Doctors inject radioactive seeds to prevent women&#39;s breast cancer ...
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TORONTO (CP) - Canadian doctors have devised a way to give some women with breast cancer a kind of &quot;take-out&quot; radiation that takes only a few hours to prepare and appears to have none of the nasty side-effects of traditional radiation therapy.
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When a cancerous lump is discovered in a woman&#39;s breast, a lumpectomy, or removal of the lump, may be performed, followed by radiation.
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A 20-year follow-up of a breast-cancer treatment trial shows that radiation, given in addition to surgery and chemotherapy, can increase women's survival prospects.
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The first experiment ever to show that low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now reveals, with longer follow-up, that the benefit was almost exclusively to women whose tumor growth was not driven by hormones.
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Safe sex may prevent the growth of cervical and other cancers, according to researchers.
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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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Scientists say they have found why a diet rich in olive oil may cut the risk of developing breast cancer.
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A well known anti-cancer agent in certain vegetables has just had its reputation enhanced. The compound, in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, has been found to be effective in disrupting late stages of cell growth in breast cancer.
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Researchers at Indiana University, Ohio State University and the University of Missouri have begun a five-year, $8 million project that will help doctors better understand the damage caused by breast and ovarian cancers.
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Women treated with radiation for breast cancer during the 1980s may have a higher risk of heart disease, researchers in the Netherlands reported on Wednesday.
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A 50-year study of breast cancer was launched yesterday to find new ways to prevent one of the major killers of women. Researchers aim to recruit 100,000 British women aged from 18 to 79
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London - Women with breast cancer were offered new hope this week by research hailed as the biggest advance in treatment for the disease for 30 years.
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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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NEW YORK  - As a treatment for breast cancer, radiation, even modern regimens, appears to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute for March 7.
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In an effort to find new ways to prevent breast cancer, two British cancer organizations called for the help of 100,000 volunteers to participate in a lifelong breast cancer study.
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Women on hormone replacement therapy (HRY) can reduce their risk of developing breast cancer by also taking the male hormone testosterone, according to a new study.
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A fast-acting pathway used by the drug tamoxifen to kill damaged breast cells before they become cancerous has been identified by scientists at Duke University.