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• Exercising with Others Improves Well-Being During Treatment

  Published on February 16, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Day-to-Day Matters
  • Tags: Exercise

  Regular group exercise can improve quality of life for women with breast cancer.

• Aromatase Inhibitors Offer Better Survival Than Tamoxifen for Postmenopausal Women

  Published on February 12, 2007 at 12:00 am

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

  Switching to an aromatase inhibitor after two to three years of tamoxifen offers improved survival compared to five years of tamoxifen for post-menopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive, early-stage breast cancer.

• Actonel Can Help Stop Bone Loss After Treatment

  Published on February 7, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Chemotherapy
  • Tags: Adjuvant

  Actonel (chemical name: risedronate) helps prevent bone loss in women undergoing breast cancer treatment.

• Newly Approved MammaPrint Test Can Help Determine Risk of Recurrence

  Published on February 6, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Screening and Testing and Diagnosis
  • Tags: Non-Metastatic, Early-stage: Stage 0 -- DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ), Early-stage: Stage IA, Early-stage: Stage IB, Early-stage: Stage IIA, Early-stage: Stage IIB, Early-stage: Stage IIIA, and MammaPrint

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved MammaPrint, a test that helps predict whether early breast cancer will come back.

• Slight Drop in U.S. Mammogram Rate Troubles Experts

  Published on January 26, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Screening and Testing
  • Tags: Mammography

  The percentage of women over 40 who get regular mammograms has declined, which is troubling.

• Risk of Second Cancer Higher in Men Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

  Published on January 25, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Male Breast Cancer
  • Tags:

  Men who have been diagnosed with breast cancer have a higher risk of developing a second, new cancer.

• Protein Test May Help Guide Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment Decisions

  Published on January 25, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Screening and Testing, Diagnosis, and Planning Your Treatment
  • Tags: Progesterone Receptor Negative Cancer, Estrogen Receptor Negative Cancer, HER2/neu Negative Cancer, and Triple Negative

  A specific protein has been linked to triple negative breast cancer (cancers that test negative for estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and the HER2 protein).

• Very Dense Breasts Linked to Higher Risk

  Published on January 22, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Risk Factors
  • Tags: Dense Breasts

  Breast density makes mammograms harder to read and also seems to increase breast cancer risk.

• Too Many Women Stop Taking Tamoxifen Early

  Published on January 22, 2007 at 12:00 am

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

  Many women stop taking adjuvant hormonal therapy medicine earlier than prescribed by their doctors.

• Poorly Educated and Obese Women Get Lower Chemo Doses

  Published on January 19, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Topic: Chemotherapy
  • Tags:

  Women with breast cancer who are either obese or have little education are more likely to get lower than recommended doses of chemotherapy.