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Targeting cells’ ‘microenvironment’ to fight breast cancer

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:09:01 +0000

(USA TODAY) Exercise has given Lu-Ann Doria more energy, confidence and strength. It may also help her stay cancer-free, doctors say.

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8 Inspiring Faces Of Breast Cancer

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:08:02 +0000

(The Huffington Post) In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month this October, we rounded up just a few of the inspiring faces of breast cancer over the past several years.

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Feed friends with cancer a healthy, tolerable meal

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:07:05 +0000

(Indianapolis Star) Lisa Andrews, a registered dietitian and co-owner of Sound Bites Nutrition, said it’s important to ask what cancer patients’ nutritional needs and dietary tolerance are. She suggests vitamin-packed meals built around items like sweet potatoes

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Breast biopsies are a crucial step before diagnosis and treatment

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:06:18 +0000

(New York Daily News) The specialist: Dr. Ira Bleiweiss, detection of breast cancer.

As director of the division of breast pathology at Mount Sinai, Dr. Ira Bleiweiss evaluates the results of thousands of biopsies a year to rule out or identify breast cancer.

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CA insurer won’t cover Avastin for breast cancer

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:03:56 +0000

(BusinessWeek) For the past 2 1/2 years, Terry Kalley’s wife has battled breast cancer with Avastin, the world’s bestselling cancer drug. About a year ago, he found out that federal regulators were considering pulling their approval of the drug for … Continue reading →

Rare breast cancer seen more in Hispanics

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:59:25 +0000

(UPI) Rare (breast) phyllodes tumors — 0.5 percent to 1 percent of all breast tumors tend to be more prevalent in Hispanic women, U.S. researchers say.

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Breast reconstruction choices for women

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:58:35 +0000

(Savannah Morning News) One in seven American women will get breast cancer. Although the most important goal of breast cancer treatment is curing the cancer itself, mastectomy and lumpectomy patients are often left with physical defects that can be difficult to accept.

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Breast cancer patients benefit from bone drug

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:56:21 +0000

(Los Angles Times) Breast cancer patients who take drugs called aromatase inhibitors can experience a decline in bone density. However, a new study shows that adding an osteoporosis drug to their medication regimen prevents the bone loss.

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Breast Cancer Gene Boosts Survival From Ovarian Tumors in Study

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:55:09 +0000

(Bloomberg/Businessweek) Ovarian cancer patients with a genetic mutation best known for its ties to breast cancer have a higher survival rate than those without the mutation, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found.

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You Have to Gamble on Your Health

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:54:29 +0000

(New York Times Op Ed) Early October brought two developments in the world of cancer screening: the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with its calls for regular mammograms for women, and a new recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force that healthy men not undergo screening for prostate cancer.

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