Breast cancer News

Fatigue may persist after breast cancer treatment
Jan 10, 2006 ... NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Approximately one third of women treated for breast cancer experience fatigue for the first five years after treatment, and for ...

Nurse wins fight for cancer drug
Jan 10, 2006 ... ... councillors.... Health service officials have given a Rose Green district nurse the best chance of fighting breast cancer in 2006. Chris ...

Reconstruction a breast cancer option
Jan 10, 2006 ... Both of Kerry Herman's parents had cancer. Her mother survived breast cancer that was treated when she was 48, and her father died of colon cancer at 51. ...

Fatigue causes 'chemo-brain' in breast cancer patients
Jan 10, 2006 ... ... thinking -- is a well known but poorly understood side-effect of chemotherapy that could affect up to three-quarters of women being treated for breast cancer. ...

Worthy cause: Pink Ribbon Ball to benefit breast-cancer research
Jan 10, 2006 ... ... are hoping that 11 is a lucky number in their efforts to raise tens of thousands of dollars for the American Cancer Society’s battle against breast cancer. ...

Geoff Oldfather: Fight against breast cancer full-time job
Jan 10, 2006 ... ... Debbie Hollister, a breast cancer patient who helped start an organization called "Friends of the Breast Care Center of the Treasure Coast" to raise money for ...

Teleconference Helps Women With Breast Cancer Understand use of ...
Jan 10, 2006 ... 9, 2006 --The latest medical updates on aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of breast cancer will be the focus of Living Beyond Breast Cancer's free ...

Fatigue Persists in Some Long-Term Survivors of Breast Cancer
Jan 10, 2006 ... NEW YORK JAN 09, 2006 (Reuters Health) - Approximately one-third of women treated for breast cancer experience fatigue during the first 5 years after treatment ...

Family influences breast cancer treatment among older Hispanics
EurekAlert (press release), DC -
Jan 8, 2006The influence of the family in the treatment decision-making process for breast cancer may account the significant racial differences in breast cancer ...

Breast Cancer Treatment Influenced By Family
MedIndia, India -
Jan 8, 2006It is well-established fact that the incidence of breast cancer is largely dependent on the race of a particular individual. This ...

Coffee: Breaks cancer risk?
myDNA.com, TX -
Jan 8, 2006... researchers at the University of Toronto has found that women who have a certain genetic mutation that puts them at increased risk of breast cancer can lower ...

Illinois Launches Nation’s First Lottery Ticket to Support the ...
Jan 10, 2006 ... jevich on Monday joined Senate President Emil ...

Lots of coffee may protect some women from breast cancer
Cancerfacts.com, WA -
Jan 7, 20066, 2005 – Six or more cups of coffee a day may dramatically cut the risk of breast cancer by as much as 70 percent among women with one of the gene mutations ...

Hope rises for breast cancer patients
Nigeria Daily Independent, Nigeria -
Jan 6, 2006Scientists in Australia have discovered a stem cell that is expected to provide clues about how breast cancer develops, and how cancer cells evade current ...