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More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer

December 3, 2008

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) — SheKayla Love, 26, of Dallas, had the first cyst in her breast removed when she was just 14, the second when she was 19.

By the time she found the third lump, she was 25 and had watched her grandmother die of breast cancer (after being diagnosed at 55) and her mother endure both chemotherapy and radiation after being diagnosed with the same disease and undergoing a full mastectomy at age 45.

Love’s first two cysts had come back benign, but a mammogram revealed the third one to be ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), when abnormal cells appear in the lining of the breast duct. The condition can turn into cancer. Read More

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Radioactive ‘Seed’ Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight Breast Cancer

December 2, 2008

MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) — Women who have had their breasts augmented with implants and are later diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer may be treated successfully with a partial-breast radiation treatment known as brachytherapy, according to an Arizona physician and researcher.

“It’s such a challenge to take care of these augmented women,” said Dr. Robert Kuske Jr., a Scottsdale radiation oncologist and clinical professor of radiation oncology at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson. Read More

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Radiologists Read Scans Better if They Have Patient’s Photo

December 2, 2008
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By Anne Harding

TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2008 (Health.com) — Radiologists who read imaging exams—such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CT scans—may do a better job if they see a picture of the face that goes with the diagnostic test, according to research presented this week at the Radiology Society of North America’s annual meeting in Chicago.

Radiologists in the study said they read CT scans more meticulously and felt more empathy when they saw a patient’s face, although it’s not clear if the photo actually improved their accuracy in interpreting the test results. Read More

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Weight Boosts Older Women’s Breast Cancer Risk

November 26, 2008

TUESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) — Being overweight boosts the risk of getting advanced breast cancer for older women, according to a new study that looked at more than 287,000 women and took into account their mammogram habits.

The weight itself is to blame for the added risk, the researchers concluded.

“Women who are above their healthy weight have higher levels of circulating estrogens,” noted study lead author Dr. Karla Kerlikowske, director of the Women Veterans’ Comprehensive Health Center at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. “The estrogen is promoting tumor growth,” she said. Read More

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U.S. Cancer Rate-Death Rate Combo Drops for 1st Time

November 26, 2008

TUESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) — For the first time since such statistics were released in 1998, the number of men and women in the United States getting and dying from cancer has dropped.

The drop in cancer rates is mostly due to fewer cases of lung, prostate and colorectal cancer among men, and fewer cases of breast and colorectal cancer among women. Also, death rates from lung cancer have leveled off among women since 2003, a new report found. Read More

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Can Some Breast Cancer Tumors Regress if Left Untreated?

November 24, 2008
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By Kate Stinchfield

Do more frequent mammograms pick up some breast cancer tumors that might have gone away without treatment? Possibly, according to a controversial study published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine. However, experts caution that the research raises an interesting question, but can’t definitively answer it.

In the study, a research team led by Per-Henrik Zahl, MD, of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, looked at two groups of women from before and after Norway stepped up its mammogram screening program in 1996. Read More

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Latin Women More Likely to Be Unhappy With Breast Cancer Treatment Decisions

November 24, 2008

FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) — Latina women are almost six times more likely than white women to report great dissatisfaction and regret about their choice of breast cancer treatment, a new report says.

Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that despite being just as involved with their doctor in deciding the treatment plan, Latinas were more likely to say they would have preferred more involvement in the decision-making even though they ended up with the same treatment plan as other women. This was especially true in Latinas who preferred to speak Spanish, a group that said it had difficulty understanding written information about breast cancer. Read More

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Cancer Drug Ups Risk of Clots in Veins

November 19, 2008

TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) — The widely used cancer drug Avastin appears to be associated with a greater risk of developing blood clots in the veins of patients with a variety of cancers.

This risk lengthens an already long list of severe side effects associated with the drug, including clots in the artery, heart attacks, stroke and bowel perforation. Read More

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Diet, Exercise May Modify Breast Cancer Risks

November 19, 2008

TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) — Scientists believe they have found out why diet and exercise affect a women’s chance of breast cancer after she’s past menopause, a new study says.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that cutting calories and exercise affect pathways to mTOR, a molecule that integrates energy balance with cell growth and can contribute to various human diseases when it is not functioning properly. Read More

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Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring

November 19, 2008

TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) — Women whose mothers consumed canola oil during pregnancy and breast-feeding may be less likely to develop breast cancer than those whose mothers consumed corn oil, a new study suggests.

Researchers fed pregnant and lactating mice a diet high in either corn oil, which contains 50 percent omega-6 polyunsaturated fats, or canola oil, which contains only 20 percent omega-6 polyunsaturated fats. Canola oil also has a much greater percentage of omega-3 polyunsaturated fat —10 percent compared with 0.5 percent in corn oil. Read More

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