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AACR: Breast Milk May Offer Early Cancer Test (en inglés)
A small, very early study suggests that doing genetic testing on breast milk could help identify women with breast cancer and women at high risk for breast cancer. The results were published by the Ame...
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MRI May Cut Rate of Advanced Breast Cancer (en inglés)
The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends yearly breast cancer screening with both breast MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and mammography for women with an abnormal breast cancer gene (BRCA1 or BRC...
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Mammograms Not as Helpful in Breast Cancer Survivors (en inglés)
Women who've been diagnosed with breast cancer are at risk for the cancer coming back (recurrence) and also have a higher-than-average risk of being diagnosed with a new, second breast cancer. So regul...
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FDA Okays First 3-D Mammogram Device (en inglés)
Mammograms are probably the most important tool doctors have to help them diagnose, evaluate, and follow breast cancer. Safe and highly accurate, a traditional mammogram is a two-dimensional x-ray phot...
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Year in Review: Sorting Out the Mammography Mess (en inglés)
In November 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended changes to breast cancer screening guidelines:
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SABCS: Tumor Cells in Blood a Bad Sign in Breast CA (en inglés)
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells that break off from a cancer tumor and move into the blood stream. Doctors sometimes test for CTCs to see if breast cancer cells are active in areas of the body...
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SABCS: HER2 Test Inaccuracies Found Even at Expert Labs (en inglés)
A study suggests that HER2 test results may not be interpreted correctly, even at expert labs. Doctors may need to consider ordering another HER2 test if the pathology report says a breast cancer is HE...
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SABCS: Women Not Diligent About Mammography (en inglés)
In November 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that routine screening mammograms for women with an average risk of beast cancer should start at age 50, instead of age 40...
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RSNA: Opt for MRI for High-Risk Women (en inglés)
Women who've been diagnosed and successfully treated for breast cancer are at risk for recurrence (the original breast cancer coming back). These women also have a higher-than-average risk of being dia...
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Family History Plays Into Survival Benefit of Mammography (en inglés)
United States guidelines recommend that annual screening mammograms start at age 40. Still, some studies, including one by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, have questioned the value of routine ...
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