Breast Cancer
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Acupuncture Flops as Relief for Muscle Pain From Aromatase Inhibitors
Major Finding: Eight weekly sessions of real or sham acupuncture resulted in similar improvements in pain and HAQ-DI scores in postmenopausal...
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Recent Diabetes Increases Breast Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Swedish breast cancer patients were 37% more likely than controls to have been diagnosed with diabetes within the previous 4 years....
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Meta-Analysis: Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer Fares Poorly
Major Finding: Pregnancy-associated breast cancer is associated with a 46% increased risk of death and a 59% greater relapse risk than breast...
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Breast Cancer Linked to Benign Thyroid Disease
Major Finding: Women with breast cancer were threefold more likely to have prevalent autoimmune thyroiditis and twice as likely to be positive for...
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Factors Predict Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA Carriers
Major Finding: BRCA1 or -2 mutation carriers with breast cancer diagnosed before age 41 had a 26% cumulative incidence of contralateral breast...
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Despite Guidelines, Elderly Are Getting Cancer Tests
Major Finding: Among study subjects aged 75-79 years, 62% were screened for breast cancer, 53% for cervical cancer, 57% for colorectal cancer, and...
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Early Oophorectomy Linked to Osteoporosis, Arthritis
Major Finding: The age-standardized mean femoral neck bone density was significantly lower in women with oophorectomy before age 45 than in those...
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Statin Treatment Does Not Alter Breast Density
Major Finding: Treatment with atorvastatin did not significantly change mammographic breast density after 1 year. Data Source: A randomized phase...
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Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Ups Surgical Risk
Major Finding: Unilateral breast cancer patients undergoing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy were 1.5 times more likely to experience...
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Breast Cancer Vaccine Begins Phase III Trial
Major Finding: Disease-free survival at a median follow-up of 5 years was 95.9% in breast cancer patients who received the E75 vaccine with twice-...