Breast Cancer
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One Patient Changed This Oncologist’s View of Hope. Here’s How.
“How we think about hope directly influences patient care,” according to a professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York...
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Surviving to Thriving: Enhancing Quality of Life in Breast Cancer
Up to 90% of early breast cancer survivors experience long-term effects from treatment, which often include fatigue, loss of mobility, chronic...
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Ovarian Cancer Risk Doubled by Estrogen-Only HRT
Long-term follow up in women with hysterectomy included in the WHI reveals significantly more cases of ovarian cancer.
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About 20% of Breast Cancer Survivors Gain Excess Weight
After adjustment for confounding factors, younger age at breast cancer diagnosis and lower baseline weight were the strongest predictors of more...
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Bariatric Surgery May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk for Some
“The surgical treatment benefit was predominantly seen in women with hyperinsulinemia, suggesting insulin may be used as a predictor of treatment...
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The ASCO Annual Meeting Starts This Week
More than 7000 abstracts were submitted for this year’s meeting a new record — and over 5000 were selected for presentation.
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Exercise Improves Sexual Health in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Physical activity improved sexual health, fatigue, and quality of life.
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ASTRO Releases New EBRT Guideline for Symptomatic Bone Mets
Recommendations concerning pain management and quality of life are part of the guidance.
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Clinicians Face Hurdles in Caring for the Growing Number of Cancer Survivors
Primary care clinicians must help patients with new health problems that emerge as the result of previous cancer treatments and with side effects...
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Obesity and Cancer: Untangling a Complex Web
Is gaining weight later in life better or worse for cancer risk than being overweight or obese from a young age?
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Most women can conceive after breast cancer treatment
In a modern cohort of patients under 40 without metastatic disease, financial status and egg or embryo freezing — but not chemotherapy — affected...