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• Experts Release Report Detailing Environmental Breast Cancer Risks

  Published on December 7, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors
  • Tags: Alcohol, Environmental Factors, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Obesity

  An expert report says that combination HRT, being overweight after menopause, and drinking alcohol are definitely linked to higher breast cancer risk.

• OncotypeDx Test Can Help Decide if Radiation Needed After DCIS Surgery

  Published on December 7, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Screening and Testing and Radiation Therapy
  • Tags: Oncotype DX, Standard (most typical), Breast, After surgery, and External

  The OncotypeDx test can help doctors decide if women diagnosed with DCIS need radiation therapy.

• Afinitor Helps Slow Growth of Certain Advanced-Stage Breast Cancers

  Published on December 7, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Targeted Therapies
  • Tags: Afinitor

  New information from the BOLERO-2 study shows that women diagnosed with hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced-stage or metastatic breast cancer who got Afinitor and Aromasin in combination lived more than twice as long without the cancer growing than women who got only Aromasin.

• Brachytherapy May Not Be as Effective as Whole-Breast Radiation in Reducing Recurrence Risk

  Published on December 6, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Radiation Therapy
  • Tags: External, Internal (also called "brachytherapy"), Standard (most typical), After surgery, and Breast

  Results from a large study suggest that brachytherapy may not be as effective as whole-breast radiation therapy at preventing breast cancer recurrence.

• Research Finds Links Between Obesity, Diabetes, and Breast Cancer

  Published on December 6, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors
  • Tags: Obesity and Medical History

  A very large study has found links between higher breast cancer risk and diabetes and obesity.

• Xgeva More Likely to Cause Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Women Diagnosed with Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer

  Published on December 2, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Day-to-Day Matters and Bone Health
  • Tags: Bone Health and Zometa

  Research suggests that people diagnosed with advanced-stage breast or prostate cancer who get Xgeva are about twice as likely to develop osteonecrosis of the jaw compared to people with other advanced-stage cancers treated with Xgeva.

• Fracture Risk in Younger Women Being Treated for Breast Cancer Higher Than Thought

  Published on December 1, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Hormonal Therapies
  • Tags: After surgery (also called "adjuvant")

  A study found that about 16% of premenopausal women treated for early-stage breast cancer broke a bone during treatment or in the years after treatment; this rate was 60% higher than expected.

• No Link Between Family History and Risk for Younger Women

  Published on November 30, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors
  • Tags: Age and Family History

  For women age 40 to 49, a study found no link between family history and the risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer.

• Canadian Task Force Changes Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations

  Published on November 21, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Screening and Testing
  • Tags: Mammography

  A Canadian task force has recommended that routine screening mammograms should start at age 50 instead of age 40.

• FDA Removes Breast Cancer Indication from Avastin

  Published on November 18, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Targeted Therapies
  • Tags: Avastin

  On Nov. 18, 2011 FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg decided to remove the breast cancer indication from Avastin.