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Topic: Diagnosis (view all topics)

Tags for topic Diagnosis:

• 1cm-1.9cm
• Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
• Early-stage: Stage 0 -- DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ)
• Early-stage: Stage IA
• Early-stage: Stage IB
• Early-stage: Stage IIA
• Early-stage: Stage IIB
• Early-stage: Stage IIIA
• Estrogen Receptor Negative Cancer
• Estrogen Receptor Positive Cancer
• HER2/neu Negative Cancer
• HER2/neu Positive Cancer
• HER2 Overexpressing
• Invasive or Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma
• Invasive or Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma
• Less than 1cm
• Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB
• Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC
• Luminal A
• Luminal B
• Metastatic
• Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV
• Non-Metastatic
• Progesterone Receptor Negative Cancer
• Progesterone Receptor Positive Cancer
• Regional
• Triple Negative

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• PET/CT Improves Staging in Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

  Published on January 25, 2013 at 6:29 am

  • Tags: Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB and Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC

  PET/CT can provide more accurate information than conventional imaging tests for staging locally advanced breast cancer.

• Breast Cancer’s Hormone Receptor and HER2 Status Can Change After Diagnosis

  Published on June 20, 2012 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC, Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV, Progesterone Receptor Negative Cancer, Progesterone Receptor Positive Cancer, Estrogen Receptor Negative Cancer, Estrogen Receptor Positive Cancer, HER2/neu Positive Cancer, Metastatic, Non-Metastatic, Regional, Biopsy, FISH Test, IHC Test, Inform HER2 Dual ISH Test, SPoT-Light HER2 CISH, HER2/neu Negative Cancer, Luminal A, Luminal B, Triple Negative, and HER2 Overexpressing

  The characteristics of a breast cancer -- including hormone receptor status and HER2 status -- can change over time. These changes may happen because the cancer cells change themselves or because treat...

• High C-Reactive Protein Levels May Influence Prognosis

  Published on June 3, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Invasive or Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma, Invasive or Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma, Non-Metastatic, Early-stage: Stage IA, Early-stage: Stage IB, Early-stage: Stage IIA, Early-stage: Stage IIB, Early-stage: Stage IIIA, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB, and Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC

  Research suggests that C-reactive protein levels may be linked to prognosis after a breast cancer diagnosis.

• Circulating Tumor Cells Linked to Worse Prognosis

  Published on December 15, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Metastatic, Non-Metastatic, Early-stage: Stage IA, Early-stage: Stage IB, Early-stage: Stage IIA, Early-stage: Stage IIB, Early-stage: Stage IIIA, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC, Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV, and Blood Marker Tests

  New studies suggest that even one circulating tumor cell in a blood sample from a woman diagnosed with breast cancer is linked to a worse prognosis.

• Breast Cancer Survival Triples in Last 60 Years

  Published on September 30, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Metastatic, Non-Metastatic, Early-stage: Stage 0 -- DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ), Early-stage: Stage IA, Early-stage: Stage IB, Early-stage: Stage IIA, Early-stage: Stage IIB, Early-stage: Stage IIIA, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC, and Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV

  During the past 60 years, the average number of women who survived for 10 years after being diagnosed with breast cancer and treated at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center tripled.

• Gaining Weight After Diagnosis Decreases Survival

  Published on December 11, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Metastatic, Non-Metastatic, Early-stage: Stage 0 -- DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ), Early-stage: Stage IA, Early-stage: Stage IB, Early-stage: Stage IIA, Early-stage: Stage IIB, Early-stage: Stage IIIA, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC, Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV, and Obesity

  Women who gain weight after being diagnosed with breast cancer have a worse prognosis than women who don't gain weight.

• Non-White Women Have More Breast Cancer Pain

  Published on November 26, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC, Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV, and Pain

  Non-white women have more severe pain with advanced breast cancer than white women.

• Low Fat Diet Doesn’t Affect Survival or Recurrence

  Published on July 17, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Early-stage: Stage 0 -- DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ), Early-stage: Stage IA, Early-stage: Stage IB, Early-stage: Stage IIA, Early-stage: Stage IIB, Early-stage: Stage IIIA, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC, Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV, Nutrition, and Diet

  Results from the WHEL trial show that a low-fat diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables and fiber appears to have no effect on survival or cancer recurrence.

• Advanced-Stage Cancer Survival Rates in African American Women Lag

  Published on June 4, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC, and Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV

  Research continues to show that black women with advanced breast cancer aren't faring as well as white women.

• High Vitamin D Levels May Help Slow Growth of Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer

  Published on October 17, 2006 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIB, Locally Advanced-stage: Stage IIIC, Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV, and Vitamin D

  A very small study found that some women with advanced-stage breast cancer had lower vitamin D levels than women with early-stage breast cancer. But this study is very small and it's difficult to know ...