Breast Cancer
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Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop
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Program Curbs Shoulder Morbidity Post Breast Cancer
Major Finding: After 5 years of participation in a surveillance/early intervention program for upper-extremity morbidity, only 11% of a group of...
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Doctors, Patients Disconnected on Aromatase Inhibitor Compliance
Major Finding: During their first year on adjuvant endocrine therapy, 80.5% of early-stage breast cancer patients stated that they took all or...
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Vitamin D Deficiency/Breast Cancer Link Questioned
Major Finding: Serum vitamin D levels measured before diagnosis of breast cancer showed no significant association with breast cancer risk.Data...
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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...