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Genetic Counseling Before Surgery Can Lower Stress and Help Women Make Decisions
September 13, 2012
A small study has found that women diagnosed with breast cancer who are offered genetic counseling before breast cancer surgery have less stress and make more informed decisions about treatment compared to women who don't get genetic counseling before surgery. Read more...0 -
Radiation in Diagnostic Tests Increases Risk for Women with Abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 Genes
September 13, 2012
A new study suggests that diagnostic tests that use radiation done before age 30 in young women with an abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene increases breast cancer risk. Read more...0 -
Use of Anthracyclines to Treat Breast Cancer Has Gone Down
September 14, 2012
A study has found that after 2005, there was a large increase in taxane chemotherapy and a decrease in anthracycline chemotherapy to treat breast cancer in the United States. Read more...0 -
Mammograms Save Lives, Benefits Outweigh Concerns
September 17, 2012
A European study has found that for every 1,000 women between the ages of 50 and 70 who get a mammogram every 2 years, seven to nine lives are saved. Read more...0 -
Study Analyzes Breast Cancer Genetics, Finds Four Classes of Disease
September 25, 2012
Researchers have done the most thorough analysis of breast cancer genetics to date and found that there are four genetically distinct classes of the disease. Read more...0 -
MRI Before Surgery Doesn't Reduce Need for More Surgery Later On
September 27, 2012
A study suggests that having an MRI before initial breast cancer surgery doesn't reduce the likelihood that a woman would need more breast cancer surgery later. Read more...0 -
New Screening Device for Dense Breasts Approved by FDA
September 27, 2012
The FDA has approved an automated ultrasound device to screen for breast cancer in women with dense breasts. Read more...0 -
Regular Screening Helps Reduce Difference in Breast Cancer Outcomes Between African American and White Women
September 29, 2012
A study suggests that regular screening mammograms can help improve the outcomes of African American women diagnosed with breast cancer. Read more...0 -
T-DM1 Lengthens Survival in Women Diagnosed with HER2-Positive Advanced-Stage Disease
October 3, 2012
Women diagnosed with HER2-positive advanced-stage breast cancer lived longer when they got the experimental medicine T-DM1 compared to women who got a different targeted therapy regimen. Read more...0 -
One Year of Herceptin Best for Reducing Recurrence Risk of Early-Stage HER2-Positive Disease
October 8, 2012
Results from two studies confirm that 1 year of Herceptin, rather than 2 years or 6 months, after surgery seems to be best for reducing recurrence risk in women diagnosed with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer. Read more...0 -
Needle Biopsy May Lead to Better Treatment Outcomes Than Open Biopsy
October 8, 2012
A study has found that diagnosing breast cancer with a needle biopsy instead of a traditional open surgical biopsy is more efficient, less invasive, and may lead to better treatment outcomes. Read more...0 -
Memory Training Program Seems to Help Thinking and Remembering in Women Who've Been Treated for Breast Cancer
October 9, 2012
A small study has found that a computer-based training program improved the memories of women who've been treated for breast cancer, as well as their ability to quickly process information. Read more...0 -
Fareston Is Effective Against Some Advanced-Stage Cancers That Have Stopped Responding to Aromatase Inhibitors
October 10, 2012
A small study has found that Fareston is a good treatment option for postmenopausal women diagnosed with advanced-stage hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer that grew while being treated with the aromatase inhibitors Arimidex or Femara. Read more...0 -
Exercise, Counseling Can Help Ease Menopausal Symptoms Caused by Breast Cancer Treatment
October 13, 2012
A Dutch study has found that exercise and a type of counseling called cognitive behavioral therapy can help ease menopausal symptoms that often come during and after breast cancer treatment. Read more...0 -
Mammostrat Test Helps Estimate Recurrence Risk and Make Treatment Decisions
October 16, 2012
A study shows that the Mammostrat test can offer more information on the risk of early-stage, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer coming back in postmenopausal women and help make treatment decisions. Read more...0 -
Paxil May Ease Hot Flashes
October 16, 2012
Two studies suggest that a low dose of the antidepressant medicine Paxil can lower the number and severity of hot flashes in some women. Read more...0 -
Older Women Have More Complications from Brachytherapy Compared to Whole-Breast Radiation
November 7, 2012
A study suggests that older women who have brachytherapy are more likely to have complications in the year after treatment compared to women who had whole-breast irradiation. Read more...0 -
Tykerb and Xeloda Seem to Shrink HER2-Positive Breast Cancer That’s Spread to Brain
November 8, 2012
A very small, very early study suggests the combination of Tykerb and Xeloda shrinks HER2-positive breast cancer lesions in the brain without radiation. Read more...0 -
Ginger May Help Ease Nausea Immediately After Chemotherapy
November 8, 2012
A small study suggests that adding ginger to standard anti-nausea medicines can reduce nausea in women diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer immediately after chemotherapy more than the anti-nausea medicines alone. Read more...0 -
Exercise and Complete Decongestive Therapy Are Best Ways to Self-Manage Lymphedema
November 13, 2012
A study that reviewed published research on lymphedema suggests that full-body exercise and complete decongestive therapy are the best ways to minimize lymphedema symptoms and maintain good quality of life. Read more...0 -
T-DM1 Granted Priority Review by FDA
November 14, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review to T-DM1 to treat HER2-positive, metastatic breast cancer. Read more...0 -
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer Doesn’t Seem to Increase Risk of Heart Problems
November 14, 2012
A study with more than two decades of follow-up suggests that women who have lumpectomy and radiation therapy don’t have a higher risk of heart problems than women who have mastectomy. Read more...0 -
Quality Personal Relationships Boost Survival in Women Diagnosed with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
November 17, 2012
A study suggests that the quality of a woman’s social networks seems to be just as important as the size of the social networks in predicting breast cancer survival. Read more...0 -
Heart Problems Happen More Often Than Thought in Older Women After Herceptin Treatment
November 20, 2012
A large study has found that older women diagnosed with early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer treated with Herceptin have a higher risk of heart failure than women who didn’t get Herceptin. Read more...0 -
Reflexology Helps Ease Chemo, Hormonal Therapy Side Effects
November 26, 2012
A study has found that reflexology helped ease some side effects from chemotherapy and hormonal therapy treatments in women being treated for metastatic breast cancer. Read more...0 -
Aerobic Exercise Helps Ease Cancer-Related Fatigue
November 26, 2012
A new review of studies on exercise and cancer-related fatigue adds more and stronger evidence that aerobic exercise can help relieve fatigue associated with cancer and cancer treatment. Read more...0 -
Ten Years of Tamoxifen Better Than Five for Early-Stage, Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Disease
December 7, 2012
For women diagnosed with early-stage, estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer, 10 years of tamoxifen offers more benefits than 5 years. Read more...0 -
Chemo Brain Seems to Start Before Chemotherapy Treatment, May Be Linked to Stress and Fatigue
December 16, 2012
Chemo brain may be more closely linked to stress and fatigue than to chemotherapy according to a small study. Read more...0 -
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Seems to Have Abnormal Genes That May Be Treatment Targets
December 16, 2012
A small study has found that many triple-negative breast cancers have
abnormal genes that could be targeted by medicines already on the market
or being developed. Read more...0 -
African American Women Less Likely to Have Sentinel Node Surgery
December 16, 2012
Research suggests that African American women are about 33% less likely than white women to have sentinel lymph node dissection; this difference was linked to a much higher risk of lymphedema risk in African American women. Read more...0
