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Fighting Breast Cancer Recurrence: New Studies, New Recommendations
For many years, the estrogen-blocking drug tamoxifen has been the standard of care for most women with breast cancer. Now, a recently published study and new guidelines from a leading organization of cancer specialists indicate that tamoxifen may not always be the best option.
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Making Decisions in Early-stage Breast Cancer
While survival rates for early breast cancer are high, women and their medical teams must weigh many risks and benefits in order to design the best possible treatment plan.
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Does Weight Gain Increase Breast Cancer Risk?
One of the frightening aspects of breast cancer is that many of the known risk factors for the disease, such as family history, are beyond our control. But a recent study found that weight gain of 20 pounds or more increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
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Extra Protection: Preventing Breast Cancer's Return
Survival rates for breast cancer have improved steadily over the last decade, thanks to earlier detection and better treatments. The aim of therapy, particularly among women with early-stage breast cancer, is to not only eliminate the cancer, but to prevent it from coming back. Treatment that is given after surgery to prevent recurrence is called adjuvant therapy.
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When Hormones Fuel Breast Cancer
Women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer are often overwhelmed with the amount of information they need to make informed decisions about their care. One highly important piece of information, which helps determine future treatment, is the cancer's hormone-receptor status.
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HRT vs. Hormonal Treatment: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Both hormone replacement therapy and hormonal treatment for breast cancer have made headlines in recent years, leading to some confusion. In truth, hormone replacement therapy and hormonal treatment for breast cancer have completely opposite goals.
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First Advice For Breast Cancer Patients
The prognosis for women with breast cancer is good. Treatment options have multiplied in recent years; newer treatments are more effective and less invasive in their effect; and most women diagnosed this year will survive their breast cancer.
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Breast Cancer: On Stage
While a diagnosis of breast cancer is almost always shocking, not all breast cancers behave the same way. In an effort to provide the best possible plan of attack, cancer specialists perform a series of tests to classify breast tumors into stages. This information determines the extent of the cancer and is used to guide treatment decisions.
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Life After Breast Cancer Surgery: Get Moving and Stay Moving!
Even successful breast cancer surgery can be followed by aftereffects. Frozen shoulder, back problems and lymphedema are all common problems for breast cancer survivors, and can seriously compromise quality of life. Medical exercise specialist and breast cancer survivor Annie Toglia believes that more must be done to prevent such problems.
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The Right to Bear Children: Preserving Fertility in Women With Cancer
Although cancer risk is known to rise with age, the disease can strike people at any stage of life. Cancer patients of all ages tend to be highly focused on getting through cancer therapy, fighting the disease, and surviving cancer-free. But premenopausal women with cancer have an additional set of concerns.
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The Genetics of Breast Cancer
Genetic sources of disease are being explored like never before. The search for genetic explanations of breast cancer is no exception.
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Breast Cancer Screening Using Mammography
Regular mammograms are an effective means of cancer screening, especially for women after menopause.
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Bright Future for Breast Cancer Hormonal Therapy
Researchers predict the future for breast cancer treatment is brighter with new types of hormonal therapy.
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Coping With the Loss of a Breast
A diagnosis of breast cancer evokes a myriad of emotional responses, particularly when there is a loss of one or both breasts.
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Types of Hormonal Therapy for Breast Cancer
Another class of hormonal therapy called aromatase inhibitors has shown very promising results for the treatment of certain breast cancers.
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DCIS: Treating a Pre-cancer
As more American women are screened for breast cancer with mammograms, doctors are seeing more of a condition called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Find out how this pre-cancer differs from breast cancer.
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More Than Mammograms: MRI for High-Risk Women
Physicians and women have long awaited a better early detection tool for breast cancer than mammograms. And a recent study suggests that a new option, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can be added to the screening arsenal, though it's only recommended to women at high genetic risk for breast cancer.
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