Breast cancer News

Adjuvant Docetaxel More Effective Than Vinorelbine for Early ...
Feb 23, 2006 ... ... prior to fluorouracil, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (FEC) chemotherapy in improving recurrence-free survival in women with early breast cancer, according to ...

Test Helps Identify Women At Risk For Developing Breast Cancer
Feb 23, 2006 ... ... Jacque Morell has a family history of breast cancer and said she was apprehensive about mammograms. "My mother had breast cancer ...

Heat helps breast cancer patients
Feb 23, 2006 ... Hyperthermia is the use of heat to treat cancer. When cells in ... Very high temperatures can kill cancer cells directly. The idea of ...

Information on knee pain, breast cancer drugs and protecting bones
Feb 23, 2006 ... By Dr. Jay Adlersberg. (New York-WABC, February 22, 2006) - In the news today, knee pain, breast cancer drugs and protecting bones. ...

Hair-Styling Competition Will Raise Money For Breast Cancer Care
Feb 23, 2006 ... MANCHESTER, NH -- Organizers are hoping to pack the Verizon Wireless Arena the May for a hair-raising event to raise money for breast cancer treatment. ...

Concern as breast cancer cases soar
Feb 23, 2006 ... THE number of women being diagnosed with breast cancer in Suffolk has risen by 46% in ten years, new figures have revealed. The ...

Gn-RH Analogues Protect Fertility in Early Breast Cancer
Feb 23, 2006 ... ... Dr. Recchia of Ospedale Civile di Avezzano and colleagues retrospectively evaluated 100 women with breast cancer who, following surgery, received Gn-RH ...

Westernization Driving Up South Korean Breast Cancer Rate
Forbes -
Feb 21, 2006TUESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Westernization may be contributing to the rise in breast cancer among South Korean women, researchers report. ...

MRI Being Used to Detect Breast Cancer
WFIE-TV, IN -
Feb 21, 2006Now, add the detection of breast cancer to that list. New ... Breast cancer, if caught early, is far from a death sentence these days. Dr ...

Biopsies still key in detecting breast cancer
Times Herald-Record, NY -
Feb 22, 2006Four common noninvasive follow-up tests for breast cancer are not yet accurate enough to replace biopsies for women who have abnormal results from a mammogram ...

Program aims to help detect breast, cervical cancer
MyWestTexas.com, TX -
Feb 22, 2006By Ruth Campbell. When Claudine Tucker was diagnosed with breast cancer, she had no insurance. But through Texas Tech University ...

Minister did not know cost of breast cancer treatment
Irish Medical Times, Ireland -
Feb 22, 2006The Dáil was told the Minister for Health did not know the cost per patient of the breast cancer drug, herceptin. Ms Harney said ...

Chenango program gets grant for breast-cancer detection
Oneonta Daily Star, NY -
Feb 21, 2006The Chenango Health Network in Norwich has received a one-year grant to help increase awareness of early detection of breast cancer. ...

Whole Person Care Model Decreases Cancer Treatment Side Effects ...
Feb 23, 2006 ... ... "The whole person approach made a huge difference in my treatment," says Peggy Witkop, breast cancer survivor and CTCA patient. ...

New technology aids in the early discovery of breast cancer
WBBH, FL -
Feb 20, 2006COLLIER COUNTY — New digital technology is making it easier for doctors to detect breast cancer while it is still in the early stages. ...