Research News for 2013
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Why Do Many Younger Women Choose Mastectomy Over Lumpectomy?
A small study has found a number of reasons why younger women opt for mastectomy over lumpectomy plus radiation to treat early-stage breast cancer.
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Weekly Low-Dose Taxol Offers Same Benefits as Higher Dose Every Two Weeks with Different Side Effects
A study has found that getting Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel) at a lower dose weekly offers the same benefits as getting a higher dose every 2 weeks.
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Anxiety, Not Depression, Seems to Be Problem for Long-Term Cancer Survivors and Spouses
A study suggests that anxiety is likely to be the biggest mental health issue for long-term cancer survivors and their spouses.
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Watson Computer Helping Doctors Diagnose and Treat Cancer
Doctors are teaching Watson the computer to make breast cancer diagnostic and treatment recommendations.
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Another Study Shows Ten Years of Tamoxifen Better Than Five for Early-Stage, Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Disease
Another large study finds 10 years of tamoxifen are better than 5.
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Experimental Genomic Test May Help Identify Women at Higher Risk of Recurrence 5 Years After Diagnosis of Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Disease
An experimental test on genes from early-stage, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer can estimate whether a woman has a higher or lower risk of having the cancer come back somewhere else in the body more than 5 years after diagnosis.
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Black Women Are More Likely to Delay Chemotherapy
Black women are more likely than white women to delay chemotherapy; better communication between doctors and patients may help reduce this delay.
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Expanding Medicaid Coverage Offers Mixed Health Results Study Suggests
A study suggests that Medicaid doesn’t really improve the health of people covered, but does increase the use of preventive services and the rate of diabetes diagnoses, while lowering depression rates and reducing the financial stress of paying for healthcare.
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Exercise May Lower Risk by Changing Estrogen Metabolism
A new study helps explain how exercise seems to lower breast cancer risk.
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Women with Cosmetic Implants May Have Worse Breast Cancer Survival Rates, but More Research Needed
A study has found that women with cosmetic breast implants seem to have worse survival rates if they’re diagnosed with breast cancer, but there are many questions about the study.
