Breast cancer follow-up 'lacking'
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Breast cancer patients are not receiving the best follow-up care because guidelines are lacking, claim experts.
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Mammograms are not as effective at detecting potentially life-threatening breast cancers in thin women, those taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and those who have had previous breast surgery as they are in other women, scientists reveal today.
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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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Breast cancer is less likely to  return in patients who stick to a low-fat diet, according to a  study released on Saturday.
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Women whose breast cancers are detected by X-ray screening are nearly twice as likely to be cancer-free 10 years after treatment than women whose cancers are discovered by hand, a major new study shows.
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Screening women under 50 years old for  breast cancer does not significantly reduce deaths from the  disease, British researchers said on Friday.
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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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NEW YORK  - HER-2-positive, hormone receptor-negative breast cancer patients have a high risk of treatment failure after chemotherapy -- and the most common site of cancer recurrence after treatment failure is the brain, Mayo Clinic researchers reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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Most British women are unaware that breast cancer risk increases with age, a poll suggests.
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Screening women under 50 years old for breast cancer does not significantly reduce deaths from the disease, British researchers said on Friday.
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A new test developed in the Bay Area could make a huge difference for women diagnosed with a common form of breast cancer. Each year, roughly 50,000 women are diagnosed with early-stage, estrogen-dependent breast cancer.
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Nearly 200 women who were checked for breast cancer in the west of Scotland are called for re-examination.
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Older European breast cancer patients  without access to the Internet are not well informed about  hormone treatments that can reduce the risk of a recurrence,  researchers said on Saturday.
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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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"Seven weeks is a long time to be running back and forth. Mentally and physically, it's very draining."  Women with early-stage breast tumors can undergo a shorter course of radiation without a greater risk that their cancer will come back years later, the largest study to test this suggests.The results are good news for women who must quit work or travel far to receive the five-week, daily treatments usually given.'This is very disruptive to your life. If we could achieve the same outcome with less frequent visits to the radiation center ... this would be a tremendous benefit,' said Dr. Julie Gralow of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Read more
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Mammograms have become a rite of passage for 40-year-old American women, and a compulsory exercise for those over 40. But as rote as those annual screenings might seem, there's nothing routine about a diagnosis of breast cancer.
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Rejection might not mean the end of the road for this cancer treatment.