News tagged with breast mass
Obese patients with HER2-positive breast cancer may have worse outcomes
Obese patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer may have worse outcomes than patients who are normal weight or overweight, Mayo Clinic researchers found in a study presented today at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Ca ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Mass spectrometry and imaging facilities enable cancer cell discovery
A breakthrough in the laboratory of Kevin Vaughan, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, will assist researchers in understanding cell cycle regulation. The group identified ...
Aug 19, 2011 |
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New breast cancer risk model quantifies the impact of risk reduction
How much can a woman lower her risk of breast cancer by losing weight, drinking less, or exercising more? A study published online June 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute describes a new model to estimate the im ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Estrogen treatment with no side-effects in sight
Oestrogen treatment for osteoporosis has often been associated with serious side-effects. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now, in mice, found a way of utilising the positive ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Large weight gain raises risk for recurrence among breast cancer survivors
Breast cancer survivors who experience large weight gain have an increased risk of death after diagnosis, according to research scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif.
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Smoking did not influence breast cancer risk among obese women: study
Smoking increases the risk of breast cancer, but the risk differs by obesity status in postmenopausal women, according to data from an analysis of the Women's Health Initiative observational study.
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Common bone drugs may reduce colon cancer risk
An international team of researchers has found that the use of bisphosphonates - drugs already taken by millions of healthy women to prevent bone-loss - for more than one year was associated with a 50 percent reduction in ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Lack of vitamin D: More evidence connected to breast, colon cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two new vitamin D studies from the University of Rochester Medical Center suggest intriguing ties between a deficiency of D and breast and colon cancer, particularly among African Americans.
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Physical limitations of breast cancer survivors
Women who survive breast cancer often suffer from functional limitations that affect motion, strength and dexterity, which may adversely affect all-cause and competing-cause survival but not breast cancer survival, according ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Father absence linked to earlier puberty among certain girls
Girls in homes without a biological father are more likely to hit puberty at an earlier age, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health.
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Body Mass Index gain throughout adulthood may increase risk of postmenopausal breast cancer
Reported mid-life increase in body mass index (BMI) may lead to substantially higher risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, according to results of a prospective cohort study presented at the American Association for Cancer ...
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Common osteoporosis drugs are associated with a decrease in risk of breast cancer
Women who take some types of bone-building drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis may be at lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study by U.S. researchers published today in the British Journal of Cancer.
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes
Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk of death increases.
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Excess body weight causes over 124,000 new cancers a year in Europe
At least 124,000 new cancers in 2008 in Europe may have been caused by excess body weight, according to estimates from a new modelling study. The proportion of cases of new cancers attributable to a body mass index of 25kg/m2 ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Obesity, alcohol consumption and smoking increase the risk of second breast cancer
It is well known that survivors of breast cancer have a much higher risk of developing a second breast cancer than women in the general population have of developing a first breast cancer. However, little is known about what ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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