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May 20, 2019

Young Women More Likely to Face Aggressive BC Types, But Proper Treatment Improves Outcomes

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Young women are more likely than older ones to be diagnosed with more aggressive forms of breast cancer, but their outcomes can be good if they follow recommended treatments. That ... Read more

June 26, 2018June 22, 2018

Girl Scout Gone Rogue

A Lump in the Road - A Column by Nancy Brier, Columns

“We’ll wear tan pants,” the troop leader said. “And matching T-shirts.” Oh no. I thought. This is going to be a challenge. When my daughter told me her Girl Scout ... Read more

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017

Overweight Women May Need More Mammograms, Study Contends

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Overweight women might need mammograms more often because being overweight increases the risk that a tumor will become large before it is detected, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden argue ... Read more

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016

Breast Cancer Patients May Benefit from Kataegis Multi-Mutation Phenomenon

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Research on kataegis — clusters of mutations in some hotspots in a genome — is revealing that the phenomenon plays a positive role in breast cancer by rendering tumors less invasive and offering ... Read more

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016

Study Finds Very Low Breast Density Linked to Worse Breast Cancer Prognosis

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Researchers from Finland recently discovered that women with a very low breast density, detected by mammography scans, often have a worse prognosis if they develop breast cancer. Such a link is even ... Read more