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• American Cancer Society Wants You for Study on Risk

  Published on April 26, 2007 at 12:00 am

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  The American Cancer Society wants to recruit a half million people for a study on the environmental factors associated with cancer. Read more…

• Study Looks at Black Cohosh and Risk

  Published on April 26, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors and Day-to-Day Matters
  • Tags: Menopausal Symptoms and Environmental Factors

  A new study suggests that black cohosh may possibly reduce breast cancer risk.

• Abortion Doesn’t Affect Risk

  Published on April 23, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors
  • Tags: Medical History

  Neither miscarriage nor induced abortion affects the risk of breast cancer in young women.

• Hormonal Therapy Medicines Have Improved Survival

  Published on April 23, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Hormonal Therapies and Planning Your Treatment
  • Tags: Arimidex, Aromasin, Femara, Tamoxifen, After surgery (also called "adjuvant"), Aromatase Inhibitors, and Planning Hormonal Therapy

  Hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer survival rates have increased faster than survival rates for hormone-receptor-negative breast cancer.

• Genetic Testing Calms Women with Family History

  Published on April 20, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Screening and Testing and Risk Factors
  • Tags: Family History, Genetics (including BRCA), and Genetic Testing

  High risk women who know their BRCA1 and BRCA2 status worry less about breast cancer.

• Daily Adult-Strength Aspirin May Lower Risk

  Published on April 18, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors
  • Tags: Aspirin/NSAIDs

  Taking adult-strength aspirin every day may reduce cancer risk.

• Different Cancer Diagnoses Because of Genetics

  Published on April 18, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Diagnosis
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  Genetics of individual breast cancers may account for differences in diagnosis by race.

• Breastfeeding Appears to Lower Risk

  Published on April 17, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors
  • Tags: Breastfeeding

  Breastfeeding appears to reduce the risk of both hormone-receptor-positive and hormone-receptor-negative breast cancers.

• Eating Lots of Meat May Increase Risk

  Published on April 16, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors and Day-to-Day Matters
  • Tags: Nutrition and Diet

  Eating large amounts of red and processed meats linked to higher risk of breast cancer.

• Women with Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer Benefit from Yoga

  Published on April 13, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Complementary and Holistic Therapies and Side Effects
  • Tags: Yoga and Fatigue

  Yoga may help women with advanced breast cancer.