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Centers for Disease Control Creates New Committee to Help Young Women Learn More About Breast Health
The CDC has created a new committee to help younger women, especially women younger than 40 and women at high risk of breast cancer, learn more about breast health and breast cancer.
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Society Develops New Guidelines on Prophylactic Ovary Removal
New guidelines on protectively removing both ovaries and the fallopian tubes address the role this surgery can play in reducing the risk of both ovarian and breast cancer.
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Male Relative with Breast Cancer Increases Risk Perception
Having a male relative diagnosed with breast cancer makes family members more aware of their own increased breast cancer risk, but doesn't make them more likely to do anything about this risk.
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Experimental Genomic Test May Help Predict Risk of Hormone-Receptor-Positive Disease Recurrence
An experimental test may be able to help predict the risk of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, but it's not clear how useful the test is.
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Breast Cancer Risk Factors Seemingly Less Influential in Hispanic Women
A new study suggests that links between known breast cancer risk factors and breast cancer diagnosis isn't as strong in Hispanic women compared to non-Hispanic white women.
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Adding Genetic Information to Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Tool Doesn’t Improve Accuracy
A new analysis suggests that adding information on about 10 abnormal genes associated with breast cancer risk to the standard breast cancer risk assessment tool didn't really improve risk prediction compared to using only the standard tool.
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Many High-Risk Women Don’t Get Recommended MRI Because of Fear, Time Demands
A study found that many women at high risk for breast cancer refused to have a breast MRI, even though it was recommended as part of their screening plan.
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Measuring Progesterone Levels Can Improve MRI Accuracy
A small study suggests that measuring progesterone levels before breast MRI in premenopausal women with irregular menstrual cycles can help better time the MRI, improving the test's accuracy and reducing the likelihood of repeat tests.
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Breastfeeding May Reduce Risk for Women at High Risk
Breastfeeding one baby -- even for as little as 3 months -- seems to reduce the risk of breast cancer before menopause in women with higher-than-average risk compared to high-risk women who never breastfed.
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American Society Clinical Oncology Now Recommends Evista or Tamoxifen to Reduce Risk in High-Risk Women
New guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) now recommend both tamoxifen and Evista (chemical name: raloxifene) to reduce breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women at high risk.
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