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MRI before surgery leads to better-adapted treatment for breast cancer
The early use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in women diagnosed with breast cancer can often lead to a better adapted surgical approach to the tumour.   view more (2008-04-16)

Breast Reconstruction Advances Fix Distortions Left by Lumpectomy
Lumpectomy or breast conservation surgery is the most common type of breast cancer surgery currently performed. A benefit of the surgery is that only part of the breast is removed, but a drawback can be the resulting physical appearance of the breast, which may be disfigured, dented or uneven.   view more (2008-04-24)

Prophylactic surgeries prevent two gynecological cancers in women with Lynch syndrome
Women diagnosed with Lynch syndrome, a condition often associated with colon cancer, also are at high risk for endometrial and ovarian cancers-both of which can be eliminated by having a prophylactic hysterectomy and oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries).   view more (2006-01-19)

Prophylactic cranial irradiation in small cell lung cancer significantly increases survival
Prophylactic cranial irradiation after chemotherapy significantly reduces the risk of brain metastasis and doubles one-year survival in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).   view more (2007-08-17)

Study suggests some breast cancer patients facing radiation after a mastectomy may be over-treated
A new study suggests standard radiation therapy for some breast cancer patients may not be medically required and may, therefore, be causing unnecessary serious side effects such as lymphedema and pulmonary problems.   view more (2008-09-22)

Cancer patients who receive neoadjuvant therapy followed by mastectomy may not need radiation
Early-stage breast cancer patients who exhibit limited lymph node involvement may not require post-surgery radiation therapy (RT) when they receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy before a mastectomy, according to researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.   view more (2008-09-25)

Doctors able to predict recurrence of high-risk breast cancers
International researchers have developed a prediction model to assist doctors in determining the chance of recurrence of cancer in high-risk breast cancer patients who have undergone a mastectomy followed by radiation therapy.   view more (2006-04-03)

Single dose of antibiotics before surgery sufficient to help prevent infection
A single dose of antibiotics prior to surgery appears to prevent infections occurring at the surgical site as effectively as a 24-hour dosing regimen, and with reduced antibiotic costs.   view more (2006-11-21)

Breast cancer prevention practices vary across Canada
Breast cancer preventive practices for Canadian women carrying the cancer gene vary across the country, says University of Toronto research, and many women are not taking advantage of the options available.   view more (2007-08-15)

Lack of patient-provider discussion contributes to disparities in use of breast reconstruction
In a new study examining disparities in postmastectomy breast reconstruction, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Mass., concluded that lack of patient-provider discussion may contribute to socioeconomic, age and race-related... view more (2008-04-02)

Scientists find a way to detect which breast abnormalities may develop into cancer
Scientists at the Royal Liverpool University Hospitals in the UK have found a way of testing whether certain abnormalities in a woman's breast are likely to go on to develop into breast cancer, the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona heard today (Wednesday 20 March). Armed with... view more (2002-03-18)

Many choose more aggressive breast cancer surgery despite breast-sparing option
When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, her top priority is to get the cancer out and reduce the odds that it will ever return. But for some women just getting the cancer out doesn't feel like enough.   view more (2005-08-19)

Breast Cancer Gene Reviewed
PRESS CONFERENCE - 0930 H Thursday 26 September at Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK; Further information from Cancer Research UK Press Office (see below). A review article in this week's issue of THE LANCET assesses the impact of BRCA1 gene mutations-known to be... view more (2002-09-25)

Breast Cancer, Prognostic Factors, Mortality, Recurrence
Tumor Grade, Age at Diagnosis of First Tumor, and Duration Without Cancer Predict the Risk of Death After a Local Recurrence of Breast Cancer   view more (2002-05-16)

Breast MRI may help determine surgical management of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer
Among women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast appears helpful in determining surgical treatment.   view more (2007-05-22)

Antibiotic treatment for children with UTI not associated with reduced risk of recurrence
The use of prophylactic antibiotics, which involves daily administration of antibiotics to children after an initial urinary tract infection, is not associated with reduced risk of recurrent urinary tract infections, but is associated with an increased risk of resistant infections.   view more (2007-07-11)

Increasing radiation dose shortens treatment time for women who choose breast sparing treatment
Radiation therapy after lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer can be safely delivered in higher daily doses to greatly reduce treatment time.   view more (2007-05-30)

Benefit of cancer prevention surgery differs between women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
The surgical removal of the ovaries has been widely adopted as a cancer-risk-reducing strategy for women with either BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations.   view more (2008-02-12)

Use of breast MRI can be cost-effective for some women at high-risk of breast cancer
A computer model simulation suggests that adding breast MRI screening may be cost-effective for women of certain ages who carry BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations.   view more (2006-05-24)

Surgeons don't offer women choices of treatment as often as they could
Research carried out at the Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo, Norway, has revealed that breast cancer surgeons do not always offer a choice between mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery to women with early stage breast cancer, even when either option is medically appropriate. Mrs Inger Schou... view more (2002-03-18)

Breast reconstruction not as safe for obese patients
Significantly obese women may wish to consider delaying breast reconstruction following mastectomy until they achieve a healthier body weight.   view more (2006-10-09)

Breast conservation a good option for non-invasive, 'early' breast cancer, U-M study shows
For women diagnosed with a type of non-invasive breast cancer, removing the breast is not the only treatment option.   view more (2006-05-08)

Test identifies best candidates for implanted cardiac defibrillator, screens out those not helped
Last year, about 170,000 people in North America had devices surgically implanted to stop potentially fatal arrhythmias.   view more (2006-01-30)

Center calls for stronger federal regulation of genetic testing
The Genetics and Public Policy Center this week called on Mark McClellan, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to end years of delay in assuring the safety and accuracy of genetic testing by issuing a proposed rule to create a genetic testing specialty under the... view more (2005-11-30)

Whites take supplemental breast cancer therapy more often than blacks
A new study finds that white women more frequently take more of the life-prolonging supplemental therapies used to treat breast cancer than African-American women.   view more (2007-10-08)
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