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Female Specific Lab Tests Online

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Breast cancer advice changed amid concern over unnecessary surgery

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:19:25 +0100

Government advice about breast cancer screening has had to be changed after it was discovered thousands of women have undergone unnecessary surgery.

Thousands raise $350K for breast cancer

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:11:06 +0100

The Mall-to-Mall Walk on Saturday raised $350,000 to help fight breast cancer.

UCs to team up for breast cancer study

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:17:06 +0100

UC Irvine will collaborate with other medical centers in the University of California system on a decades-long, statewide study into breast cancer, UCI officials announced Tuesday.

Breast cancer research center opens in valley

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:25:35 +0100

Totally appropriate for Breast Cancer Awareness Month was the recent opening and ribbon (pink of course) cutting ceremony at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure resource center in Rancho Mirage.

Simple tips for promoting breast cancer awareness in your own life (Lexington Clipper-Herald)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:52:59 +0100

(ARA) - Breast cancer is a prolific disease with an estimated 192,370 new cases diagnosed this year in women and 1,910 new cases diagnosed in men, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Preventing breast cancer through health-care reform

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:27:45 +0100

One simple test could end up saving thousands of women?s lives. Yet, for those without health insurance, the test comes too late. According to the American Cancer Society, this year alone an estimated 40,170 women will lose their lives to breast cancer. Meanwhile, it is estimated that 4,000 breast cancer deaths could be prevented just by increasing the percentage of women who receive breast ...

How you can change the future of breast cancer (Lexington Clipper-Herald)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:52:50 +0100

(ARA) - One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in the United States.

Breast cancer screening questions cause confusion

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:42:10 +0100

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, left, and County Executive James T. Smith Jr., right, helped launch the ?Give Hope Give Blood? campaign partnering the Red Cross with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research and outreach.

Breast cancer survivors celebrate life (The Colony Courier-Leader)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:42:01 +0100

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and this year marks 25 years of celebrating awareness, education, and empowerment.

More field-hockey teams join breast-cancer battle

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:15:50 +0100

High school field hockey teams across the state joined forces this month and used the sport they love to raise both money and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.

Breast Self-Exam Pad

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:48:42 +0100

Breast Self-Exam Pad - FDA approved. Intended to be used as an aid for performing breast self-examination. Read more ...

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Manmade Breast Cancers. .

ZILLAH EISENSTEIN, Manmade Breast Cancers. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2001, xi + 186 p. American feminist scholar and activist Zillah Eisenstein's latest publication, Manmade Breast Cancers, is a timely, provocative and much-needed socio-political investigation of the connections ...

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Some Breast Cancers May Spontaneously Regress

The Susan P. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation issued the following news release: According to the results of a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, some early breast cancers may disappear on their own. Screening mammography has made important contributions to the early detection of ...

Tamoxifen prevents breast cancers-at a price. .

New study results confirm that treatment with tamoxifen is an effective but flawed way to prevent women from developing breast cancer. For the time being, experts recommend prescribing tamoxifen to a well-defined, relatively small fraction of women: those who have a high risk of breast cancer and a ...

Medullary breast cancers are not an indication for BRCA1 mutation screening.

2004 MAY 24 - - Research suggests that medullary breast cancers, independent of family risk factors, are not an indication for BRCA1 mutation screening. "Recommended guidelines have limited breast cancer gene mutation testing to individuals with a personal or ...

Tamoxifen Inhibits Second Breast Cancers in Women with BRCA Mutations.

Tamoxifen Inhibits Second Breast Cancers in Women with BRCA Mutations ABSTRACT and amp; COMMENTARY Synopsis: In a matched, case-control study of women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations and primary, invasive breast cancer, the occurrence of a second breast cancer was significantly reduced if tamoxifen had ...

One in three breast cancers 'harmless'

AS MANY as one in three breast cancers detected by screening may actually be harmless and not need treatment, new research has found. The study, which analysed data from the UK, Canada, Australia, Sweden and Norway, suggests some women undergo unnecessary treatment for cancers that are unlikely to ...

ANTIBODY EFFECTIVE IN TREATING SOME BREAST CANCERS

Northwestern University issued the following news release: Northwestern University and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare researchers have discovered that the monoclonal antibody Herceptin used in combination with certain cancer chemotherapies effectively treats breast cancer tumors ...

Genomic Health Study Shows Breast Cancers in Men Display Very Similar Gene Signatures to Those in Women.

Genomic Health, Inc. announced results from a study which summarized the gene signatures identified by the Oncotype DX breast cancer test in a large number of male patients for whom the test was used to guide treatment with chemotherapy. The results, which will be presented in a ...

Early detection of second breast cancers halves women's risk of death.

A group of international researchers has found the first reliable evidence that early detection of subsequent breast tumours in women who have already had the disease can halve the women's chances of death from breast cancer. According to the research published online today in ...

Breast Cancer Ribbon

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Breast Cancer Awareness Support Lapel Pins. - Made in U.S.A. - Help Increase Breast Tumor Awareness and Early Detection. Read more ...

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