Breast Cancer
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Zoledronic Acid's Breast Cancer Benefit Extends 7 Years
Major Finding: Treatment with zoledronic acid led to a 28% reduction in breast cancer recurrence risk and a 37% reduction in mortality risk over 7...
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Breast Cancer Gene Profile Identifies Early vs. Late Recurrences
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Practice Changers Expected at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
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Mammography: Family History Data Support Yearly Screening
Major Finding: Women aged 40-49 years with and without a family history of breast cancer had virtually the same rates of invasive disease in a...
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FDA Revokes Avastin Approval for Breast Cancer
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Walking Ability Aids Assessment of Elderly Breast Cancer Patients
Major Finding: At 10 years, 80% of women with low self-rated health status and a walking limitation had died, compared with 50% of those with high...
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Older Women Shortchanged on Gains in Breast Cancer Survival
Major Finding: Between 1990 and 2007 the breast cancer death rate in the general population declined by 2.5% per year among women aged 20-49 years...
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Political Battles Brew Over Breast Density
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Noncarriers in BRCA Families Dodge Breast Cancer Risk
Major Finding: The relative risk of developing breast cancer, 0.39, was not significantly higher among noncarriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations in...
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Mammography's Role in Saving Lives Deemed Exaggerated
Major Finding: The likelihood that a breast cancer survivor’s life was saved by screening mammography is never more than 25% and typically is less...
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MRI Breast Screening Effective for Underserved Women
Major Finding: Overall, there were seven benign biopsies conducted in the mammography group. One cancer was found, for a detection rate of 12%.