Showing posts with label breast cancer blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breast cancer blog. Show all posts
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Few Women Have Regrets When Choosing Preventive Mastectomy for Other Breast

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by Ann M. Geiger and others Is this for me? If you have been diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast and are considering having the other...
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Friday, February 15, 2008

Breast Cancer patients may benefit from picking own breast surgeon

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Women with breast cancer who are involved in the process of selecting their surgeon are more likely to be treated by more experienced surgeo...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

Breast Cancer Gene Testing Less Likely Among Blacks

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African American women are generally less likely than white women to pursue genetic testing for BRCA1 or BRCA2, ...
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Bif Naked Fighting Breast Cancer By Making Music

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Bif Naked, Canadian punk rocker, 36-year-old newlywed, vows to keep working on two new albums while in treatment for breast cancer. Bif, bor...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Breast Reconstruction Often Not Discussed

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By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with breast cancer faced with treatment decisions are often not told by their surgeons a...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Dieting reduces lymphedema after breast cancer

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By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Weight loss appears to be an effective way to reduce breast cancer-associated lymphedema of the...
Sunday, November 18, 2007

Double Mastectomies To Prevent Breast Cancer Increase

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From 1998 through 2003, the rate of double mastectomies among women in the United States who had cancer diagnosed in only one breast more th...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

High Risk of Breast Cancer: 4 Factors

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Breast cancer has struck within my family, and when it did I was worried not only for my relative (she's fine now, thank goodness), but ...
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Sunday, April 8, 2007

Young, Black Women at Higher Risk of Aggressive Breast Cancer

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Young, Black Women at Higher Risk of Aggressive Breast Cancer These tumors lack hormone receptors that make ideal treatment targets, researc...
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Saturday, November 18, 2006

Breast Reconstruction Not as Safe For Obese Patients

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Significantly obese women may wish to consider delaying breast reconstruction following mastectomy until they achieve a healthier body weigh...

Immediate Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy is Safe, ASPS Study Says

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Debunking the myth that women with locally advanced breast cancer must wait until after chemotherapy to have their breast reconstructed, a s...

Breast Reconstruction Helps Cancer Patients Return to Normalcy, According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

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"It's only a part of my body, not my life," said Lola Sawyers when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 1997. The d...

Breast Cancer and Reconstruction: Exploring the Options, Procedures and Perceptions

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By Lisa Barclay Breast cancer. It is the leading cancer diagnosed in women in America. This year, it will affect the lives of more than 180,...