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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
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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
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Women Older Than 75 Get Benefits From Mammograms
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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...
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Two Studies Show Bisphosphonates Don’t Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
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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
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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
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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
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Study Suggests Fewer Minority Women Have Reconstruction After Mastectomy Than White Women
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A small study suggests that most U.S. women don’t have reconstruction
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these are good articles posting so it will go to the top. Moderators you should do this once in a while
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6/2014, IDC, 2cm, Stage IIA, Grade 2, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
Surgery
6/24/2014 Lumpectomy: Left; Lymph node removal: Left, Sentinel
Radiation Therapy
8/1/2014 3DCRT: Breast
Radiation Therapy
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Femara (letrozole)
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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...
