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Hormone Thwarts Early Menopause in Breast Cancer (en inglés)
Chemotherapy is often used to treat breast cancer in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women. In premenopausal women, chemotherapy can disrupt normal ovary function and cause damage, which leads to...
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Generic Taxotere Gets FDA Marketing Okay (en inglés)
Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel) is a chemotherapy medicine used to treat certain breast cancers. Taxotere typically is used in combination with other medicines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...
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Breast Cancer Therapy Heightens Fall Risk (en inglés)
A small study found that women who got chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy to treat early-stage breast cancer were more likely to fall than other women their age. The researchers think this may be bec...
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Drug May Boost Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer (en inglés)
Women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer that had stopped responding or failed to respond to other treatments lived 2 months longer when treated with Halavan (chemical name: eribulin) compared to ...
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SABCS: Capecitabine Gets Mixed Results in Early Breast CA (en inglés)
Adjuvant chemotherapy is chemotherapy given after surgery to lower the risk of the cancer coming back (recurrence). Adjuvant chemotherapy isn't routinely recommended for all women diagnosed with early-...
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SABCS: 'Sandwich' Therapy Touted for Early Breast Cancer (en inglés)
If early-stage breast cancer is going to be treated with both chemotherapy and external beam radiation therapy, chemotherapy usually is given first. Radiation usually starts after chemotherapy is done....
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SABCS: Full Response Aids Better Breast CA Survival (en inglés)
Treatment given to weaken and destroy breast cancer BEFORE surgery is called neoadjuvant treatment. Neoadjuvant treatment isn't routinely used to treat early-stage breast cancer, but may be used if the...
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Taxane Regimen Works for Node-Negative Breast CA (en inglés)
A combination of chemotherapy medicines often is given after breast cancer surgery for early-stage breast cancer to reduce the risk of the cancer coming back (recurrence). Giving a treatment after surg...
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FDA Approves Drug for Pretreated Breast Cancer (en inglés)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new chemotherapy medicine, Halaven (chemical name: eribulin), to treat metastatic breast cancer that already has been treated with other chemo...
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ESMO: Eribulin Shows Benefit Across Subgroups (en inglés)
A study suggests that an experimental chemotherapy medicine called eribulin may be a good treatment option for various types of metastatic breast cancer that have stopped responding or failed to respon...
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