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Multiple CT Scans and Nuclear Imaging May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
From 2000 to 2010, use of CT scans increased dramatically and a study suggests that more CT scans may lead to a higher risk of breast cancer in women, especially young women who have repeat scans.
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Benign Breast Disease Increases Risk in Black Women
A study has found that the characteristics of benign breast disease that affect breast cancer risk are similar for both white and black women.
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Radiation in Diagnostic Tests Increases Risk for Women with Abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 Genes
A new study suggests that diagnostic tests that use radiation done before age 30 in young women with an abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene increases breast cancer risk.
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Fertility Drugs Seem to Affect Breast Cancer Risk in Younger Women
A study suggests that women younger than 50 who use fertility drugs to successfully conceive a child may see their risk of breast cancer go up. But this higher risk is about the same as the average woman's risk.
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Diabetes Medicine Linked to Lower Risk
A large study has found that diabetic women taking the medicine metformin had a lower-than-average-risk of breast cancer.
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Radiation Therapy to Chest as Child Increases Breast Cancer Risk in Adulthood
A study found that women treated for childhood cancer with radiation therapy to the chest area have a much higher-than-average risk of breast cancer later in life; the risk is about the same as it is for women with an abnormal breast cancer gene.
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Research Finds Links Between Obesity, Diabetes, and Breast Cancer
A very large study has found links between higher breast cancer risk and diabetes and obesity.
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Childhood Cancer Treatment Increases Risk of Developing Future Cancer
A study found that people treated for cancer in childhood have a 10% risk of developing a different cancer -- including breast cancer -- later in life.
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Some High Blood Pressure Meds May Increase Risk of Recurrence
New research suggests that ACE inhibitors, a type of blood pressure medicine, may increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence.
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Having More Children Linked to Triple-Negative Disease
Research has shown that a woman's risk for hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer goes down as she has more children. A study reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute supports that lin...
