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1. Breast Cancer Gene Tied to Diagnosis at Younger Age - US News and World Report
Researchers concerned that disease may be developing earlier
2. Race Not a Factor if Breast Cancer Chemo Succeeds - US News and World Report
All women have similar outcomes when there's no sign of disease following treatment, study finds
3. Health: Women's Health: A Better Breast-Cancer Treatment? - US News and World Report
Taking tamoxifen for five years after breast-cancer surgery nearly halves the risk of a recurrence in women whose cancer's growth is fueled by estrogen. But a newer class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors has been gaining favor, with many studies...
4. Breast cancer : Treatment
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Treatment is based on many factors, including type and stage of the cancer, whether the cancer is sensitive to certain hormones, and whether or not the cancer overproduces (overexpresses) a gene called HER2/neu. In general, cancer treatments may i... Reviewer: A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Greg Juhn, MTPW, David R. Eltz. Previously reviewed by James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California.
5. Breast Cancer
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Breast cancer is caused by the development of malignant cells in the breast. The malignant cells originate in the lining of the milk glands or ducts of the breast (ductal epithelium), defining this malignancy as a cancer. Cancer cells are characte... Author: Richard A. McCartney M.D., Carol A. Turkington Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
6. Breast cancer - Treatment -- Mayo Clinic
At one time, the only type of breast cancer surgery was radical mastectomy, which removed the entire breast, along with chest muscles beneath the breast and all the lymph nodes under the arm. Hormone therapy is most often used to treat women with... http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=B105D3F6-BFE9-4D89-A5E53914589F7E...
7. Breast cancer -- Information from Harvard Medical School
A woman's risk of developing breast cancer increases with age; more than three out of four breast cancer cases occur in women over age 50. Although breast cancer is much more common in women than in men, about 1,400 new cases of breast cancer are... http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/9632.html#treat
8. Cancer: Treatment of Specific Types of Breast Cancer -- Information from the Merck Manual
However, if such a woman develops breast cancer, her chances of dying of breast cancer are not necessarily greater than those of any other woman with breast cancer. Furthermore, because invasive cancer is equally likely to develop in either... http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec22/ch251/ch251f.html#sec22-ch251-ch251f-587 |
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