Breast cancer News

Non-BRCA hereditary breast cancer linked to new cancers
Feb 13, 2006 ... ... risk for a new cancer in the unaffected breast substantially increases in women diagnosed with unilateral, hereditary (non-BRCA) breast cancer, according to a ...

Hereditary Breast Cancer Linked to new Cancers
Feb 13, 2006 ... ... The risk for a new cancer in the unaffected breast substantially increases in women diagnosed with unilateral, hereditary breast cancer, according to a recent ...

New Breast Cancer Treatment Giving Women Hope
Feb 13, 2006 ... A new treatment is making a difference for women who are in the early stages of breast cancer here in San Antonio, according to doctors. ...

Health Watch: A New Drug Study In Breast Cancer
Feb 13, 2006 ... ... wonderful new baby girl. Then the woman, who we profile in this story, got a diagnosis that changed her life-it was Breast cancer. ...

Making Progress on Breast Cancer
Feb 13, 2006 ... ... working together in a highly collaborative effort to uncover the links between exposure to environmental pollutants, puberty, and development of breast cancer. ...

PRESSURE INCREASES ON PHARMAC OVER BREAST CANCER MEDICATION
TMCnet -
Feb 11, 2006... 12 NZPA - Government drug funding agency Pharmac meets on Thursday amid increasing pressure to extend subsidies for expensive breast cancer medicine Herceptin. ...

Biopsy Remains Superior to Noninvasive Tests for Breast Cancer ...
Newsinferno.com, NY -
Feb 11, 2006After reviewing prior studies of four common noninvasive tests available to detect breast cancer following an abnormal mammogram, The Agency for Healthcare and ...

PHARMAC's role in breast cancer drug debate
Feb 13, 2006 ... ... is querying the conflicting role being played by the Government's drug-buying agency, PHARMAC, in the debate over whether the breast cancer drug, Herceptin ...

Why More Breast Cancer is Discovered in the Spring
International News Service, Australia -
Feb 11, 2006By ANGELA EPSTEIN. THE number of women diagnosed with breast cancer leaps in the spring and summer, a study has revealed. Experts ...

Have a heart for breast cancer
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX -
Feb 12, 2006... G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation will be the beneficiary of proceeds from the 12th annual Metroplex Sweetheart Charity Ball hosted by Beta Sigma Phi on Feb. ...

Irish breast cancer sufferers called to attend conference
Ireland Online, Ireland -
Feb 11, 2006The Irish Cancer Society is calling on all young breast cancer sufferers to attend a special conference in Dublin today. It will ...

(BW) Power3 Medical Updates Status of Early Detection Breast ...
Houston Chronicle, United States -
Feb 9, 2006... diagnostic tests for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, today updated the status of their blood serum protein biomarkers and blood test for breast cancer. ...

Biopsies Still Best for Detecting Breast Cancer
Forbes -
Feb 9, 20069 (HealthDay News) -- Biopsies remain the best technique to determine if a woman has breast cancer, after she has had an abnormal mammogram or physical ...

Nolan sister Linda's breast cancer battle
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom -
Feb 9, 2006By Maureen Coleman. Singer Linda Nolan, who recently starred in the pantomime at the Grand Opera House in Belfast, is battling breast cancer. ...

Singer Nolan has breast cancer
Daily Mail - UK, UK -
Feb 9, 2006Former pop singer and West End stage star Linda Nolan has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She was reportedly told the devastating news earlier this week. ...

Agency: Biopsy best to find breast cancer
Feb 13, 2006 ... Tribune, United States -
Feb 10, 2006WASHINGTON, DC -- Some common non-invasive tests for breast cancer aren't accurate enough to routinely replace biopsies, a government review concluded Thursday ...

Breast Cancer, The Cure?
DailyIndia.com, NY -
Feb 10, 2006by Keith Londrie. There is no known cure for breast cancer. More than 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year worldwide. ...

Low fat diet: breast cancer link 'due to chance'
FoodAndDrinkEurope.com, France -
Feb 9, 200609/02/2006 - Five servings of fruit and vegetables per day and a diet low in fat reduced the risk of breast cancer by nine per cent, a figure dismissed as not ...

Vegetable compound prevents breast, prostate cancer
Food Consumer, IL -
Feb 9, 2006... their protective effects. The study was funded by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Cancer Institute.

Study: Biopsies still key in detecting breast cancer
Scripps Howard News Service, DC -
Feb 9, 2006By LEE BOWMAN. - Four common noninvasive follow-up tests for breast cancer are not yet accurate enough to replace biopsies for women who have abnormal results ...