Breast cancer News

In the United States Breast Cancer is the Second Most Common Form ...
Feb 17, 2006 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33020) has announced the addition of Breast Cancer Therapeutics: How Innovation Is Shaping ...

Men warned on breast cancer
Feb 17, 2006 ... MEN are dying unnecessarily of breast cancer because they are unaware of the symptoms or too embarrassed to seek help, a leading expert said today. ...

'Cure Breast Cancer' license plate initiative
Feb 17, 2006 ... The Cure Breast Cancer License Plate Initiative, a volunteer, nonprofit group, is working with the Registry of Motor Vehicles to get the first "Cure Breast ...

Abortion increases breast cancer risk
Feb 17, 2006 ... Abortion increases a woman’s breast cancer risk by about 30 per cent, although among very young women, or women who have never had a child or those with a ...

Younger Women With Hereditary Breast Cancer Risk Tumor in Other ...
Forbes -
Feb 15, 200615 (HealthDay News) -- Younger women with non-BRCA hereditary breast cancer are up to six times more likely to develop a new cancer in the other breast in the ...

A new weapon against breast cancer
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA -
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. ...

Breast Cancer Survivors From Across Georgia to Gather in “ ...
Duluth Weekly, GA -
Feb 15, 2006Celebration of Life is Bosom Buddies’ signature event uniting breast cancer survivors, family members, and friends in a gala afternoon. ...

Roundup: Breast Cancer Risk, Vitamin D And Calcium, Choosing ...
NBC 10.com, PA -
Feb 15, 2006Younger women with non-BRCA hereditary breast cancer are at higher risk for developing cancer in the other breast. Researchers said ...

Breast Cancer Grant
WTVY, AL -
Feb 15, 2006She speaks with female inmates about "how to save your life with the touch of your fingers" in the detection of breast cancer. Wednesday ...

Women's Cancer Deaths Up, Men's Down -- Women's Group Berates ...
Feb 17, 2006 ... The net decline was attributable to a decline in tobacco use, but deaths due to breast cancer (40,400 expected in 2005) are keeping the total number of cancer ...

Funding boost nears for breast cancer drug
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand -
Feb 13, 2006By Errol Kiong. Pharmac will meet on Thursday to discuss extending funding of the breast cancer drug Herceptin to women who have early stage cancer. ...

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 ...

YM BioSciences breast cancer drug wins fast review
Reuters -
Feb 13, 2006... biopharmaceutical company, on Monday said US regulators agreed to a "fast track" review of its lead drug, tesmilifene, for the treatment of breast cancer. ...

Insurers seek results of breast cancer tests
Times Online, UK -
Feb 14, 2006By Ian Evans. WOMEN wanting to test for breast cancer face higher insurance premiums or having policies denied under new plans by the insurance industry. ...

Breast cancer gene insurance risk
BBC News, UK -
Feb 14, 2006The newspaper said insurers want official permission to ask customers if they have been tested for two genes linked to breast cancer. ...

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 ...

Niagara Athletics, Memorial Team Up to Host Breast Cancer ...
NU Purple Eagles.com, NY -
Feb 14, 2006... University athletics department, Independent Health and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, the Purple Eagles will present Breast Cancer Awareness Day on ...