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OPINION

Mammogram Backdown
Hurts Health Reform

Sebelius played politics, missed chance to show leadership

20 hours, 12 minutes ago
(Newser) - Health secretary Kathleen Sebelius has set back the cause of health care reform in her rush to distance herself from the recommendation of her own department's task force concerning mammograms, writes Steven Pearlstein. The advice that women under 50 shouldn't get annual mammograms was based on science, and Sebelius should... More »

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health care • breast cancer • mammogram • health care reform • Kathleen Sebelius

Gail Collins

Welcome to
the Conspiracy
to Ration Mammograms

Don't you dare deny us unnecessary tests!

Nov 19, 09 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Republicans are right: the new government guidelines urging women not to have mammograms in their 40s are definitely a nefarious conspiracy to start rationing care. “Whatever happens, we do not want the government conducting any studies on whether current health practices actually do any good,” writes Gail Collins... More »

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breast cancer • preventative medicine • rationing • mammogram • Gail Collins • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

New Mammogram Advice
Not US Policy: Sebelius

'These recommendations are not ours,' HHS Secretary asserts

Nov 18, 09 5:22 PM CST
(Newser) - The recommendation from the US Preventative Services Task Force that women in their 40s should not get mammograms is not government policy, said the secretary of Health and Human Services. Kathleen Sebelius tried to tamp down some of the controversy that has followed the panel’s decision, asserting that government... More »

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breast cancer • Health and Human Services • preventative medicine • mammogram • Kathleen Sebelius

Doctors Blast New Mammogram Guidelines

Cancer societies, gynecologists won't follow government's lead

Nov 17, 09 7:46 AM CST
(Newser) - There was an instant backlash from oncologists and gynecologists yesterday after a government panel recommended that that women in their 40s stop getting annual mammograms. “I think it is unfortunate that they came to this conclusion,” the director of imaging at one breast cancer center told the More »

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breast cancer • American Cancer Society • gynecology • oncology • mammogram • cancer screening • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

 Govt. Panel 
 Recommends 
 Fewer Mammograms 

Breast cancer screenings should start at 50, not 40: task force

Nov 16, 09 5:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Most women can wait to get their first mammogram at 50 and then should get one every 2 years rather than annually, a powerful health policy group said today. New information led to the recommendations, said a member of the influential task force that reversed a 7-year-old edict urging aggressive... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • chemotherapy • mastectomy • mammogram • cancer screening

 Team to Launch Tests 
 to Regrow Breasts 

Research offers hope to breast cancer victims

Nov 12, 09 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Australian scientists are about to launch tests of a new medical technique that they expect will help cancer victims regrow their own breasts and will eventually replace reconstructive surgery. The technique, which involves implanting a device to help fat tissue grow, worked well on pigs and will be tested on... More »

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breast cancer • mastectomy • breasts

secret weapon

 Michelle Pushes 
 for Health Reform 

First lady makes case for overhaul in  personal terms

Oct 23, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama rejoined the push for health care reform today, making the administration's case in an event at the White House and an online video message. Speaking with Jill Biden at a gathering for breast cancer survivors, Obama decried the fact that patients can’t get insurance because cancer in... More »

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health care • breast cancer • Michelle Obama • health care reform • women's issues • health insurance industry • pre-existing condition

Cancer Experts Worried About Screening

American Cancer Society to warn of risks as well as benefits

Oct 21, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Cancer Society is rethinking its advice on screening for breast and prostate cancer amid studies showing that the tests can miss the deadliest forms of the disease, and in some cases lead to dangerous, unnecessary treatment. The society is working on a new message stressing that cancer screening... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • mammogram • cancer screening • women's issues

 KISS Drummer 
 Beats Breast Cancer 

Peter Criss aims to raise awareness of male breast cancer

Oct 16, 09 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Peter Criss has been declared cancer-free and he feels like the luckiest Catman alive. Criss, a founding member of KISS, received treatment for a tumor in his breast before it could spread and got the all-clear with his latest mammogram. The 63-year-old survivor is now doing his best to raise... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • rock stars • Kiss • Peter Criss

 Gaza Film 
 Exposes Deadly 
 Breast Cancer Taboos 

Animated movie is based on young Palestinian who died

Oct 8, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A heart-wrenching Gaza cartoon inspired by a real-life case follows the story of a young Palestinian woman in a refugee camp who dies of breast cancer because of cultural squeamishness about female bodies and difficulty obtaining health care. One doctor in the animated film Fatenah tells the woman, who's worried... More »

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breast cancer • Palestine • women • taboo • movies • animated film

 'Save the Boob'  Ads 
 Turn Heads, Spark Complaints 

Cutting-edge ads seek to reach younger women

Sep 24, 09 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just because breast cancer is serious, does that mean PSAs have to be?  "Save the boob" is the tag line on one irreverent video in a campaign for breast cancer awareness that's drawing fans—and furious complaints. Designers of the public service announcements aim to grab the attention younger... More »

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breast cancer • commercials • advertisements • breasts • Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation • Breast Cancer Research Foundation • controversy • breast self examination • man boobs • public service announcement • boob

 Cancer Treatment 
 Derails Tierney's 
 Return to TV 

Breast cancer will take more treatment than initially thought

Sep 11, 09 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Treatment for breast cancer has forced a "deeply disappointed" Maura Tierney to withdraw from a leading role in the NBC series Parenthood, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The show was originally scheduled to start airing this month, but production was pushed back to allow Tierney, 44, to undergo... More »

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cancer • entertainment • television • NBC • breast cancer • network television • Maura Tierney • Parenthood

(Newser) - New research strongly suggests that breastfeeding can help protect women with a family history of breast cancer from developing the cancer, Reuters reports. Scientists found that among women who had a mother or sister with the disease, those who breastfed were nearly 60% less likely to develop the cancer before... More »

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breast cancer • cancer research • breast feeding • breast milk • tamoxifen • women's issues • cancer risk

Breast Cancer Death in Blacks Linked to Genes

Advocates now worry environmental, social factors will be ignored

Jul 27, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The higher risk of death from breast cancer for black women may depend more on differences of biology than environmental factors, the Baltimore Sun reports. Research shows that black women are up to 49% more likely to die from the disease than white women, even when patients receive the same... More »

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breast cancer • doctor • mammogram • black women • white women • scientific research • medical study • preventative care

Mammograms May Lead to Overtreatment: Study

But screening can't determine danger; many treated unnecessarily

Jul 10, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - One-third of breast cancers that show up on mammograms may be essentially harmless, meaning that treating every tumor causes unnecessary trauma, a five-nation study suggests. A mammogram doesn't reveal whether a cancer is lethal or harmless, so all get treated when some could be merely monitored, the BBC reports. The... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • cancer treatment • mammogram • cancer screening • British Medical Journal

(Newser) - Finally, some good news for migraine sufferers: Those awful headaches come with a reduced risk of breast cancer, according to a new study. The researchers aren’t sure why that would be the case, but they suspect a connection with estrogen and other hormones. “It’s pretty clear... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • migraines • estrogen • hormones • medical research • migraine triggers

(Newser) - Phil Mickelson's mother has breast cancer and will undergo surgery this week at the same hospital that's treating her daughter-in-law for the disease. Amy Mickelson, the star golfer's wife, was diagnosed in May. Mary Mickelson's daughter, Tina, tells the San Diego Union-Tribune she made the diagnosis public in hopes that... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • golf • Phil Mickelson • PGA • Amy Mickelson • Mary Mickelson

Why Cancer Researchers Are Playing it Safe

Long-shots are risky to fund, so grants go to less ambitious studies

Jun 28, 09 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you're a cancer researcher, it's harder to get money to investigate a potentially field-changing question than to find out whether a food's tastiness affects dieting. The reason is simple but problematic: With limited funding available and lots of research to do, grant-givers don't want to lose money on a... More »

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breast cancer • science • cancer research • funding • cancer drug • scientific funding • women's issues

OPINION

 New Class of Drugs Could 
 Revolutionize Cancer Treatment 


PARP inhibitors show potential to transform understanding of cancer

Jun 25, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new class of drugs in development represents the biggest cancer breakthrough in a decade, Robert Bazell writes at NBC. In a study causing much excitement in the medical world, breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer patients treated with Olaparib, one of a group of drugs known as PARP inhibitors, had... More »

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breast cancer • ovarian cancer • cancer treatment • cancer drug • olaparib • PARP inhibitors • women's issues

South Pole Doc Who Treated Own Cancer Dead at 57

Disease returned after long remission

Jun 24, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(AP) - Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died at age 57, her husband said today, passing away yesterday at their home in Southwick, Mass. Her cancer had been in remission until it returned in August 2005. More »

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breast cancer • obituary • Antarctica • South Pole

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