Research News for February 2008
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Amount of Risk Reduction from Protective Ovary Removal Depends on Type of BRCA Abnormality
The amount of breast and ovarian cancer risk reduction offered by prophylactic ovary removal varies depending on the type of breast cancer gene abnormality a woman has.
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Women More Likely to Die from Cause Other Than Breast Cancer
Older women with hormone-receptor-positive early breast cancer are more likely to die from something other than breast cancer.
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DCIS Recurrence Risk Overestimated by Many Women
Many women overestimate the risk of DCIS coming back.
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About 5% of Websites Have Inaccurate Breast Cancer Information
A new study finds that while most breast cancer information on the Internet is accurate, web pages on complementary medicine are more likely to contain errors.
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Psoriasis Doesn’t Increase Cancer Risk
People diagnosed with psoriasis do not have a higher risk of breast and other cancers.
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Measuring Levels of Specific Protein Doesn’t Help Decide Who Benefits from Chemotherapy
Measuring the Ki-67 protein in breast cancers doesn't help decide who would benefit from chemotherapy in women diagnosed with hormone-receptor-positive, node-negative disease.
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