Cancer Free at 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy
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More young women are learning early that they are genetically prone to breast cancer, setting off a new type of family drama.
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A woman&#39;s monthly cycle should be considered when scheduling breast-cancer surgery and mammograms, says a researcher who has studied the issue for 17 years.
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Women who are obese when they are diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are at a greater risk of dying of their disease than women of normal weight.
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Most women 40 and older have had their breasts checked for lumps by a doctor or nurse at least once. But little is known about whether these clinical breast exams save lives by detecting cancers early.
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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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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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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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NEW YORK  - Women in their 40s, who tend to  have relatively dense breast tissue, are more likely to have a  breast tumor missed on a screening mammogram than are older  women, new study findings suggest.
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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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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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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
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com. She&#39;d felt it. She&#39;d urged doctors to treat it. But it wasn&#39;t until she was told that that the 7-centimeter mass inside her left breast was cancerous that Janice
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More U.S. women diagnosed with breast cancer are choosing to have both breasts removed, even though it is usually not necessary or even recommended, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Many older women with early breast cancer can safely skip radiation after having a lump removed, two studies suggest.
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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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Breast cancer screening in the US is common among women 80 years of age or older, but it is of little benefit to the majority of them, according to a new study.
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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.