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Chemo After Surgery for Locally Recurrent Breast Cancer Improves Survival
A study suggests that chemotherapy after surgery for locally recurrent breast cancer improves both disease-free survival and overall survival.
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Women Who Start Treatment More Than 60 Days After Diagnosis of Advanced-Stage Disease Have Worse Survival
A study has found that women diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer who wait more than 60 days to start treatment have a much higher risk of dying from breast cancer than women who start treatment earlier.
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Qigong Improves Quality of Life for Women Getting Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
A study has found that women undergoing radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer had better quality of life and fewer depressive symptoms when they did qigong, a gentle Chinese exercise program.
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Study Examines the Cost of Breast Cancer Screening in Older Women
Study finds Medicare spends $1 billion in screening-related costs for women 65 years and older.
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Research Suggests Lumpectomy Plus Radiation Leads to Better Survival for Early-Stage Breast Cancer but Questions Remain
A study suggests that in the real world, women diagnosed with stage I or stage II breast cancer who have lumpectomy followed by radiation have better survival rates than women who have mastectomy.
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Update to U.K. Health Guideline Recommends Tamoxifen or Raloxifene for Risk Reduction
Updated guidelines from United Kingdom’s NICE recommend new options for people with a family history of breast cancer.
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Study Suggests Breast Cancer Survivors Have Slightly Higher Risk of Diabetes
A Canadian study found that postmenopausal women who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer have a slightly higher risk of diabetes compared to similar women who haven’t been diagnosed with breast cancer.
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PET/CT Improves Staging in Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
PET/CT can provide more accurate information than conventional imaging tests for staging locally advanced breast cancer.
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Radiation Risk from Mammograms Is Minimal
Research finds scatter radiation from digital mammograms is very low and poses no health risk.
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Regular Screening Increases Detection of Early-Stage Cancers, but Not Later-Stage Disease
A controversial study suggests that over the past 30 years, mammograms have found more early-stage breast cancer, but not more advanced-stage disease and may have overdiagnosed a large number of women.
