You are here : health.am > Cancer Health Center > Breast Cancer news Breast Cancer news Yoga provides emotional benefits to women with breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Feb 25 09 Women undertaking a ten week program of 75 minute Restorative Yoga (RY) classes gained positive differences in aspects of mental health such as depression, positive emotions, and spirituality… Waiting for biopsy results may adversely affect health • Breast Cancer news • Feb 24 09 Women who’ve had a breast biopsy know the anxiety of waiting for the results, but that stress may cause adverse health effects, according to a new study published in… Contraceptive pills still tied to breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Feb 23 09 The use of contraceptive pills has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a report in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Until now, the reported… Metastasis-Promoting Protein Identified; Could Provide a Prognostic Test Or Target for Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Feb 23 09 Tumors that are about to progress and metastasize go through a process also seen in normal embryonic development, known as the epithelial to mesenchymal… Breast Cancer Patients May Have a New Treatment Option When Cancer Spreads • Breast Cancer news • Feb 23 09 For orthopaedic researcher Joyce Keyak, Ph.D., finding ways to battle breast cancer is a personal as well as a professional mission. Her cousin died… Menopause drug Livial ups breast cancer return risk • Breast Cancer news • Feb 18 09 The synthetic hormone Livial, designed as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy, makes it significantly more likely a woman’s breast cancer will come back, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.… In Flurry of Studies, Researcher Details Role of Apples in Inhibiting Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Feb 17 09 Six studies published in the past year by a Cornell researcher add to growing evidence that an apple a day - as well as… Genetic ‘hotspot’ for breast cancer risk • Breast Cancer news • Feb 16 09 Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have identified a new genetic hotspot for breast cancer. Reporting this week in Nature Genetics, Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D, and colleagues have identified a region on chromosome… New guidelines emphasize use of breast MRI to supplement standard imaging • Breast Cancer news • Feb 16 09 Updated guidelines for physicians that represent best practices for using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to newly diagnose breast cancer and to make treatment decisions for breast… Art therapy ups breast cancer patients’ well-being • Breast Cancer news • Feb 13 09 Women having radiation treatment for breast cancer experienced lasting improvements in mental and physical health and quality of life after participating in five sessions of art therapy, Swedish researchers report.… Pregnancy Has No Impact on Breast Cancer Survival, Does Delay Treatment, Diagnosis • Breast Cancer news • Feb 09 09 Young women who develop breast cancer during their pregnancy, or who are diagnosed within one year of their pregnancy, have no difference in rates of… Spanish scientists confirm extra virgin olive oil helps to combat breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Feb 05 09 Researchers of the Catalonian Institute of Oncology (ICO) and the University of Granada (Spain) have verified the bioactivity of the polyphenols present in extra virgin… Statin Therapy Ineffective in Breast Cancer Prevention • Breast Cancer news • Feb 05 09 Laboratory work in animals showed limited activity when statins were given to prevent breast cancer, according to a report in the February issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal… New evidence of hormone therapy causing breast cancer, Stanford professor says • Breast Cancer news • Feb 04 09 Postmenopausal women who take combined estrogen plus progestin menopausal hormone therapy for at least five years double their annual risk of breast cancer, according to new… Hispanic Women and Breast Cancer: An Understudied Group • Breast Cancer news • Feb 04 09 Data from the ELLA Binational Breast Cancer Study will be released for the first time at the American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health… New tool predicts women’s outcome in breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Feb 03 09 Evaluating how various proteins interact in tumors can help predict a woman’s chances of surviving breast cancer, allowing doctors to better tailor treatment, Canadian researchers said on Sunday.… New technique images tumor vessel leakiness to predict breast cancer chemotherapy outcome • Breast Cancer news • Feb 02 09 Chemotherapy is an integral part of modern cancer treatment, but it’s not always effective. Successful chemotherapy depends on the ability of anticancer drugs to escape… Study identifies potential ‘safe period’ for hormone replacement use • Breast Cancer news • Feb 02 09 A new study makes important new findings on the role of hormone use on the risk of breast cancer, confirming that the use of estrogen plus progesterone increases… Screening May Eventually Reduce Additional Breast Surgery • Breast Cancer news • Jan 31 09 A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have developed a rapid, automated image screening process to distinguish breast… UK breast screening information has serious shortcomings • Breast Cancer news • Jan 28 09 The information about breast screening sent to women in the United Kingdom has serious shortcomings and should not be used as a basis for informed consent, warn researchers in a… Many Women Who Had Childhood Cancer Do Not Undergo Breast Cancer Screening • Breast Cancer news • Jan 28 09 Despite recommendations and being at an increased risk of breast cancer, most young women who were treated with chest radiation for a childhood cancer do… Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Contralateral Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jan 26 09 A preventive procedure to remove the unaffected breast in breast cancer patients with disease in one breast may only be necessary in patients who have high-risk features as assessed… Study examines risk factors for cancer in unaffected breast of breast cancer patients • Breast Cancer news • Jan 26 09 A new study identifies certain patient and tumor characteristics that may help indicate which breast cancer patients would be the most likely to benefit… Marital distress may worsen breast cancer recovery • Breast Cancer news • Jan 23 09 Women coping with difficulties in their marriage have a harder time recovering from treatment for breast cancer, researchers have found. Breast cancer survivors involved in an ongoing but distressed marriage… Obesity common in women at risk of breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jan 23 09 A new study indicates that many women with a family history of breast cancer are obese or sedentary, both of which may further boost their risk of the… Page 46 of 69 pages « First < 44 45 46 47 48 > Last » << Back to main
