Breast cancer News

Research to shed light on breast cancer detection
Mar 16, 2006 ... Leading edge research being pioneered by Northumbria and Newcastle Universities could lead to a safer and more effective way of screening for breast cancer. ...

No long-term cancer risk seen from breast implants
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... of nearly 2,800 Danish women who received breast implants between 1973 and 1995, found that these women actually had a lower risk of breast cancer than a group ...

Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Could Benefit Minorities but is ...
Mar 16, 2006 ... Ten years after the identification of the first breast cancer susceptibility genes, so few high-risk minority women have received genetic counseling or testing ...

Latest Aid is a Wonderful Thing ; BREAST CANCER: 'One in Five' ...
Mar 16, 2006 ... By Sam Webb. BREAST cancer survivors today welcomed the news that cancer drug Herceptin will soon be available in Coventry. Barbara ...

Local women walk for breast cancer research
Mar 16, 2006 ... BOSTON (March 15): Raechelle Summer Brooks of Rockland and Jamie Oliver of Hope will participate in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on May 20 and 21 in Boston. ...

Letrozole's Benefit for Breast Cancer Patients
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... of data from an international trial of the drug letrozole (Femara) confirms earlier reports that the drug reduced the recurrence of breast cancer in women ...

Members welcome payment for cancer drug
Independent Online, South Africa -
Mar 15, 2006Ten breast cancer survivors are celebrating following Discovery Health's decision to pay for their treatment with the "revolutionary" drug Herceptin. ...

Study: Doctors embraced breast-cancer findings too quickly
Orlando Sentinel, FL -
Mar 15, 2006... A study in today's Journal of the National Cancer Institute looks at how doctors rushed preliminary breast-cancer findings into practice. ...

Cancer message delivered at mother-daughter breakfasts
White Rock Peace Arch News, Canada -
Mar 14, 2006... Jan. 30, 2002, the Earl Marriott Secondary counsellor was diagnosed with breast cancer. ... And 22 per cent of breast cancer cases occur in women younger than 50. ...

Y-ME Breast Cancer Educational Series Is On Thursday
The Chattanoogan, TN -
Mar 14, 2006The Chattanooga Affiliate of Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization presents 2006 Breast Cancer Educational Series on Thursday at6 pm at North River Civic ...

Herceptin hype: Big Pharma's new "miracle cure" for breast cancer ...
Newstarget.com, Taiwan -
Mar 14, 2006The drug industry is happily jumping up and down, shouting about what it considers to be a new, amazing, miracle-class breakthrough drug for breast cancer. ...

Fillauer Inc. Helps Breast Cancer Survivors Through Innovative ...
The Chattanoogan, TN -
Mar 14, 2006offers a new technology for breast cancer survivors that obtains a 3-D laser scan of the patient’s surgical site and the natural shape of the intact breast. ...

Well and Good : Exercise may help reduce breast cancer risk
INQ7.net, Philippines -
Mar 13, 2006By Tina Juan. EVIDENCE is growing that exercise may be an important weapon in the fight against breast cancer. This is good to know ...

FASHION DESIGNER 'DRESSES' CAR FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
Auto Racing Daily -
Mar 13, 2006... Anh has re-designed the interior of a 2006 Ford Fusion to help the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, raise funds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation ...