Breast cancer news from bcancer.comRead latest treatment advances and the research progress reports in the field of breast cancer.No Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer With Estrogen Alone HRT- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Estrogen has been severely blamed for breast cancer. A new research published in the recent issue of the Journal of American Medical Association seems to suggest otherwise. This study shows that estrogen-alone hormone therapy does not increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Researchers reached this conclusion by analyzing findings of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Estrogen-Alone Trial. ......http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/4-2006/breast-cancer-with-estrogen-alone-hrt.html Genetic Testing Could benefit African American Women- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Ten years after the identification of the first breast cancer susceptibility genes so few high-risk minority women have received genetic counseling or testing that the standard methods of calculating risk have not been validated in these groups and the results of genetic testing can still produce surprises. ......http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/genetic-testing-could-benefit-african-american-wom... Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk In African American Women- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Both black women and white women who regularly exercise have a decreased risk of breast cancer compared to women who do not exercise, according to scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. ......http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/exercise-may-reduce-breast-cancer-risk-in-african-... Results From The NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention Trial- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Scientists from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) who conducted the landmark Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT), report a seven-year and final update of the trial results in the November 16, 2005, Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In this final report, reductions in breast cancer incidence among participants taking tamoxifen were found to be very similar compared to those reported in 1998 when initial findings from the BCPT were released. The conclusion..http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/results-from-the-nsabp-breast-cancer-prevention-tr... Presence Of A Gene Increases Risk In Breast Cancer Families- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Close relatives of women who have had cancer in both breasts and also carry a faulty version of the CHEK2 gene have a greatly increased risk of breast cancer - according to a report in the Lancet.. ......http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/presence-of-a-gene-increases-risk-in-breast-cancer... Higher Placental Weight Higher The Breast Cancer Risk- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Women with a higher placental weight in prior pregnancies have an increased risk of breast cancer, possibly from the hormones produced by the placenta, according to a study in the November 16 issue of JAMA. ......http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/11-2005/higher-placental-weight-higher-the-breast-cancer-r... Internet To Sove Mammogam Crisis- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Digital mammography images can be accurately transmitted over broadband Internet, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). ......http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/12-2005/internet-to-sove-mammogam-crisis.html No Smoking Prior To Pregnancy- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Scientists outline in the November issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings their study of postmenopausal women, which supports the hypothesis that women who smoke cigarettes before first full-term pregnancy have a 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer compared with women who began smoking after the birth of their first child or were never smokers. ......http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/12-2005/no-smoking-prior-to-pregnancy.html New Technology To Detect Breast Cancer- (Found June 24, 2008 ) The 56-year-old woman was relieved: her mammogram showed no signs of breast cancer. Just two weeks later at a follow-up exam, a magnetic resonance image illuminated a glaring mass the size of a walnut. The tumor was malignant, and its detection demonstrated all too clearly the disparity between two imaging techniques - x-ray mammograms versus magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- that have opposing strengths and weaknesses. ......http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/12-2005/new-technology-to-detect-breast-cancer.html Two Treatments Similar In Breast Cancer- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Results from a clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of the drugs paclitaxel and docetaxel, delivered over two different dosing schedules, showed that both drugs - regardless of the dosing schedules tested in this trial - provided similar benefits for women with stage II or III, operable breast cancer. However, more women treated with docetaxel than with paclitaxel experienced serious side effects from their therapy. The trial was led by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group in...http://bcancer.com/bcancer-news/1-2006/two-treatments-similar.html |