New analysis links breastfeeding to reduced risk of childhood leukemia
...sing along her antibodies to the child through her breast milk and strengthening the baby's immune system." According to the National Cancer Institute, leukemia is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States among children younger than 15. From 1975 through 1995, ALL accounted for 78 percent o...New radiotherapy regime benefits young women with breast cancer
Women under 35 years of age with breast cancer can have an almost 20% lower risk of their ...ts with microscopically complete excision of early breast cancer using breast-conserving surgery were randomly assigned to undergo 50Gy irradiation of the who...New insights into hormone therapy highlight when estrogen best aids brain
...ased women's chances of contracting heart disease, breast cancer, and stroke. Another WHI study recently showed that long-term hormone treatment also increases the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. "Many menopausal women are at a loss, trying to ease the symptoms of menopause without incurring any ad...Barriers preclude rural women from breast cancer screening
While breast cancer screening in rural America remains underuti...study. These barriers include poor knowledge about breast cancer and screening, difficulty accessing facilities, and lack of encouragement and funds to get sc...UGA professor receives $3 million grant from National Cancer Institute for breast cancer research
...rant to research the differences between promoting breast cancer screening by comparing the effectiveness of...pringston said women should be tested annually for breast cancer after reaching the age of 40 or 50, depending on which doctor you ask and earlier if there i...Racial differences, poverty linked to mammography use
...ion and treatment are helping to reduce death from breast cancer in America, but poor, rural and minority wo...their knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding breast and cervical cancer screening. The women selected from patient records at a major area health care ...New protein associated with aggressiveness in breast and ovarian cancer
...nd a potential new protein marker for prognosis of breast and ovarian cancer. In the November, 2004 issue o...tcomes in about 100 patients diagnosed with either breast or ovarian cancer and found that a low level of Rab25 protein on a patient's cancer sample was assoc...Breast cancer in Asian Americans is rising faster than in any other ethnic group
...n women in any other major ethnic group to develop breast cancer, their breast cancer rate is the nation's fastest-growing. The findings come from a new analysis by the Cancer Sur...Hmong face high rates of some cancers
...the community's low incidence of colorectal, lung, breast and prostate cancers -- masks very high rates of o...g may see their now-low rates of lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancers begin to climb within a generation. "Smoking is not common in the Hmong," Yang ...'Science of better' convenes operations researchers in Denver
...making process when considering options to prevent breast cancer. Biological markers hold promise to improve the prediction of risk and the response to interventions. The authors discuss the pilot version of software that helps physicians advise patients about their individual cancer risk and how to weigh t...The 23rd Congress of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO)
... RAI. Press Conference: New findings in prostate, breast and head and neck cancer: Professor Michael Brada...ress Conference will include presentations of: A breast cancer study of more than 5,000 patients, which showed that a more precise and higher treatment dose...Ductal lavage may not detect breast cancer, study finds
...al lavage is not an effective method for detecting breast cancer, according to a new study in the October 20...cificity of ductal lavage in the presence of known breast cancer, Seema A. Khan, M.D., of the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center and Northwestern Memorial ...Study examines reasons for late-stage breast cancers
...ity to achieve the largest reduction in late-stage breast cancers, according to the authors of a new study i... issue suggests that certain biases often found in breast cancer screening studies should be taken into account when interpreting the results of the study. Be...Chemotherapy, but not tamoxifen, associated with stroke risk after breast cancer treatment
Tamoxifen use for the treatment of breast cancer is not associated with an increased risk of... has been used for the treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer since 1978. Since then, the drug has also been shown to reduce the risk of contralateral brea...Ductal lavage may not detect breast cancer
...al lavage is not an effective method for detecting breast cancer, according to a new study led by researcher...should not be offered ductal lavage as a method of breast cancer detection. Mammography and physical examination remain the most effective methods of early d...Widely used breast cancer drug not linked to stroke
...lts of two previous studies, physicians today warn breast cancer patients who take tamoxifen that the drug m...eases stroke risk among women treated for invasive breast cancer was unexpected, and we do not know whether this result is because women receiving chemotherap...Soy likely doesn't affect fertility, according to research in monkeys
...f soy is consumed have dramatically lower rates of breast cancer than women in the United States. One explan...s that any protection that soy may provide against breast cancer does not come from changes in the menstrual cycle." He said consumption of a high-soy d...Large portion of late-stage breast cancers associated with absence of screening
...reening rates and investing in research to improve breast cancer detection technologies should be top priori...r Institute*. As many as 92 percent of late-stage breast cancer cases in the United States could be diagnosed and treated earlier, when there is greater like...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Oct. 19, 2004
...ho had childhood cancer, 95 subsequently developed breast cancer (Article, p. 590). At most risk were those ... radiation therapy, those with a family history of breast cancer or a personal history of thyroid disease. * * * Annals of Internal Medicine is publishe...High fiber intake reduces estrogen levels in Latina women, say Keck School of Medicine researchers
.... Because high estrogen levels have been linked to breast cancer, this finding could provide a significant step toward preventing breast cancer. Their findings are being presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Fr...