Breast Cancer
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Breast cancer treatment worse for incarcerated patients
Breast cancer patients who are incarcerated at diagnosis often do not get neoadjuvant therapy and face delays in upfront surgery, study finds.
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Seventeen percent of breast cancer patients reclassified after risk score reassessment
Combining clinical risk factors with a polygenic risk score accounting for ancestral background substantially improves breast cancer risk...
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Omega-3 supplementation improves sleep, mood in breast cancer patients on hormone therapy
Although the sample size was small, this study showed that 4 weeks of omega-3 supplementation improved sleep quality in cancer patients.
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Last call? Moderate alcohol’s health benefits look increasingly doubtful
These new findings mean physicians will find themselves imparting a more nuanced message about the health impacts of moderate alcohol consumption...
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Bariatric surgery can lead to diabetes remission, cut cancer risk
Patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery have a lower cancer risk. “Obesity may cause more cancer cases than...
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Axilla swelling after COVID booster puts focus on mammogram timing
Experts and imaging center staff give recommendations regarding the timing of getting boosters and mammograms.
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Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer can go chemo-free
“This will save tens of thousands of women the time, expense, and potentially harmful side effects that can be associated with chemotherapy...
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Cardiovascular effects of breast cancer treatment vary based on weight, menopausal status
The risk of dyslipidemia was higher in postmenopausal aromatase inhibitors users and lower in postmenopausal tamoxifen users, compared with...
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Cancer risk tied to some manufactured foods
The results of three European studies support the removal of trans fatty acids, nitrites, and nitrates from food products.
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Breast cancer-related musculoskeletal pain alleviated with acupuncture
A new study shows that electroacupuncture and auricular acupuncture may relieve debilitating chronic musculoskeletal pain for breast cancer...
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More evidence ties some antipsychotics to increased breast cancer risk
The relative risk for breast cancer was 62% higher in women who took category 1 antipsychotic medications associated with high prolactin levels....