Breast Cancer
Latest articles on Breast Cancer
The key to finding breast cancer is early detection, and the key to early detection is a regular screening mammogram, along with a clinical breast exam by a doctor or nurse.
What happens after a woman has been treated for breast cancer? An MCW study is evaluating data about breast cancer survivors and identifying factors that seem to predict more effective care.
Breast cancer, osteoporosis and eating disorders all occur in men, though their prevalence is much greater in the female population. As a result, many men may fail to recognize symptoms.
The use of breast-conserving surgery (BCS) for patients with early-stage breast cancer varies widely from region to region within the US. MCW researchers found that patients who lived at least 15 miles from a hospital with a radiation therapy facility were less likely to undergo BCS.
There are many research-based nutrition recommendations for reducing breast cancer risk.
With mammography, the breasts are compressed to spread the tissue apart to allow for better views and lower doses of radiation. If you avoid having the procedure the week before your period when your breasts are most sensitive, you shouldn't have pain that persists afterwards.
The rumored links between aluminum and Alzheimer's disease or breast cancer have never been proven.
Mutations of the BRCA1 And BRCA2 genes account for about 80% of inherited breast cancers, and also may signal increased risk of ovarian cancer.
A new, simplifed method of delivering radiation therapy directly to the site of removed breast tumors, MammoSite, reduces the duration of radiation therapy from 7 weeks to 5 days.
New tests are being developed, but screening for ovarian cancer is still in its infancy, and the techniques are far from perfect. Women must educate themselves about the symptoms and about the risk factors of this disease, which is curable but difficult to detect in its early stages.
Medical College of Wisconsin researchers report that older breast cancer survivors are less likely to get annual mammograms, which are recommended for all breast cancer survivors to detect local recurrence or a second primary cancer.
Surgeons have begun to offer biopsy of the sentinel lymph node (the first node breast cancer strikes) as an alternative to removing several lymph nodes in women with small spreading breast cancers.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a highly useful adjunct to mammography for detecting breast cancer early.
Physicians armed with a new family of instruments using radio-frequency (RF) energy may, in the next several years, be able to cut out breast cancers while making only a tiny incision.
A cancer survivor writes about the relatively rare occurrence of calcification of the breast after radiation therapy.
Virtually all the types of breast cancer present in women have also been identified in men. About 1% of breast cancer cases in the US occur in men, most of them between ages 60 and 65.
A major breast cancer research study reveals which women are unlikely to benefit from autologous stem cell transplants.
The Mammography Quality Standards Act now requires all mammography facilities to be certified. Each facility must demonstrate that it meets federal standards.
Here is a list of some of the most common breast cancer questions that women have. You may have others. Take the list with you when you see your doctor.
Regular screening via mammography is currently the best tool for early detection. Learn more about how mammograms are performed and read.
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