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Obesity Doesn’t Affect Survival in Metastatic Disease
Research has found that being overweight or obese at diagnosis doesn't affect the survival of women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.
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Aromasin Helps Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in High-Risk Women
Research shows that the hormonal therapy Aromasin can lower risk in high-risk, postmenopausal women who've never been diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Long-Term Smoking Increases Risk in High-Risk Women
A very large research study strongly suggests that smoking for a long time dramatically increases breast cancer risk in women with a higher-than-average risk of breast cancer.
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Can Coffee Reduce Risk?
New research suggests that drinking five or more cups of coffee per day may reduce the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, particularly hormone-receptor-negative breast cancer.
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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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Estrogen-Only Hormone Replacement Therapy Seems to Decrease Risk
A new study suggests that postmenopausal women who take estrogen-only HRT may have a somewhat lower risk invasive breast cancer.
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MRI Better at Detecting Cancer Earlier in Women with Abnormal Breast Cancer Gene
New research has found that women with an abnormal breast cancer gene screened with MRI were less likely to be diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer compared to being screened with other tests.
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Smoking Increases Breast Risk in Postmenopausal Women
Cigarette smoking — either past or present — and exposure to second-hand smoke increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.
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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...
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Mammograms Less Effective in Women with Personal History of Breast Cancer
Screening mammograms are less effective at finding cancer in women with a personal history of breast cancer.
