Breast cancer News

Jan Brody: Before breast cancer surgery, ask about reconstruction
Jan 29, 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. ...

Cognitive decline, supplements, breast cancer
Jan 29, 2006 ... ... THE QUESTION: A class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors has been shown to help women whose breast cancer does not respond to tamoxifen, the standard hormone ...

January 27 - Rider to Host Breast Cancer Conference
Rider University, NJ -
Jan 27, 2006Breast cancer patients, survivors and their families will have an opportunity to learn about emerging issues in breast cancer research in a day-long conference ...

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center to Hold Free Breast Cancer ...
Bogalusa Daily News, LA -
Jan 27, 2006FRANKLINTON - A free community-based breast cancer screening for eligible women will be held from 10 am until 1 pm on Saturday, Feb. ...

Sisters of women with breast cancer joining study
Reuters -
Jan 26, 2006... the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Sister Study, and they all have at least one thing in common: a sister who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. ...

Vaginal Dryness Meds May Counteract Breast Cancer Drugs
Forbes -
Jan 26, 2006... News) -- Estrogen used to combat vaginal dryness and other postmenopausal symptoms may counteract the beneficial effects of new breast cancer drugs called ...

New Cutting-Edge Treatments for Breast Cancer
ABC News -
Jan 25, 2006CHICAGO, Jan. 25, 2006 — Four years after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, Peggy Matson is now free of the disease. ...

West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition makes donation to Cold Spring ...
Babylon Beacon, NY -
Jan 26, 2006Recently, members of the Board of Directors of the West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition for LI, Inc. (WIBCC) visited Cold Spring Harbor ...

Scientists Unravel Link Between HRT And Breast Cancer Gene, BRCA1
MedIndia, India -
Jan 26, 2006It is a well established fact that any genetic alterations in either the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene can predispose to breast cancer. The ...

Study ties pollutants to breast cancer
Inside Bay Area, CA -
Jan 25, 2006As many as half of all new breast cancer cases may be foisted upon women by pollutants in the environment, triggered by such items as bisphenol-A lining in tin ...

Warning of risk to breast cancer patients from vaginal oestrogen
innovations report, Germany -
Jan 26, 2006Breast cancer specialists from one of the UK’s leading cancer centres cautioned doctors (Thursday 26 January) of the risks in prescribing vaginal oestrogen ...

Study Highlights Environment's Role in Risk of Breast Cancer
KSL-TV, UT -
Jan 25, 2006A new report issued today highlights the role our environment may play in breast cancer. ... A new report confirms 50% of breast cancer cases are unexplained. ...

Women With Breast Cancer Beware
Ivanhoe, FL -
Jan 25, 2006(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Breast cancer specialists from a leading cancer center in the United Kingdom caution all physicians about the risks of prescribing ...