Preventive Care
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Exercise protects black women against ER-negative breast cancer
Major finding: Black women who reported engaging in an average of least 3 hours of vigorous exercise per week over their lifetime had a 47%...
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New mega-review underscores mammography’s benefits
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IBIS-II: Anastrozole highly effective in preventing breast cancer
Major finding: The 7-year cumulative incidence of all breast cancers in high-risk postmenopausal women who took anastrozole once daily for 5 years...
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Genetic profiling transforms cancer treatment trials
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Breast MRI both overused and underused
Major finding: Only 25% of the women in one study and 21% in the other who underwent breast MRI met the high-risk criteria recommended for the...
Commentary
Family history, genetic testing, and the electronic health record
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Oral HPV-related cancer risk not transmitted to sex partners
Major finding: The prevalence of human papillomavirus infections is 5% among female partners of patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers...
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Aspirin may protect older women from melanoma
Major Finding: The risk of melanoma was 21% lower in white, postmenopausal women who took aspirin regularly.Data Source: Women’s Health Initiative...
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Smoking ups mortality threefold
Major Finding: Smokers are three times more likely to die than nonsmokers, with nearly all of the excess deaths directly attributable to smoking....