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Older Women Have More Complications from Brachytherapy Compared to Whole-Breast Radiation
A study suggests that older women who have brachytherapy are more likely to have complications in the year after treatment compared to women who had whole-breast irradiation.
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Paxil May Ease Hot Flashes
Two studies suggest that a low dose of the antidepressant medicine Paxil can lower the number and severity of hot flashes in some women.
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Mammostrat Test Helps Estimate Recurrence Risk and Make Treatment Decisions
A study shows that the Mammostrat test can offer more information on the risk of early-stage, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer coming back in postmenopausal women and help make treatment decisions.
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Exercise, Counseling Can Help Ease Menopausal Symptoms Caused by Breast Cancer Treatment
A Dutch study has found that exercise and a type of counseling called cognitive behavioral therapy can help ease menopausal symptoms that often come during and after breast cancer treatment.
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Fareston Is Effective Against Some Advanced-Stage Cancers That Have Stopped Responding to Aromatase Inhibitors
A small study has found that Fareston is a good treatment option for postmenopausal women diagnosed with advanced-stage hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer that grew while being treated with the aromatase inhibitors Arimidex or Femara.
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Memory Training Program Seems to Help Thinking and Remembering in Women Who’ve Been Treated for Breast Cancer
A small study has found that a computer-based training program improved the memories of women who've been treated for breast cancer, as well as their ability to quickly process information.
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One Year of Herceptin Best for Reducing Recurrence Risk of Early-Stage HER2-Positive Disease
Results from two studies confirm that 1 year of Herceptin, rather than 2 years or 6 months, after surgery seems to be best for reducing recurrence risk in women diagnosed with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer.
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Needle Biopsy May Lead to Better Treatment Outcomes Than Open Biopsy
A study has found that diagnosing breast cancer with a needle biopsy instead of a traditional open surgical biopsy is more efficient, less invasive, and may lead to better treatment outcomes.
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T-DM1 Lengthens Survival in Women Diagnosed with HER2-Positive Advanced-Stage Disease
Women diagnosed with HER2-positive advanced-stage breast cancer lived longer when they got the experimental medicine T-DM1 compared to women who got a different targeted therapy regimen.
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Regular Screening Helps Reduce Difference in Breast Cancer Outcomes Between African American and White Women
A study suggests that regular screening mammograms can help improve the outcomes of African American women diagnosed with breast cancer.
