Friday, October 28th, 2011
A new study published in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found that some women who need a lumpectomy or mastectomy have a third, perfectly safe option for treatment. The NSM or Nipple Sparing Mastectomy. There are essentially two main paths for surgery when breast cancer is detected. The first ...
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
A new study has found that an osteoporosis drug protects against the bone damaging side effects of certain breast cancer medications. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that some breast cancer patients could take zoledronic acid in addition to their ...
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Researchers in Scotland found that mammography examinations improve a breast cancer patient's chance of survival - they reported the findings of their latest study in Health Technology Assessment 2011; vol. 15:34. Every year approximately 45,000 women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer. Outcomes in breast cancer ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
New findings point to a possible role for manuka honey in the prevention of clinically significant radiation-induced dermatitis in breast cancer patients. The results, from a phase 2 study reported at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress (EMCC), show that the product may also decrease the duration of dermatitis ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Afinitor (evelolimus), a Novartis kidney cancer drug, when combined with hormonal therapy doubled breast cancer patients' progression-free survival, and reduced cancer progression risk by 57% compared to exemestane alone, researchers revealed during a Presidential Symposium at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. Hervé Hoppenot, President, Novartis Oncology, ...
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