Breast cancer News

Study: Cancer drug cuts relapses
Feb 24, 2006 ... Using Genentech Inc.'s Herceptin for just nine weeks may reduce the risk that breast cancer will return after surgery, potentially trimming treatment costs by ...

Breast cancer day set for March 10 in Ontario
Feb 24, 2006 ... ONTARIO - Inland Empire Day of Caring will host its annual breast cancer awareness event in Ontario next month. The daylong event ...

Obesity, oestrogen breakdown tied to breast cancer
Feb 24, 2006 ... Among women not using hormone therapy, obesity and the byproducts of oestrogen breakdown appear to raise the risk of breast cancer, according to findings ...

Breast Cancer Recovery
Feb 24, 2006 ... One of the side effects of breast cancer treatment when lymph nodes are removed or scarred is lymphedema. It causes painful swelling ...

'Have a Heart' includes breast cancer seminar
Feb 24, 2006 ... At 6 pm, physicians Leo Shunyakov, George Runyon, Linda Milholen and Judith Taylor will present a panel series called "Breast Cancer: From Diagnosis to ...

Manhasset Coalition Against Breast Cancer Is Beneficiary ...
Feb 24, 2006 ... Now in its 10th year, the Manhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer (MWCABC) has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars towards breast cancer ...

'Cure Breast Cancer' license plate initiative
Feb 24, 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 ...

Seminar on Breast Cancer
Feb 24, 2006 ... Srinagar, Feb 23: Defeating Breast Cancer was the theme of a unique fusion of life saving knowledge and soulful sufi music and song. ...

Breast cancer cases soar but more live
Feb 24, 2006 ... CELIA WIGG 23 February 2006 07:12 The number of women diagnosed with breast cancer in Norfolk has risen by more than 25pc over a 12-year period, new figures ...

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon Chapter: Local ...
Feb 24, 2006 ... ... Christina Lawrence and Colleen Lawrence have been awarded The Ganong Volunteer Award for their contribution to the 2005 Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC ...

Concern as breast cancer cases soar
East Anglian Daily Times, UK -
Feb 22, 2006THE number of women being diagnosed with breast cancer in Suffolk has risen by 46% in ten years, new figures have revealed. The ...

Breast cancer survivors to celebrate together
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), USA -
Feb 23, 2006"It's so alive in that room," said Weatherbee, an 18-year breast cancer survivor. "It ... mall. The models are all breast cancer survivors. ...

Heat helps breast cancer patients
News 8 Austin, TX -
Feb 22, 2006Hyperthermia is the use of heat to treat cancer. When cells in ... Very high temperatures can kill cancer cells directly. The idea of ...

Gn-RH Analogues Protect Fertility in Early Breast Cancer
Cancerpage.com, GA -
Feb 22, 2006... Dr. Recchia of Ospedale Civile di Avezzano and colleagues retrospectively evaluated 100 women with breast cancer who, following surgery, received Gn-RH ...

Test Helps Identify Women At Risk For Developing Breast Cancer
10News.com, CA -
Feb 22, 2006... Jacque Morell has a family history of breast cancer and said she was apprehensive about mammograms. "My mother had breast cancer ...

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

Information on knee pain, breast cancer drugs and protecting bones
7Online.com, NY -
Feb 22, 2006By Dr. Jay Adlersberg. (New York-WABC, February 22, 2006) - In the news today, knee pain, breast cancer drugs and protecting bones. ...