast reconstruction before their patients choose between mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery, researchers have found.
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Women given implants immediately after mastectomies were twice as likely to acquire infections as those whose own tissue was used in breast reconstruction.
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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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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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New research provides more evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to a first pregnancy, influence a woman's risk of breast cancer.
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SUNDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- As women live longer lives, the number of breast cancer cases among older patients is rising, too.
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Women drink two or more glasses of milk every day, or who have high amounts of older dairy products in their diet, appear to have a somewhat higher risk of one type of ovarian cancer, new research reports.
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NEW YORK  - People 65 years of age or older may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the outcome.
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Women with a high genetic risk of breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography or other methods.
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Chances of hysterectomies increase at birth of second child, study finds, as caesarean rates rocket
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Women who have a faster growth rate are at an increased risk of being exposed to breast cancer, a new research has revealed. The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, reveals that women
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Older women who take hormone pills that combine estrogen and testosterone more than double their risk of breast cancer, according to a study of more than 70,000 nurses.
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A new study is the first to link weight gain to specific types of breast cancer
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A study finds higher instances of breast cancer among women who were chubby babies, and also among those who were long and lean as teenagers.
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Concerns about infertility resulting from breast cancer therapy influenced treatment decisions in nearly one-third of young patients, according to a study published in the Oct.