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New Tool Can Help Predict Recurrence Risk
A new tool that looks at four breast cancer characteristics seems to do a good job of predicting whether early-stage hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer is likely to come back (recurrence). The tool assessed recurrence in women diagnosed with early-stage hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer that had been treated with hormonal therapy before surgery.
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Even with New Treatments, No Improvement in Metastatic Breast Cancer Survival
A new study finds the average survival time after a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer hasn't changed much since 1985.
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MRI Before Treatment Doesn’t Improve Care or Prognosis
Routinely doing MRI after diagnosis and before surgery may lead to more mastectomy recommendations vs. lumpectomy recommendations with no improvement in care or outcome.
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Malignant Stem Cells Seem to Make HER2-Positive Cancers Grow
HER2-positive breast cancers seem to have a large number of abnormal stem cells, which make the cancers grow and spread.
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Research Finds Common Genes in Breast Cancer in Younger Women
Breast cancers diagnosed in younger women seem to have a large group of genes in common.
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Breast Cancer Detected by MRI More Likely to be Treated with Mastectomy
When breast cancer is diagnosed by MRI, women are more likely to have a mastectomy than a lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy.
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Small Number of Breast Cancers May Double in Size in 30 Days
About 5% of breast cancers may double in size in just 1 month and these rapidly growing cancers are more likely to be found in younger women.
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Breast Cancer Diagnoses Down, But Only in White Women
Between 2000 and 20004, the rate of breast cancer diagnoses in white women went down, but this lower rate of diagnoses didn't happen in other ethnic groups.
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Mouse Study Finds Gene That Signals Breast Cancer to Grow and Spread
Researchers have found a gene in mice that appears to trigger the spread of mouse breast cancer cells.
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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.
