Breast cancer News

Family Influences Breast Cancer Treatment Among Older Hispanics
Jan 15, 2006 ... The influence of the family in the treatment decision-making process for breast cancer may account the significant racial differences in breast cancer ...

breast cancer drug for county patients
Jan 15, 2006 ... By CIARA LEEMING. A DRUG being hailed as a breakthrough in the treatment of breast cancer is to be available to more patients from Flintshire. ...

Link found between light, breast cancer
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Jan 13, 2006The high rate of breast cancer in industrialized countries has long puzzled medical researchers, but a team of US scientists has discovered a possible ...

Excess pounds may dim breast cancer prognosis
Reuters.uk, UK -
Jan 13, 2006By Amy Norton. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast cancer patients who are overweight may have somewhat poorer survival odds than leaner women with the disease. ...

Two breast cancer conferences planned for Dublin
Irish Medical News, Ireland -
Jan 13, 2006Conferences on early detection of breast cancer and its impact on younger women will be held in Dublin in February and March. The ...

Docs test new breast cancer treatment
myDNA.com, TX -
Jan 13, 2006Canadian doctors are studying a method of treatment for early-stage breast cancer patients that could cut their treatment time from several weeks to a single ...

Wellness Center offers exercise for breast cancer patients
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH -
Jan 14, 2006A breast cancer survivor is using therapeutic movements and dance exercises to fight cancer through a program known as the Lebed Method/Focus on Healing Program ...

New drug slows down breast cancer
Health24.com, South Africa -
Jan 13, 2006... Femara (letrozole) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to prevent recurrence of hormone-sensitive early breast cancer among postmenopausal ...

Bowl For a Cure To Benefit Breast Cancer Research
KCBD-TV, TX -
Jan 13, 2006Bowl a strike and you could help find a cure for breast cancer. ... All proceeds benefit the Lubbock area affiliate of the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation. ...

Fatigue Persists for Some Breast Cancer Patients
Forbes -
Jan 11, 200611 (HealthDay News) -- One in five breast cancer patients experiences persistent or recurring fatigue throughout the decade following diagnosis and treatment ...

Genes affect benefits of breast cancer drug
Reuters -
Jan 12, 2006NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The gene for an enzyme called cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) influences how well the breast cancer drug tamoxifen works and whether ...

Fatigue Persists for Some Breast Cancer Patients
HealthCentral.com -
Jan 11, 2006... 11 (HealthDay News) -- One in five breast cancer patients experiences persistent or recurring fatigue throughout the decade following diagnosis and treatment ...

Amity nail salon donates to Babylon Breast Cancer Coalition
Amityville Record, NY -
Jan 12, 2006... cooperation of her employees, Libby Bent, Xiao Li Murphy and Alexis Cangelosi, they were able to contribute nearly $4,000 to the Babylon Breast Cancer Coalition ...

Organization to know - Y-ME NATIONAL BREAST CANCER ORGANIZATION
Munster Times, IN -
Jan 12, 2006By Times Correspondent Sue Bero. MISSION: To ensure through information, empowerment and peer support that no one faces breast cancer alone. ...

Jazzercise Group Raises Money for Breast Cancer
Shore Publishing, CT -
Jan 12, 2006Waterford - For the last eight years, Jazzercise of Waterford has held an annual fund-raiser for breast cancer awareness at the Williams School in New London ...

DRUG FIGHT FOR BREAST CANCER MAN
Mirror.co.uk, UK -
Jan 11, 2006A MALE breast cancer sufferer has vowed to fight for the right to have wonder drug Herceptin. Stuart Waver, in remission after chemotherapy ...

Lib Dems: Cancer care variations unacceptable
Politics.co.uk, UK -
Jan 12, 2006Today's report by the public accounts committee reveals that while 80 per cent of breast cancer patients are referred to a specialist within two weeks of ...