News tagged with negative breast

Rates of breast reconstruction after mastectomy in Canada

Few patients in Canada undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy, despite its safety as a procedure and the positive psychological benefits, states a review article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Employers need to tackle culture of ignorance around breast cancer survivors who work

Employers need to be more aware of the capabilities of women affected by breast cancer and provide them with better support, backed by employment directives and occupational health policies, according to a paper in the November ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Hearing may be end of road for breast cancer drug

(AP) -- The best-selling cancer drug in the world comes under federal scrutiny once again this week, as drugmaker Roche makes a last-ditch effort to keep Avastin approved for breast cancer, despite evidence ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists identify potential new target for treating triple negative breast cancer

Scientists believe they may have found a new target for treating triple negative breast cancer – one of the more difficult breast cancers to treat successfully and for which there is no targeted therapy at present.

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created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Study: Breastfeeding can be tougher for women when pregnancy is unplanned

Women who did not plan to get pregnant are much more likely to stop breastfeeding within three months of giving birth, according to a study published in the journal Current Anthropology. The research suggests that women ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Scientists use an old theory to discover new targets in the fight against breast cancer

Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have ...

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PET techniques provide more accurate diagnosis, prognosis in challenging breast cancer cases

In two new studies featured in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. One article focuse ...

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created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Soy isoflavone supplements did not provide breast cancer protections

Soy isoflavone supplements did not decrease breast cancer cell proliferation in a randomized clinical trial, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Resear ...

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants

(AP) -- The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across ...

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The future of health care

The United States spends more per capita on health care than any other developed nation, and has the highest growth rate in health care costs, as well. In 2009, these costs reached $2.5 trillion, making up ...

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study finds substantial variability in rate of additional surgery after partial mastectomy

Nearly one in four women who undergo a partial mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer have another surgery to remove additional tissue (reexcision), and there is substantial surgeon and institutional variation in the rate ...

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Women not following through with recommended breast screening MRI

A study of 64,659 women, recently published in the journal Academic Radiology, found that while 1,246 of these women were at high enough breast cancer risk to recommend additional screening with MRI, only 173 of these women ...

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cosmetic surgery unaffected by French implant scare: study

Cosmetic surgery is booming worldwide and unaffected by the health scare prompted by a French breast implant company that used substandard silicone, a global body of plastic surgeons said Friday.

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created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three new genetic links to breast cancer identified

(Medical Xpress) -- An international team of researchers has identified three new genetic loci associated with an increased susceptibility to breast cancer. As described in their paper published in Nature Ge ...

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created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report


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