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New ASCO Guidelines on Treating Advanced-Stage HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
June 24, 2014
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has put out new guidelines on
treating women diagnosed with advanced-stage, HER2-positive breast
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Which Chemotherapy Regimens Are Likely to Cause Hospitalization?
June 24, 2014
A study found that two chemotherapy regimens, both containing Taxotere
and Adriamycin, were linked to the highest risk of hospitalization in
women younger than 65. Read more...0 -
Memory Problems After Chemotherapy Linked to Changes in Brain Activity
June 24, 2014
A small study suggests that changes in brain activity may be the cause of chemo brain. Read more...0 -
Effexor Seems Just as Good as HRT in Easing Hot Flashes
June 25, 2014
A study has found that the antidepressant Effexor eased hot flashes just as well as hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Read more...0 -
Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Consider Genomic Tests Hugely Important, but Many Don’t Understand Results
June 25, 2014
A very small study suggests women diagnosed with early-stage breast
cancer consider genomic test results very important when deciding
whether to have chemotherapy, but many of them don’t fully understand
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Pilot Study Suggests Optimal Lymph Flow Program May Help Reduce Lymphedema Risk
June 25, 2014
A study suggests lifestyle changes aimed at getting to and maintaining a
healthy weight as well as promoting the flow of lymph fluid can help
reduce lymphedema risk in women who’ve been treated for breast cancer. Read more...0 -
Research Suggests Women With Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Bone Can Safely Receive Zometa Less Often
June 25, 2014
A study suggests that after a year, women with bone metastases can get
Zometa every 12 weeks instead of every 4 weeks and still get the same
benefits from the medicine, while reducing their risk of side effects. Read more...0 -
Combining 3-D and Digital Mammograms Appears to Find More Cancers With Fewer False Positives
June 26, 2014
A study suggests that combining digital mammography with 3-D mammography
detects more breast cancers with fewer false positive results compared
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Starting Palliative Care Earlier for People With Advanced-Stage Cancer Benefits Caregivers
June 26, 2014
A study has found that starting palliative care earlier rather than
later in people with advanced-stage cancer helped the cancer patients’
caregivers. The caregivers had lower rates of depression and better
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Everything Nobody Tells You About Cancer Treatment and Your Sex Life: Your A-Z Guide "was written as a resource for women to help them anticipate the sexual health changes their bodies may experience throughout cancer treatment and validate their experiences throughout survivorship,” according to the authors of a study in the June 2014 issue of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing called “Improving Communication about Sexual Health for Adults Living with Ovarian Cancer”.
The results of that study led them to work with cancer patients to create the guide. It's delightfully written, chock full of down-to-earth advise that is both practical and encouraging. You can read it here:
http://prc.coh.org/A-ZBooklet.pdf
'Bout time!
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Telephone Counseling Helps Women Taking Femara Lose Weight
July 1, 2014
A small study has found that a telephone counseling program helped
overweight postmenopausal women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer
who were taking Femara lose weight. Read more...0 -
Women With Abnormal BRCA1 Gene Benefit From Having Ovaries and Fallopian Tubes Removed; Quality of Life Affected
July 8, 2014
A study suggests that women with an abnormal BRCA1 gene diagnosed with
breast cancer are more likely to survive if they have their ovaries and
fallopian tubes removed. Still, another study suggests that women who
have the surgery have lower quality of life. Read more...0 -
Frail Older Women Less Likely to Start Hormonal Therapy
July 8, 2014
A study suggests that frail older women are less likely to start hormonal therapy than older women who are not frail. Read more...0 -
Moles May Be Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
July 8, 2014
Two studies seem to have found a link between moles and breast cancer.
Both studies suggest that women with more moles are more likely to
develop breast cancer. Read more...0 -
Treating Inflammatory Breast Cancer With Surgery, Chemotherapy, and Radiation Improves Survival
July 10, 2014
A study has found that women diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer
who are treated with chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation have better
survival rates than women who don’t receive all three treatments. Read more...0 -
Mammography Has Led to Fewer Advanced-Stage Breast Cancers Being Diagnosed
July 10, 2014
A study has found that in the 30 years since mammography was introduced,
fewer advanced-stage breast cancers are being diagnosed. Read more...0 -
Most Women Don’t Get Enough Exercise After Being Diagnosed
July 15, 2014
About 65% of women diagnosed with breast cancer don’t meet national
exercise recommendations after they’ve been diagnosed, and black women
are much less likely to meet exercise recommendations than white women. Read more...0 -
Tamoxifen Gel Reduces DCIS Recurrence Risk as Well as Tamoxifen Pills
July 22, 2014
A small, early study found that a tamoxifen gel applied directly to the
breast area of women diagnosed with DCIS stopped cancer cell growth as
well as tamoxifen pills and caused fewer side effects. Read more...0 -
Combination of Two Medicines Helps Ease Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea Better Than Standard Treatments
July 24, 2014
Three studies have found that a combination of two medicines:
netupitant, an experimental medicine, and Aloxi, a standard anti-nausea
medicine, works better to control chemotherapy-induced nausea and
vomiting better than standard anti-nausea treatments. Read more...0 -
Electroacupuncture Helps Ease Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression in Women Taking Aromatase Inhibitors
August 1, 2014
Electroacupuncture – a type of acupuncture where a small electric
current passes between pairs of acupuncture needles – has been found to
ease fatigue, anxiety, and depression in women diagnosed with
early-stage breast cancer who are taking an aromatase inhibitor. Read more...0 -
Is There a Link Between Birth Control Pills and Higher Breast Cancer Risk?
August 4, 2014
A study found that using high-dose estrogen birth control pills in the
previous year was linked to a higher risk of breast cancer in younger
women, but using birth control pills with a low dose of estrogen (the
type of birth control pills that many women take) WERE NOT linked to a
higher risk of breast cancer. Read more...0 -
Study Outlines Priorities to Prevent Breast Cancer
August 5, 2014
A study looked at ways to reduce breast cancer risk that apply to all
women and explains how much certain prevention strategies can reduce
risk. Read more...0 -
Women Older Than 75 Get Benefits From Mammograms
August 7, 2014
A study has found that mammography finds breast cancer at earlier stages in older women. Read more...0 -
Abnormal PALB2 Gene Increases Breast Cancer Risk More Than Previously Thought
August 8, 2014
A study has found that another gene may be just as important in breast
cancer risk as BRCA1 and BRCA2: an abnormal PALB2 gene was found to
increase breast cancer risk five to nine times higher than average. Read more...0 -
Two Studies Show Bisphosphonates Don’t Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
August 14, 2014
Two randomized studies found that 3 to 4 years of treatment with either
Fosamax or zoledronic acid doesn’t seem to reduce breast cancer risk in
postmenopausal women. Read more...0 -
Exercise Reduces Risk, but Benefits Disappear if Women Stop Exercising
August 14, 2014
Postmenopausal women who exercised regularly in the last 4 years had a
lower risk of breast cancer than women who exercised less during that
time; women who had exercised regularly between 5 and 9 years earlier
but were less active in the past 4 years didn’t have a lower risk of
breast cancer. Read more...0 -
Aspirin, Ibuprofen May Reduce Recurrence Risk for Hormone-Receptor-Positive Disease|
August 19, 2014
Two studies on NSAIDs and breast cancer suggest that these medicines may
help reduce the risk of recurrence of hormone-receptor-positive breast
cancer in overweight and obese women and may also reduce the risk of
breast cancer spreading to the lymph nodes. Read more...0 -
Study Suggests Fewer Minority Women Have Reconstruction After Mastectomy Than White Women
August 23, 2014
A small study suggests that most U.S. women don’t have reconstruction
after mastectomy and that minority women are less likely than white
women to have reconstruction. Read more...0 -
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More Women Having Double Mastectomy, but Survival Rates Are Same as Lumpectomy Plus Radiation
September 4, 2014
Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in one breast who are
treated with lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy have the same
survival rates as women who are treated with double mastectomy. Read more...0
