Treatments: Talking Out the Choices for Breast Cancer Surgery
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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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Rejection might not mean the end of the road for this cancer treatment.
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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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Scientists have identified a way of tackling hard-to-treat breast cancers.
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Authors of a report released  this week encourage women who survive breast cancer to address  all of the modifiable risk factors they have for heart disease,  because breast cancer therapy can damage the heart.
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Experts remain undecided about screening 40 to 50-year-old women for breast cancer.
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In women who&#39;ve been treated for breast cancer, use of the drug tamoxifen can help prevent recurrence of the disease. Now, new research indicates that the
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New findings suggest a benefit in consulting a team of specialists after a breast cancer diagnosis.
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Most doctors don't talk about breast reconstruction with women before cancer surgery, depriving them of key information that can sway their decision about whether to have the whole breast or just a lump removed, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Among women who have been treated for breast cancer, those who stick to a healthy diet and are moderately active seem to live longer, results of a new study indicate. A good diet alone or exercise alone doesn't have the same benefit.
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Many breast cancer patients 70 and older could safely forgo radiation therapy, which has been the standard treatment after lumpectomy, a study out today says.
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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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12/8/04- the drug tamoxifen has long been the 1st line of therapy for preventing the return of breast cancer, but researchers say another drug may be more effective and could soon become the 1st choice treatment for post-menopausal women who&#39;ve had the
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Radiation treatments routinely given  after surgery to remove small breast tumors may not be  necessary for women over 70 if they are taking the cancer drug  tamoxifen, according to researchers.
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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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A group of drugs called aromatase inhibitors should be used after surgery to treat postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, new guidelines recommend.
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BOSTON Elderly women in treatment for early-stage breast cancer may safely forgo radiation therapy - which is expensive, inconvenient and often difficult - without substantially increasing the prospects for the return of the disease, researchers reported