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Jan 13 -
Surgery can lower cancer risk in high-risk brca1/2
carriers
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Removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes, a surgical procedure
referred to as salpingo-oophorectomy, in women who carry the BRCA1
or BRCA2 gene mutation, can lower their risk of breast cancer by
about 50 percent and their risk of ovarian or fallopian tube cancer
by roughly 80 percent, suggest the results of a review of 10
published studies.
Jan 13 -
Q&A: Obama's healthcare headache
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Physician and health and science reporter David Brown discusses how President-elect Obama's promise to reform the U.S. healthcare system is going to be more difficult than many imagine.
Jan 11 -
Obama's health secretary pick vows healthcare reform
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Former Senator Tom Daschle has vowed that if chosen to be health secretary, the healthcare reform process will be aggressive and open, and it will move quickly to improve care while lowering costs.
Jan 09 -
UK's first breast cancer gene screen baby born
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The first baby girl in Britain to have been screened before
conception for a genetic form of breast cancer has been born,
doctors said on Friday.
Jan 08 -
Hormone Therapy Reduces Colon Cancer Risk
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Recent news that hormone therapy may
increase the risk of breast cancer had many women concerned about
taking estrogen plus progestin, but new research shows those same
hormones may decrease their risk of developing colorectal
cancer.
Jan 07 -
Breast cancer in men often detected late
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One in every hundred breast cancers or so occurs in men, and such
tumors are often detected at a late stage. Furthermore, these
cancers can appear benign on mammography, according to a report in
the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Jan 06 -
Scientists find a gene that makes cancer spread
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A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast
cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making
it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Jan 05 -
Diet tied to breast cancer survival
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Researchers say weight loss isn't the only reason healthy eating should be on your New Year's resolution list: it may also decrease your risk of death if you have breast cancer.
Jan 05 -
Diet tied to survival in breast cancer patients
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Women with early-stage breast cancer may live longer if they
maintain a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and
low-fat dairy, a new study suggests.
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