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News: May 28, 2012
Many Breast Cancer Patients in Their 40s Aren't 'High-Risk': Study
THURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of women in their 40s diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine mammogram had no family history of the disease, finds a new study that may add to the debate over the timing of breast cancer scr...
Can Blood Test Predict Breast Cancer Risk?
TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- A blood test that spots changes in a specific gene could reveal a woman's risk for breast cancer years before the disease has a chance to develop, researchers report. British scientists analyzed blood samples fro...
Exercise May Boost Breast Cancer Patients' Quality of Life
SATURDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise can help improve breast cancer patients' quality of life while they undergo treatment, a new study indicates. University of Miami researchers examined the physical activity levels and mental/physical...
Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects May Last for Years
WEDNESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment-related complications are common in breast cancer patients long after their therapy has been completed, a new study says. Researchers looked at 287 Australian breast cancer patients and found that ...
Teen Drinking May Boost Odds of Precancerous Breast Changes
MONDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Teenage girls and young adult women who drink even moderate amounts of alcohol appear to increase their risk of developing breast changes that can lead to cancer, according to a large new study. The study, which...
Veggies Like Broccoli, Cabbage May Help Fight Breast Cancer: Study
TUESDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Eating broccoli, one of the top "super foods," and other cruciferous vegetables may improve your odds for breast cancer survival, a new study suggests. In a study of women in China diagnosed with breast cancer,...
Early Study Hints That Breast Cancer Vaccine Might Work
MONDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine to prevent breast cancer's return in women with a history of the disease has triggered the desired immune response in early research. The vaccine under development is aimed at preventing recurrence in ...
Long-Term Estrogen Therapy Does Up Breast Cancer Risk: Study
SUNDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Several weeks after a study suggested that women who take estrogen-only hormone replacement to treat menopause symptoms may be at lower risk for developing breast cancer, another, much-larger study finds that wh...
Even a Little Drinking May Raise Breast Cancer Risk: Study
WEDNESDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) -- Just one alcoholic drink a day can boost a woman's risk of breast cancer by about 5 percent, according to a new review of existing research. Heavier drinking -- three or more drinks a day -- can increase ris...
'Freezing' Secondary Breast Cancer Tumors Shows Promise
MONDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- In a small and preliminary study, researchers report that they successfully froze secondary tumors in patients with incurable breast cancer. The findings raise the prospect of a potential new treatment for meta...
Obese Women at Higher Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence: Study
FRIDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight and obese breast cancer patients are at increased risk for recurrence of the disease, a new study finds. The findings -- which held true even though chemotherapy doses were adjusted for weight -- pro...
Two Studies Find Routine Mammography Saves Lives
WEDNESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Two long-term studies from the Netherlands suggest that routine mammography screening does save women's lives. One of the longest national breast cancer screening programs in the world led to a significant d...
Pregnancy Safe for Women With Estrogen-Sensitive Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy is safe for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, according to a new study. These types of breast tumors are especially sensitive to levels of estrogen in the body, and the findings ...
Cadmium in Diet May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Consuming the toxic metal cadmium in the foods you eat may raise your risk for breast cancer, a new Swedish study suggests. Cadmium, which is found in many farm fertilizers, can make its way into soil and wat...
Estrogen-Only Therapy May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
TUESDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- Some women who take estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy to stave off hot flashes, night sweats and other symptoms of menopause may be at lower risk for developing breast cancer down the road, a news study...
Researchers Spot New Gene Mutation Linked to Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified a new gene mutation linked to breast cancer. The mutation is in the Abraxas gene, which interacts with the well-known breast cancer gene BRCA1. Abraxas organizes a large BRCA1 prote...
Mammograms Can Save Lives of Women in Their 40s: Study
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancers in women aged 40 to 49 that are diagnosed by mammograms have a better prognosis than those detected by doctors or the women themselves, a new study indicates. "They have an earlier diagnosis, e...
Psychotherapy May Ease Hot Flashes After Breast Cancer
TUESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- After breast cancer treatment, many women suffer from hot flashes and night sweats, but a type of "talk therapy" might relieve these symptoms for some women, British researchers suggest. In a new study, women w...
Breast Cancer Drug May Weaken Bones, Study Finds
TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to prevent breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease appears to cause bone loss in some postmenopausal women, a new study finds. The drug, Aromasin (exemestane), has been shown to reduce th...
Soy Supplements May Not Shield Against Breast Cancer
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Soy supplements do not protect women against breast cancer, a new study suggests. The findings are consistent with the results of previous studies that examined the cancer prevention benefits of the dietary suppl...
New Genetic Clues to Breast Cancer?
SUNDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified three new genomic regions they believe are linked with breast cancer that may help explain why some women develop the disease. All three newly identified areas "contain interesting ge...
Many Breast Cancer Patients Uninformed About Options: Study
FRIDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- In too many cases, doctors aren't doing a good job of informing American women with early stage breast cancer about the disease or their options in terms of surgery, a new study suggests. In the study, researche...
Study Hints That Statins Might Fight Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Amid hints that statins -- cholesterol-lowering drugs -- might also play a role in preventing or treating certain types of cancer, new research sheds some light on how these drugs may help stop breast cancer i...
Drug Duo May Help Fight Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Combining two drugs that target an aggressive type of breast cancer known as HER2-positive appears to work better than using either drug alone, researchers report. The dual-drug approach greatly boosted the cha...
Does Deodorant Ingredient Affect Breast Cancer Risk?
THURSDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- For several years, researchers have studied a possible link between substances called parabens -- widely used as a germ-fighting preservative in cosmetics such as deodorant/antiperspirants -- and breast cancer...
Most Parents Tell Kids About Test Results for Breast Cancer Genes
MONDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Most parents who have genetic tests for breast cancer risk share the findings with their children, a new study finds. Researchers interviewed 253 parents who underwent genetic testing for mutations in two common ...
Breast Cancer Patients Face More Imaging Tests Today
FRIDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer undergo many more imaging tests between diagnosis and surgery than they did in the early 1990s, a new study finds. The tests -- breast ultrasounds, MRIs and mammograms -- help doctors de...
40 Years On, the Triumphs and Challenges of America's 'War on Cancer'
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Jack Whelan first knew something was wrong when it got harder and harder to walk from the train station in Boston to the financial district where he worked. He knew something was terribly wrong when he starte...
Targeted Radiation for Breast Cancer May Be Overused: Study
FRIDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The number of women with breast cancer who receive targeted radiation to the breast after a lumpectomy has jumped dramatically over the last decade. However, only about a third of these women were considered "su...
Breast Cancer Gene Puts Survivors at Higher Odds for Recurrence
THURSDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer survivors carrying specific genetic mutations, known as BRCA1 or BRCA2, have a 10 percent greater risk for developing cancer in their other breast, and the risk rises further when a woman receives...
Avastin Boosted Survival for Type of Aggressive Breast Cancer: Study
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- In November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked its approval of the drug Avastin for the treatment of breast cancer. But, a new study suggests that the drug can boost the survival of women with a sp...
Two New Drug Combos May Fight Advanced Breast Cancers
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer researchers report they are heartened by the results of two new studies that show combination therapies might improve survival for women with two different types of advanced tumors. One of the dr...
Obesity Linked to Worse Outcomes With Early Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Obese women with early stage breast cancer are less likely to survive than other women who are of normal weight, new research suggests. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine are slated to present their f...
Hispanic Women More Likely to Die of Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic women have a 20 percent greater risk of dying from breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women, according to a new study. Biological differences in the women's tumors could explain this discrepancy, t...
Family Tree May Affect Diagnosis Age in Some Breast Cancers
THURSDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Some women who inherit the BRCA1 or BRCA2 breast and ovarian cancer genes from their father may be diagnosed with breast cancer nearly a decade earlier than those who inherit the genes from their mother, a new ...
New Tests Might Better Predict Breast Cancer's Return
TUESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research points to two gene-based methods of predicting if and when women with certain breast cancers will experience a tumor recurrence. The studies, involving two common forms of breast cancer, are slated ...
Expert Panel Pinpoints Environmental Culprits in Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Women can lower their risk of developing breast cancer by avoiding unnecessary medical radiation, forgoing menopausal hormone therapy and limiting alcohol use, but they don't need to worry about using hair dye...
Diabetes, Obesity After 60 May Drive Up Breast Cancer Risk
TUESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A woman's risk of developing breast cancer appears to rise if she has diabetes or is obese after age 60, a new study indicates. Previous research has linked obesity and increased breast cancer risk, but "the dia...
Targeted Radiation May Not Be Better for Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who received radiation through strategically placed "seeds" had double the risk of a mastectomy later on, compared with women who got radiation for their entire breast, new research fi...
Mammograms Cut Risk of Breast Cancer Death by Half, Study Finds
TUESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News)-- Women who get routine mammograms can lower their risk of dying from breast cancer by nearly half, a new Dutch study suggests. "Our study adds further to the evidence that mammography screening unambiguously reduc...
Lobular Breast Cancer Linked to Paternal Cancer History
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women with lobular breast cancer are nearly twice as likely as those with other forms of breast cancer to have a father who had cancer, especially prostate cancer, a new study finds. Swedish researchers exami...
Study Supports Mammograms For Women in Their 40s
TUESDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Women in their 40s with no family history of breast cancer are just as likely to develop invasive breast cancer as women whose mother or sister has had the disease, according to a new study. These preliminary f...
Side Effects May Spur Men to Drop Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- One in five male breast cancer patients stops taking the drug tamoxifen early due to side effects caused by the medicine and may be at increased risk for cancer recurrence, new research suggests. Tamoxifen is...
Computer 'Pathologist' Could Help Assess Breast Cancer Survival
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new computer model analyzes microscopic breast cancer images and predicts patient survival better than the pathologists who do the job now, new research suggests. The computer program "provides information a...
Advances in Breast Cancer Care May Not Be Reaching Older Women
TUESDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds older U.S. women have higher odds of dying from breast cancer than younger women, suggesting that older patients may not be benefiting as much from advances in breast cancer care made over the...
Common Breast Cancer Gene Test May Be Flawed, Study Says
FRIDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A widely used breast cancer test may not be accurate in identifying a gene that is critical in determining which life-saving treatment a woman should get. The Oncotype DX, marketed by Genomic Health, results in a...
Femara May Beat Tamoxifen at Preventing Breast Cancer's Return
FRIDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The breast cancer drug letrozole, marketed as Femara, may be more effective than tamoxifen at preventing the return of breast cancer and improving survival among older women with hormone-sensitive breast cancers...
Breast Cancer Risk May Rise With High Hormone Levels
FRIDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Elevated levels of hormones increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, and as the number of different elevated hormones rises, so does the risk, a new study has found. Researchers from Brigham and Wome...
Woman Describes How Breast Cancer Changed Her Life
FRIDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- For Diana Rowden, life changed in various ways when she was diagnosed with breast cancer 20 years ago. During a routine gynecological exam when she was 38 years old, the doctor examining her breasts thought she ...
Genetic Profiling Adds New Dimension to Breast Cancer Treatment
FRIDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment for breast cancer has advanced in recent years by becoming more and more personalized. Not personalized to the patient, mind you, but to the particular tumors and cancer cells inside that patient.
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