Breast cancer News

Black tea may cure breast cancer
Jan 06, 2006 ... ... just green tea, but black tea is also beneficial, according to Indian scientists who have shown that a compound in black tea kills breast cancer cells, opening ...

Dogs Can Detect Cancer
Jan 06, 2006 ... As a part of the study, five household dogs were trained within a short 3-week period to detect lung or breast cancer by sniffing the breath of cancer ...

Motherhood after breast cancer?
Jan 06, 2006 ... A quarter of young breast cancer sufferers have reported no discussion of fertility issues at the time of diagnosis, despite the possibility of infertility ...

Computer-Aided System Helps Detect Breast Cancer Early
Jan 06, 2006 ... ... cancers earlier. "I do self exams and did not detect a lump or anything," said Phyllis Zawacki, a breast cancer patient. Three months ...

Computer programme evaluates breast cancer risk
Jan 06, 2006 ... Scientists have developed a computer programme to evaluate a woman's individual risk of developing breast cancer. Charity Cancer ...

New test to become available for breast cancer
Jan 06, 2006 ... A new diagnostic tool for breast cancer that will allow doctors to look at the genetic make-up of tumours to personalise treatment could be available later ...

Ask The Doctor: Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Jan 06, 2006 ... ... for early cancer detection. But there's more then one kind of breast cancer, including one that grows without a detectable mass. ...

University Huggins Lectures will explain genetics of breast cancer
Jan 06, 2006 ... By Katie Brandt. People in the United States spend an estimated $3.8 billion on breast cancer treatment each year—and to some avail. ...

`Treatment of future' for breast cancer
Toronto Star, Canada -
Jan 5, 2006A simple one-hour radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer is well on its way to becoming the standard of treatment in future, says its leading Toronto ...

Cancer patients keep jobs
DetNews.com, MI -
Jan 5, 2006... Married women with breast cancer whose health insurance is through their husband's employer are more likely to take time off than married women with breast ...

New Products Are Expected to Be Introduced to the Cancer Vaccine ...
Genetic Engineering News, NY -
Jan 4, 2006... When are the products likely to come to market? Which company is leading the race to develop a breast cancer vaccine? What cancer ...

Cancer survivors' calendar spreads good word
The News Journal, DE -
Jan 5, 2006... FEBRUARY: Dolores Smith, of Milford, a 20-year survivor of breast cancer. "Life is full of challenges, dealing with cancer is the ...

Healthwatch: Pill, Libido; Coffee, Breast Cancer
CBS4Boston, Boston -
Jan 4, 2006(CBS4) BOSTON New evidence suggests that coffee may help fight breast cancer in certain women and that taking the pill may hamper a woman's sex drive. ...

Breast cancer screenings offered
Agassiz Harrison Observer, Canada -
Jan 4, 20069 to Jan. 12. The service aids in the early detection of breast cancer, the most common cause of cancer death among women aged 45 to 55. ...

FDA clears Xoft's Axxent for breast cancer
United Press International -
Jan 4, 2006FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Xoft said Wednesday it has been cleared to market its Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System for breast cancer. ...

Drug Approved to Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence
Forbes -
Jan 3, 2006... Femara (letrozole) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to prevent recurrence of hormone-sensitive early breast cancer among postmenopausal ...