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n the study, released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers at the University of California, San Diego enrolled more than 3,000 breast cancer survivors.Half the women studied ate five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day, as is recommended by the U

Women with an increased risk of breast cancer benefit from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening, according to the American Cancer Society.New research shows magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, can sometimes catch breast cancer that mammograms miss.

JOHNSONApril 23, 2007Post a CommentFONT SIZE EMAILPRINTSHARE RSSCHICAGO (AP) -- A Harvard study released Monday supports earlier findings by a panel of experts that having an abortion doesn't increase a woman's risk of getting breast cancer.However, this latest analysis isn't likely to convince all those opposed to abortion.

But others have doubts that quitting HRT could alone produce such a steep drop.The 7 percent drop in breast cancer cases between 2002 and 2003 means about 14,000 fewer women in the United States were diagnosed with the disease.

Lori Mosca answers the question: 'Heart Disease, Breast Cancer In Women?'Answer: All middle-aged women should be concerned about the risk for both heart disease and cancer. And it's really important to recognize that many of the risk factors for cancer are similar to the risk factors for heart disease.

Chairman, Department of Psychosocial Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer InstituteOctober 3, 2007 6:16:48 PM Question: Is it possible that my partner is having difficulty dealing with the breast cancer experience, but is coping privately?Dr. Michael Zevon answers the question: Is My Partner Having Difficulty Coping?Answer: Many times in families, members of the family will feel that it's important to keep an optimistic face, in terms of dealing with the patient, while maintaining a very fearful kind of approach to the situation in private.

Will it be as sensitive after having breast surgery?First of all, depending on where the incision is made, you may have some numbness around the incision, which can happen around any sort of incision any where in your body. Typically, that's not enough to make you feel uncomfortable.

Victor Vogel answers the question: Is Breast Cancer Contagious?Answer: Breast cancer is not contagious. Many people believe that sometimes it appears that breast cancer is contagious because the disease can occur in families with many members of the family affected over time or it can sometimes be diagnosed in communities in several women at the same time and this sometimes gives the appearance that breast cancer is contagious.

Director, Magee-Womens Breast Cancer Prevention Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterOctober 3, 2007 6:04:31 PM Question: What is atypical hyperplasia and does it increase my risk for breast cancer?Dr. Victor Vogel answers the question: What's Atypical Hyperplasia?Answer: Atypical hyperplasia is a condition that's found on a breast biopsy.

Victor Vogel answers the question: Can I get breast cancer twice?Answer: Having a first breast cancer is actually a risk factor for having a second breast cancer. And we tell our patients that over a period of about 20 years after a diagnosis of a first breast cancer, a woman has about a 15 to 20 percent chance of being diagnosed with a second breast cancer.

Lynn Hartmann answers the question: How accurate doctors' risk predictions?Answer: The way that I like to think about predicting risk is to divide women into two main groups: those who are at hereditary risk for breast cancer and those who are not at hereditary risk. And by hereditary risk, I mean women who are in families where there is clearly a predisposition to breast cancer.

Victor Vogel answers the question: What causes breast cancer?Answer: We wish we knew what caused breast cancer. I think I can say better what we know does not cause breast cancer.

esearchers at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University found that among women with breast cancer that had spread to lymph nodes, white women were three times as likely to receive adjuvant chemotherapy and almost five times as likely to receive Tamoxifen, a common hormonal drug for breast cancer.The study examined medical records from 651 women diagnosed with breast cancer at a major university hospital and cancer center in Detroit from 1990 to 1996.

Forty-two percent of women also say they haven't had a conversation with a doctor about breast cancer; even among those over age 40, 38 percent haven't had such a discussion -- nor have three in 10 of those with a family history of the disease. Talking with a doctor can encourage awareness of risks and screening

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he doll, called Kimmie Cares, was created by Kim Goebel while she was undergoing chemotherapy therapy for breast cancer. Goebel passed away in 2004, and her sister, Kris, now serves as the president of the Partners for a Cure Foundation, Inc

Shown in this photo provided by Cleavage Creek Cellars winery is a selection of their wines with labels featuring breast cancer survivors. The new line of wines saucily named Cleavage Creek and featuring models sporting discreet decolletage on the label has a surprising back story.

She died last week from breast cancer and some people around the country are very angry about it. But there are many others who say they are buoyed by her battle against cancer.

Susan Love's Breast BookOctober 3, 2007 5:33:22 PM Question: Can breast cancer be cured?Dr. Susan Love answers the question: Can Breast Cancer Be Cured?Answer: Breast cancer can be cured.

About half the mammary tumors that dogs develop are noncancerous, which is similar to the ratio of nonmalignant tumors women find in their breasts. In cats, however, 90 percent of mammary tumors are cancerous.