Breast cancer News

BMW fleets on mission to raise cancer research funding
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... of America on a million-mile cross-country trek that will bring them to Florence today to generate attention and money in the fight against breast cancer. ...

Local Woman Honored For Work With Breast Cancer Patients
Mar 25, 2006 ... Sharon L. Bassett has battled recurring breast cancer for nine years, but it hasn't stopped her from helping others. Now the Zionsville ...

Sign Up For Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk
Mar 25, 2006 ... Registration has begun for the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk, which will be held this summer in metro Detroit. The 60-mile walk benefits ...

EBCC: Age Is Independent Risk Factor in Early Breast Cancer
Mar 25, 2006 ... NICE, France, March 24 - A 30-year-old woman diagnosed with early stage breast cancer has no better chance of surviving for 10 years than does a woman 30 years ...

Breast cancer service inquiry planned
Illawarra Mercury, Australia -
Mar 24, 2006By JENNY DENNIS. A TOP Sydney breast surgeon will be brought to the Illawarra to sort out the region's troubled breast cancer service. ...

Researchers' findings advance breast cancer research
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release), PA -
Mar 24, 2006Study 1: Changes in bone mineral density do not predict breast cancer incidence in younger women. "Previous studies have indicated ...

Patient care dramatically improved using best practice
EurekAlert (press release), DC -
Mar 22, 2006A study in the Netherlands has proved that achieving the gold standard in breast cancer care is possible. Teams across the Netherlands ...

Breast cancer testing safe
London Free Press, Canada -
Mar 22, 2006TORONTO -- Women who have a high risk of breast cancer because of a genetic mutation can safely have mammograms to screen for the disease, despite doses of ...

Black Women More Likely to Die From Breast Cancer
Forbes -
Mar 21, 2006TUESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Black American women are 19 percent more likely than white women to die of breast cancer, a new study finds. ...

US test may miss breast cancer traits
Boston Globe, United States -
Mar 22, 2006More than 1 in 10 women who test negative for a genetic trait linked to breast cancer may still get the disease because of undetected abnormalities, scientists ...

Two-Doctor Care Best for Breast Cancer Survivors
Forbes -
Mar 21, 2006TUESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer survivors may get better follow-up care when they're looked after by both their primary-care doctor and a ...

Genetic testing can miss signs of breast cancer
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
Mar 21, 2006Genetic tests missed mutations linked to breast cancer in 12 percent of women at high risk for inheriting the disease, according to a new study from ...