Breast cancer News

Outaouais centre to speed breast cancer diagnosis
Feb 19, 2006 ... The Outaouais regional hospital will open a breast cancer centre in Gatineau next week to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of women suspected of having ...

Breast Cancer Causing Needless Deaths in British Men
ShortNews.com, Germany -
Feb 17, 2006Professor Ian Fentiman – one of Britain’s leading experts in breast cancer – has said that men in Britain are dying of the disease as they continue to be ...

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 ...

Breast cancer patient loses legal fight for 'wonder drug'
Scotsman, United Kingdom -
Feb 15, 2006BREAST cancer victim Ann Marie Rogers today lost her legal challenge over her local NHS trust's refusal to fund treatment with the "wonder drug" Herceptin. ...

Breast cancer victim 'devastated'
Scotsman, United Kingdom -
Feb 15, 2006Breast cancer victim Ann Marie Rogers was left "angry and devastated" after losing her High Court battle over her local NHS trust's refusal to fund treatment ...

COX-2 blockers may curb breast cancer risk
Reuters.uk, UK -
Feb 15, 2006... Reuters Health) - The regular use of certain COX-2 inhibitors and other NSAIDs apparently leads to a significant reduction in breast cancer risk, researchers ...

Breast cancer mother loses legal battle to be prescribed Herceptin
Independent, UK -
Feb 15, 2006In a landmark case with implications for thousands of women, a mother of three with an aggressive form of breast cancer has been told that she does not have ...

In the United States Breast Cancer is the Second Most Common Form ...
Genetic Engineering News, NY -
Feb 16, 2006Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33020) has announced the addition of Breast Cancer Therapeutics: How Innovation Is Shaping ...

Heart Disease No. 1 Killer of Women, But Breast Cancer Getting ...
New York Sun, NY -
Feb 17, 2006For the past few years, breast cancer advocates such as singer Melissa Etheridge, who performed at the 2005 Grammy's after undergoing chemotherapy, have been ...

Price of Genentech's Avastin to Treat Breast Cancer Could ...
Kaiser network.org, DC -
Feb 15, 2006Doctors are warning that the potential $100,000 price for use of Genentech's Avastin, a colon cancer drug, to treat breast or lung cancer could discourage ...

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. ...

Younger Women With Hereditary Breast Cancer Risk Tumor in Other ...
HealthCentral.com -
Feb 15, 2006... 15 (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 ...

JUDGE DENIES DESPERATE MUM BREAST CANCER DRUG ON NHS
Mirror.co.uk, UK -
Feb 15, 2006By Krissy Storrar. A DEVASTATED breast cancer patient yesterday vowed to fight on after losing a legal battle to be treated with Herceptin. ...