Breast cancer News

A new weapon against breast cancer
Feb 16, 2006 ... ... there was nothing to worry about. A closer look at the other, a digital mammogram, caught breast cancer in its earliest stages. ...

Roundup: Breast Cancer Risk, Vitamin D And Calcium, Choosing ...
Feb 16, 2006 ... Younger women with non-BRCA hereditary breast cancer are at higher risk for developing cancer in the other breast. Researchers said ...

Breast Cancer Grant
Feb 16, 2006 ... She speaks with female inmates about "how to save your life with the touch of your fingers" in the detection of breast cancer. Wednesday ...

Fatigue Common Among Long-Term Survivors of Breast Cancer
Feb 16, 2006 ... According to a recent article published in the journal Cancer, a significant portion of survivors of breast cancer experience fatigue five to 10 years ...

Exposure To Light May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
NBC6.net, FL -
Feb 14, 2006... who worked night shifts or were exposed to light in the nighttime hours when most people are asleep had an increased risk of breast cancer," said University of ...

Intensive Therapy May Benefit Women With Breast Cancer of a Poor ...
Cancerpage.com, GA -
Feb 14, 2006... of adjuvant dose-intensive epirubicin and cyclophosphamide administered with filgrastim and progenitor cell support, may benefit women with breast cancer of a ...

Jayne's Cancer Hotline Launch
International News Service, Australia -
Feb 14, 2006By Wales on Sunday. Campaigning breast cancer patient Jayne Sullivan has set-up a 24- hour hotline to hear from women who would benefit from Herceptin. ...

Breast cancer sufferer loses Herceptin case
Reuters.uk, UK -
Feb 15, 2006LONDON (Reuters) - A woman with early-stage breast cancer lost a test case legal battle on Wednesday to force her health authority to pay for the potentially ...

Breast Cancer 3-Day Perfect Way to Get in Shape
Feb 16, 2006 ... ... Committing to an event such as the Breast Cancer 3-Day is a positive way to incorporate physical fitness into a daily routine and start on a path toward better ...

Clalit offers genetic test for breast cancer patients
Jerusalem Post, Israel -
Feb 13, 2006Clalit Health Services will pay $4,000 to test every woman member with breast cancer who is suited to the Oncotype DX genetic test to determine whether their ...

Breast Cancer Funding To Be Extended By Another $30 Million ...
MedIndia, India -
Feb 13, 2006... to hold a meeting regarding extension of funding for the cancer drug Herceptin that would allow the provision of drug to women with early breast cancer. ...

Study Confirms Radiation Boosts Breast Cancer Survival
ACS News Center, GA -
Feb 13, 2006Summary: A new analysis of dozens of breast cancer studies shows that adding radiation to breast cancer treatment doesn't just lower a woman's risk of having a ...

Hereditary Breast Cancer Linked to new Cancers
Ivanhoe, FL -
Feb 12, 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 ...

HERCEPTIN OFFERS HOPE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
Tyler Morning Telegraph, TX -
Feb 12, 2006... a drug making a major impact against breast cancers with the HER-2 genes, to a group of about 100 during the ninth annual Tyler Breast Cancer Conference at ...

Pressure builds on Pharmac to fund breast cancer drug
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand -
Feb 12, 2006Attempts are being made to convince a Pharmac Advisory Committee, ahead of a meeting this week, that a breast cancer drug should be more widely subsidised. ...

Institutions disagree over breast cancer tests
Pharmaceutical Business Review -
Feb 13, 2006The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a report stating that four common noninvasive tests for breast cancer are not accurate enough to ...

NOLAN IN BREAST CANCER BATTLE
Contactmusic.com, UK -
Feb 12, 2006Former chart-topper LINDA NOLAN will have surgery to removed her cancerous breast, in bid ... in tears, it's a huge shock to hear the words, 'You've got cancer.'. ...