Breast Cancer

• Breast Cancer Study Could Change Treatment

  

  Posted 9:51 PM 4/18/2012

  April 18, 2012 -- Doctors might one day be able to predict survival more accurately in women with breast cancer after reclassifying the disease into 10 new categories based on the genetic fingerprint of a tumor.

  Scientists behind the latest research say the discovery amounts to a rewriting of the rule book on breast (More)
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• Exercise Benefits Breast Cancer Patients

  

  Posted 10:42 AM 4/15/2012

  April 15, 2012 -- Exercising may not be at the top of the "to do" list for most women undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but it probably should be, according to a new study.

  The new research from the University of Miami finds that regular exercise can reduce depression, lessen fatigue, and improve general quality of life during treatment when combined with group-based behavioral therapy to reduce stress.

  The research is not the first to show that (More)
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• Do False-Positive Mammograms Predict Cancer Risk?

  

  Posted 7:04 PM 4/5/2012

  April 5, 2012 -- More than half of women in the U.S. who get annual mammograms will have at least one false-positive reading after 10 years of screening, and now new research suggests that these women may be at increased risk for breast cancer.

  Women in a Danish study who had at least one false-positive mammogram were more likely to eventually be diagnosed with breast (More)
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• Mammograms Spot Cancers That May Not Be Dangerous

  

  Posted 8:04 PM 4/2/2012

  April 2, 2012 -- A new study suggests that routine mammograms, long pitched to women as lifesaving tests, may also be causing substantial harm.

  The study estimates that as many as 1 in 4 cancers detected over a decade by routine mammograms are cancers that won't grow or spread, cause symptoms, or lead to death.

  Instead, these "overdiagnosed" cancers are treated with surgery, powerful drugs, and radiation, all when the cancer wouldn't have made a woman (More)
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• Dietary Cadmium, Breast Cancer Link?

  

  Posted 4:17 PM 3/15/2012

  March 15, 2012 -- Exposure to high levels of dietary cadmium may boost the risk of breast cancer, according to new research.

  Cadmium is a metal commonly found in the environment. It is also found in many farm fertilizers. From fertilizers, it can work its way into food. It is found in breads, cereals, potatoes, root crops, and vegetables.

  "It's been known for some time (More)
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• New Guidelines to Help Breast Cancer Survivors

  

  Posted 9:00 PM 2/22/2012

  Feb. 22, 2012 -- When women find out they have breast cancer, many leave their ob-gyn and go to a cancer specialist. After treatment, they return to their ob-gyn.

  Although their cancer is gone, cancer-related health issues remain. Concerns about (More)
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• New Mammogram Benefits for Women in Their 40s

  

  Posted 3:08 AM 2/22/2012

  Feb. 22, 2012 -- When women in their 40s get breast cancer, their tumors need less intense treatment and recur less often if they were first detected during routine mammogram screening.

  The finding comes from a careful study of nearly 2,000 women diagnosed with first-time breast cancer at age 40 to 49. The women were carefully followed since their diagnosis in 1990 to 2008 (More)
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• 1 in 4 Partial Mastectomy Patients Have Second Surgery

  

  Posted 6:17 PM 1/31/2012

  Jan. 31, 2012 -- Close to 1 in 4 breast cancer patients who have partial mastectomies undergo a second surgery to remove suspicious tissue, but there is little agreement about when the second surgery is needed.

  Researchers found huge variations from institution to institution and from (More)
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• Avastin May Help Fight Early Breast Cancer

  

  Posted 9:14 PM 1/25/2012

  Jan. 25, 2012 -- Don't count out the drug Avastin as a breast cancer treatment just yet. But don't count it in, either.

  In November, the FDA took the unusual step of nixing Avastin's approval for advanced (More)
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• Carriers of Breast Cancer Gene at Risk of Second Cancer

  

  Posted 9:37 PM 12/9/2011

  Dec. 9, 2011 (San Antonio) -- Women who have been successfully treated for cancer in one breast and who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 cancer gene are at increased risk for developing cancer in their other breast.

  Women who received their first diagnosis when they were 40 or (More)
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