More Women Chose Prophylactic Mastectomy
September 28, 2009
An increasing number of women are making the decision to have prophylactic mastectomy to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Read more...
ECCO-ESMO: Survival in Breast Cancer Improves with Surgery
September 22, 2009
Women with metastatic breast cancer at first diagnosis who had the breast tumor (the primary tumor) removed lived twice as long as women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who didn't have the primary tumor removed. Read more...
Wide Variation Seen in HER2 Testing Practices
September 14, 2009
Researchers have found that HER2 testing as well as the way the test results are recorded in medical and insurance records are inconsistent and generally inadequate. Read more...
More Support for Lifestyle Links to Breast Cancer
September 9, 2009
Obesity, smoking, and drinking alcohol all increase the risk of breast cancer being diagnosed a second time in women previously diagnosed with hormone-receptor-positive disease. Read more...
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