Research News on Diagnosis
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Single Cancer Cells in Sentinel Node Don’t Affect Prognosis
A large study suggests that women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer who have occult metastases in a clinically negative sentinel node do almost as well as women without occult metastases.
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Circulating Tumor Cells Linked to Worse Prognosis
New studies suggest that even one circulating tumor cell in a blood sample from a woman diagnosed with breast cancer is linked to a worse prognosis.
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Link Between Obesity and Worse Prognosis Isn’t Consistent
The analysis of several studies show the link between obesity and worse prognosis in women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer isn't consistent.
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Consider Second Opinion if HER2 Test is Negative
Research suggests that HER2 test results may not be interpreted correctly, even at expert labs.
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Breast Cancer Survival Triples in Last 60 Years
During the past 60 years, the average number of women who survived for 10 years after being diagnosed with breast cancer and treated at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center tripled.
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After Link Between Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risk Released, Breast Cancer Cases in Canada Went Down
The number of invasive breast cancer diagnoses went down in Canadian women after the 2002 publication of Women's Health Initiative results, similar to the decrease in U.S. women.
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Male Relative with Breast Cancer Increases Risk Perception
Having a male relative diagnosed with breast cancer makes family members more aware of their own increased breast cancer risk, but doesn't make them more likely to do anything about this risk.
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Mammograms Less Sensitive in Young Women
Research suggests that breast cancers diagnosed in younger women are more likely to be advanced not because the cancers grow faster than cancers in older women, but because more time passes before the cancer can found by a mammogram.
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Lack of Insurance Affects African Americans’ Breast Cancer Prognosis More Than Whites’
Research suggests that having no or inadequate health insurance makes a bigger difference in breast cancer prognosis for African American women compared to white women.
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Biopsy of Metastatic Cancer May Change Treatment Plan
Research suggests that a breast cancer's characteristics may change if the cancer metastasizes, so doing a biopsy on metastatic cancer may make sense in some cases.
