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February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

US Study Enrolling Women to Help Determine Best Screening Practices

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A national study is seeking women in the U.S. to help determine the safest and best way to screen for breast cancer, and to improve on current guidelines. It’s being ... Read more

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

Fewer, Higher Doses of Radiation Therapy Safe for Early Breast Cancer

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For people with early breast cancer, delivering radiation therapy in fewer, larger doses does not increase the risk of long-term side effects from treatment, a new study demonstrates. The study, ... Read more

September 6, 2019

Longer Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Greater Breast Cancer Risk in Study

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The longer women use hormone therapy after menopause the higher is their breast cancer risk over time, and this risk persists for more than a decade after stopping this replacement ... Read more

August 28, 2019

USPSTF Updates Recommendations on Testing for BRCA-related Cancers in Women

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The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has revised their recommendations on testing for cancer-associated BRCA1/2 mutations in women, suggesting risk assessment only in those with a personal or family ... Read more

February 25, 2019

More Intense Chemotherapy May Lower Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence and Death, Study Says

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Reducing the interval between chemotherapy treatment cycles or administering chemotherapy medications sequentially at higher doses, rather than simultaneously at lower doses, increases treatment efficacy and decreases the risk of breast ... Read more

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Breast Cancer Treatments May Increase Heart Disease Risk, American Heart Association Says

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Breast cancer patients may experience a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, according to a recent scientific statement published by the American Heart Association. When making decisions about ... Read more

January 9, 2018January 8, 2018

Cancer, New Year’s, and My Odd Relationship with Obama

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

This time of year, I always remember New Year’s Eve 2014. I wore a silver skirt that shone like aluminum foil, blue earrings that lit up like tiny glowing jewels, ... Read more

January 5, 2018

Biannual MRI Better Than Annual Mammogram at Detecting Breast Cancer in High-risk Women, Study Finds

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For young women with high genetic risk for breast cancer, intensive surveillance and examination by dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) every six months is more effective for timely detection of ... Read more

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017

New Allegations Surface in Controversy Over Breast Cancer Risk from Hormone Replacement Therapy

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News stories about a clinical trial in 2002 prompted many postmenopausal women to avoid hormone replacement therapy out of fear they would develop breast cancer. The study also touched off ... Read more

January 18, 2017January 18, 2017

Soy and Breast Cancer: Neither is a friend

Columns, Protect the Pecs - a Column by Steve Del Gardo

Before you start reading this article, I just want to remind everyone that I am not a doctor or a researcher. This is just my opinion about soy and its ... Read more