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Some Breast Cancer Patients Over age 60 can avoid adjuvant endocrine treatment-
“Breast cancer patients over the age of 60 with early-stage, hormone-responsive small tumors who forego adjuvant endocrine, also called hormonal therapy, are not at an increased risk of mortality
Continue readingAromasin for Breast Cancer Prevention a good idea?
News outlets have recently reported that new research shows the “anti-estrogen drug Aromasin appears to cut the odds of breast cancer by 65 percent in high-risk postmenopausal women.”
Continue readingBreast Density- Breast Cancer?
PMD (percent of mammographic density) is the percentage of breast density that shows up on a woman’s mammogram. It has long been known that dense breasts make it more difficult to get an accurate
Continue readingLong-Term Breast Cancer Survival Enhanced W/ Lymph-nodes?
I believe this article might be one of many that lead to the new guidelines discussed in the article I wrote about earlier, "NCCN Breast Cancer Guidelines Updated: SLNB and PET/CT Are Highlights&...
Continue readingCurcumin, Pycnogenol, Antioxidants- Breast Cancer
Curcumin, an active constituent of turmeric, has been shown to possess inhibitory effect of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis towards a board range of tumors. Cell inhibition activities of
Continue readingElderly Early-Stage Breast Cancer-
Adjuvant radiation therapy might not be necessary for older women with early-stage breast cancer who undergo lumpectomy. Women 70 years or older with early-stage disease who have a lumpectomy and also
Continue readingInvasive Lobular Breast Cancer- Chemo?
We reviewed randomized trials of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy and noted that insufficient evidence is available to support or withhold use of chemotherapy in patients with invasive lobular
Continue readingDCIS- Risk of Future Breast Cancer in Either Breast
“(11.9%) of women developed ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence and 127 (4.6%) developed contralateral breast cancer as their first breast event.” You have been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma
Continue readingBreast Cancer and Chemicals
Breast cancer is the most common form of invasive cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among women after lung cancer. Although genetic and lifestyle factors play a role in breast cancer
Continue readingCryoablation Safe Effective Breast Cancer Therapy
“Cryoablation (also called cryosurgery) is a “new” treatment for breast cancer that has been waiting in the wings for decades. While fairly often used in prostate cancer, the use of
Continue readingRadiation does not Effect Overall Survival in Early Breast Cancer
“Older women who have had breast cancer surgery have a greater risk of the cancer returning if they delay their post-surgical radiation treatment, report Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists...
Continue readingMinority Breast Cancer Mortality
Summary: "There are many underlying reasons for racial and ethnic disparities that affect breast cancer mortality, eg, inadequate screening of some minority groups. Mammography screening improves
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