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NEWS ABOUT: breast cancer

breast cancer stories: 116 news summaries

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'GMA' Host Has Breast Cancer

Roberts says she'll
have surgery,
urges viewers to undergo screening

Jul 31, 07 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good Morning America's Robin Roberts revealed she has breast cancer today and will be undergoing surgery shortly and follow-up treatment in the coming months. After filming a special about colleague Joel Siegel's battle with cancer, she told ABC News, "I went to bed, I did a self breast exam... More »

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cancer • television • breast cancer • ABC • Joel Siegel • Good Morning America • Robin Roberts

Extra Fruits, Veggies Don't Stall Breast Cancer

Docs weigh focus on weight and exercise

Jul 18, 07 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Loading up on fruits and vegetables doesn't stop breast cancer from returning, a 7-year study shows, causing researchers to mull switching focus to exercise and weight. The 3,000-woman study found no benefit to those who scarfed down extra servings of fruits and veggies—a relief to women who worry... More »

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cancer • health • breast cancer • diet • fruits and vegetables

(Newser) - So much for the grapefruit diet, staple of starlets, socialites and other figure-conscious  women throughout the seventies and eighties. Consuming as little as a quarter of a grapefruit daily increases risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women by as much as 30%, a new study shows. More »

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breast cancer • estrogen

Gene Doesn't Alter Cancer
Survival Rates

Breast cancer triggered by BRCA1 and BRCA2 no more lethal than other forms

Jul 12, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women who carry one of the two known breast-cancer-causing genes—BRCA1 and BRCA2—are more likely to  be diagnosed with the disease before 50, but they're not more likely to die from it than other breast-cancer patients, a new study concludes. Tracking the 10-year survival rates of women in 22... More »

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cancer • Israel • health • breast cancer • DNA • cancer research • BRCA1 • BRCA2 • genes • mutations • survival rates

You Say 'Tomato,' FDA Says 'Not a Cancer Cure-All'

Study shows no link between lycopene and reduced risk of many types of the disease

Jul 11, 07 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tomatoes and lycopene, the pigment that gives them their color, do not prevent cancer, the FDA says, contradicting preliminary research. Researchers analyzed 145 studies of lycopene, tomatoes, and cancer risk and found "no credible evidence" that the vegetable wards off lung, colorectal, breast, cervical or uterine cancers, according to... More »

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cancer • FDA • breast cancer • Harvard Medical School • prostate cancer • preventative medicine • cervical cancer • lung cancer • vegetables • ovarian cancer • cancer research • lycopene • tomatoes • colorectal cancer

Fat Stem
Cells Used to
Grow Breasts

Breakthrough treatment could be
ready next year

Jul 10, 07 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bigger breasts—even new breasts—can be grown using a new treatment that extracts stem cells from fat in the stomach or buttocks, the BBC reports. The breakthrough could help women who have had mastectomies, or rival implants for those seeking bigger breasts. More »

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breast cancer • stem cells • mastectomy • Cytori • Celution • breast implants

Breast Cancer Can Come From Dad, Too

Stealth gene at fault in half of inherited cases; better screening urged

Jun 20, 07 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Half of congenital breast cancer victims inherit the disease from their fathers, not their mothers, according to a new study. And unless dad has female relatives with the affliction, the responsible gene may go undiscovered. The study in JAMA warns doctors, increasingly screening family trees for cancer, not to overlook... More »

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cancer • health • breast cancer • women's health • genetics • women • JAMA

Vitamin D Slashes
Cancer Rates

New study ties nutrient in milk, tuna, salmon to 60% decrease

Jun 8, 07 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first research linking vitamin D directly to cancer prevention shows the nutrient sharply reduces cancer rates in older women. Only 3% of the 1,179 women monitored while taking a combination of vitamin D and calcium developed cancer over 4 years, a 60% lower rate than those given placebos,... More »

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cancer • nutrition • breast cancer • study • research articles • tuna • salmon • fortified milk • Creighton University • Omaha • Nebraska • cells • vitamins • doctor • vitamin D

Scientists ID New Breast Cancer Genes

Biggest breakthrough in a decade may advance prevention, treatment

May 28, 07 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four newly discovered genes can increase a woman's chance of developing breast cancer by as much as 60%, say scientists who hail the isolation of the genes as the biggest advance in the field since 1994. The breakthrough raises hopes for more advanced treatment and even prevention of breast cancer... More »

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cancer • medicine • health • breast cancer • women's health • women • cancer research • research • treatment • genes

(Newser) - Hundreds of common chemicals—from a substance used in French fries to one found in tap water—may cause breast cancer, a new report linking the disease to everyday products suggests. Researchers say they've found a link between cancer in animals and more than 200 common chemicals, many of which... More »

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cancer • health • breast cancer • genetics • chemicals • cancer research

Post-Chemo Memory Loss Isn't All in
the Head

Doctors catch onto "chemo brain"

Apr 29, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Docs are finally cluing in to "chemo brain," the fuzzy-headed forgetfulness following treatment that cancer survivors have long suffered—and doctors long denied. The condition, suffered by roughly 15% of breast cancer survivors, refers to a laundry list of memory-loss issues that researchers think result from high levels... More »

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cancer • health • breast cancer • chemotherapy • chemo brain • cancer treatment • memory loss

Embryos Screened for Cancer Risk

Targeting breast cancer gene raises fears
of "designer babies"

Apr 26, 07 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British government is poised to OK a procedure that screens embryos for genes that greatly increase the risk—but do not necessarily cause—breast cancer. Two couples with strong family histories of the disease are expected to pioneer the technique, already approved in principle, and crank up the debate... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • genetics • science • designer baby • in vitro fertilization • genetic testing • genetic screening • embryo

Breast Cancer Decline Tied to Hormone Drop

Study links 'colossal'  reduction in cancer to women skipping estrogen

Apr 19, 07 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers are linking a dramatic drop in the number of breast cancer cases to the decline in estrogen consumption by menopausal women. Women dropped hormone replacement therapy en mass after a 2002 study tied it to breast cancer risk. Other scientists argued that the decline—about 16,000 fewer new... More »

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cancer • medicine • health • breast cancer • women's health • women • hormone replacement therapy • ovarian cancer • estrogen • hormones • medical study

 Docs Tell Younger Women: Avoid Mammograms

Younger women should think twice before x-raying breasts, docs say

Apr 3, 07 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forty-something women should consider skipping their annual mammograms, the American College of Physicians is suggesting after a new review of research. Docs point to danger from radiation and unnecessary biopsies, surgery and chemotherapy, thanks in part to a high rate of false positives.  "We don't think the evidence... More »

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cancer • technology • health • breast cancer • American Cancer Society • women • science • mammogram

New Breast Scan Beats Mammogram

Uses near-infrared rays to illuminate tumors and sort benign from malignant

Mar 27, 07 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new type of breast scan promises to pick up the tumors mammograms often miss and to distinguish between benign and malignant masses—without surgery. The technology relies on harmless near-infrared light to illuminate the masses, which glow when exposed to a particular chemical combination. More »

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cancer • medicine • medical breakthrough • health • breast cancer • Harvard Medical School • mammogram

Elizabeth Edwards's
Cancer Recurs

2008 candidate will continue his campaign

Mar 23, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Presidential contender John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth announced today that the breast cancer she battled after the last election cycle has recurred and advanced to Stage IV. The cancer has spread to her bones, a lung, and possibly other organs, her oncologist explained,  and is now inoperable. The... More »

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cancer • John Edwards • Democrats • Elizabeth Edwards • health • breast cancer • presidential campaign • medical research • cancer research • Election 2008

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