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Optimal adjuvant radiation therapy associated with improved survival, meta-analysis shows
A new analysis of adjuvant radiation therapy in women with breast cancer following mastectomy is associated with better survival as measured at 10 years when appropriate doses and fields of radiation are used. view more (2006-01-04)
Altering time of breast biopsy may improve mastectomy reconstruction process
Altering the standard step-by-step procedure that takes women facing a mastectomy from diagnosis to surgery to reconstruction can improve the process and help in determining if immediate reconstruction is the best course of action. view more (2005-10-11)
Terahertz imaging may reduce breast cancer surgeries
A promising new technique to ensure complete tumor removal at breast cancer excision is introduced in the May issue of Radiology. view more (2006-04-26)
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)
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)
Mayo Clinic measures psychological and social impacts of contralateral prophylactic mastectomies
Mayo Clinic researchers report that most women who have a contralateral (opposite to cancerous breast) prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) are satisfied and would elect this procedure again. Satisfaction with CPM was studied an average of 10 years after the procedure was done. view more (2005-10-25)
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 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of... view more... (2005-11-30)
Women with breast cancer who choose preventive mastectomies
Most women with cancer in one breast who decide to have the unaffected breast removed along with the diseased breast don't regret the decision and have a quality of life equal to patients who didn't have a preventive mastectomy, according to a survey of breast cancer survivors. view more (2006-03-20)
Cancer conflict with chemotherapy treatment
Women under the age of forty with breast cancer who are given drugs in addition to lumpectomies or radiotherapy, known as adjuvant chemotherapy, may not be benefiting from these drugs. view more (2007-10-11)
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)
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 reconstruction with implants after mastectomy doesn't hurt survival chances in breast cancer patients
Breast implants after mastectomy to treat breast cancer do not reduce the long-term survival of patients, reveals the first study on the long-term effects of breast implants, published today in Breast Cancer Research. view more (2004-12-20)
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)
Disparities in breast cancer treatment shown for women with disabilities
Among women receiving treatment for early-stage breast cancer, patients with disabilities had higher breast cancer mortality rates and were less likely than other women to receive standard treatment following breast-conserving surgery, according to a study in the Nov. 7 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. view more (2006-11-07)
More Women Are Choosing Double Mastectomy Even When Breast Cancer Is Confined to a Single Breast
Researchers are reporting a 150 percent increase between 1998 and 2003 in American women opting to have both breasts removed when cancer has been found in only one breast-a procedure called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM). view more (2007-11-16)
Risk factors linked to pain after breast cancer surgery
A woman's young age, extensive surgery, and whether she suffered severe, post-operative pain are risk factors for developing chronic pain after breast cancer surgery. view more (2006-09-25)
Screening mammography in elderly patients beneficial
Although guidelines keep changing regarding screening mammography in elderly patients, those older than 70 years old continue to benefit from this exam, showing that with frequent mammograms breast cancers can be found sooner. view more (2008-04-14)
Radiotherapy Best Option After Surgery For Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (p 95)
UK research published in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests that women with a pre-invasive cancer of the breast known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are less likely to progress to invasive cancer if they are given radiotherapy after surgery. Mammographic breast screening (introduced in the UK National health Service in 1988) has led to... view more... (2003-07-09)
Magnetic resonance imaging improves breast cancer diagnosis
Women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast have a higher risk of contracting the disease in their opposite breast as well. A thorough examination of the opposite breast using mammography and ultrasound is therefore common practice. view more (2007-03-29)
PROPHYLACTIC MASTECTOMYImperial Cancer surgeon argues for scheme to find out if removal of healthy breasts justified in women at high risk of cancer
A London surgeon, Professor Ian Fentiman of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Breast Oncology Group, has called for the creation of a compulsory register of all women who undergo prophylactic mastectomy. Only in this way, he says, will we find out if operating to remove the breast tissue of healthy women at high risk of breast cancer really does... view more... (1998-11-18)
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