Breast cancer factfile
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual national health campaign organised by all the major breast cancer and cancer charities.
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Women who have breast cancer detected by a mammogram run less risk of having cancer elsewhere in the body over the next 10 years than women whose tumors are discovered by other means, according to a new study.
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(HealthDayNews) -- Twice as many women die from heart disease each year as from all types of cancer combined, including breast cancer, Duke University Medical Center says.
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THE QUESTION: Tamoxifen is commonly taken by women with breast cancer to prevent its recurrence and by women at high risk for the disease.
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Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests.
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A Danish study has found women who were tall and skinny as teenagers have a higher risk of contracting breast cancer. The study published in The New England Journal of Health found women who were heavy babies
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THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Four new studies released Thursday are shedding new light on the genetics of breast cancer, especially for one of the best-known breast cancer genes, BRCA1.
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The risk factors for breast cancer start early in a woman&#39;s life, even before birth, according to a major new study. High birth weight, a growth spurt between the ages of 8 and 14, and being a tall, thin adolescent
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Breast cancer is uppermost in US news as people learn that Elizabeth Edwards, wife of John Edwards, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, has breast cancer.
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They&#39;re looking for 50,000 women between the ages of 35 and 74 who have had a sister diagnosed with breast cancer. It&#39;s called Sister Study and is being conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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MONDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- A newer generation of breast cancer medications added months to the lives of patients with the most advanced form of the disease, according to the first study of its kind.
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Scientific advances have enabled better diagnosis and treatment for women with breast cancer, according to studies presented at the world&#39;s premier conference on cancer.
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NEW YORK  - A new study indicates that  women with abnormally low thyroid function -- a condition known  as hypothyroidism -- seem to be protected to some degree  against breast cancer.
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Proportion of breast cancer patients who undergo unnecessary double mastectomies increases.
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Mammograms are an important tool in the fight against breast cancer. Now new research looks at how accurate those mammogram readings really are.
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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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FRIDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Early breast cancer tumors that have not yet spread contain cells with a predisposition to migrate to new tissue, a new study finds.