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Breast Cancer - Treatment Options: Surgery

The prospect of surgery is never pleasant But fortunately, breast cancer surgery today is more targeted than in years past That leads to less scarring and quicker recovery, at the same time providing an effective treatment to lower the odds of recurrence...
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Breast Cancer - Treatment Options: Radiation

Radiation therapy remains one of the most common tools for breast cancer treatment, but it has been refined considerably over the years Radiation therapy comes in two basic types internal or external External radiation treatments consist of an energetic,...
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Breast Cancer - Treatment Options: Chemotherapy

Experts agree that for most breast cancer cases, chemotherapy is not the first treatment of choice But for those for whom it is appropriate, it can provide effective, long term results Chemotherapy consists of using drugs to combat cancer With the increasing...
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Cancer Treatment Options

If you or a family member has recently been diagnosed with cancer, you ll want to find out all you can about the cancer treatment options that are available to you There are a number of factors that will help you to determine which cancer treatments are...
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month:dedication to the advancement of promotional health for women and men

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:02:29 GMT

October has been designated as Breast Cancer Awareness month. Photo credit: Imagine you go for a routine checkup and after a subsequent mammogram you are told the results look suspicious.

Rare Genetic Variants Create 'Synthetic' Genome-Wide Signals Of Disease Risk

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

A new study points to rare genetic variants - as opposed to more common ones - as the heart of the genetic component of most common diseases.

Psychosomatic Medicine November/December 2008 Table of Contents

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Relationship of Genetic Variability and Depressive Symptoms to Adverse Events After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Barbara Phillips-Bute, Joseph P. Mathew, James A. Blumenthal, Richard W. Morris, Mihai V. Podgoreanu, Michael Smith, Mark Stafford-Smith, Hilary P. Grocott, Debra A. Schwinn, Mark F. Newman for the Perioperative Genetics and ...

Genetic Variations Indicate Risk Of Recurrence, Secondary Cancer Among Head And Neck Cancer Patients

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Genetics ; Ear, Nose and Throat Article Date: 08 Dec 2009 - 4:00 PST Eighteen single-point genetic variations indicate risk of recurrence for early-stage head and neck cancer patients and their likelihood of developing a second type of cancer, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...

True or False: I'm Not at Risk for Breast Cancer

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:17:23 GMT

"Those things happen to other people, they don't happen to me, right?" In so many ways we mature in our thinking as we age, yet some thoughts of invincibility tend to linger.

Study To Evaluate Genetic Risk Factors For Barrett's Esophagus And Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology ; Genetics Article Date: 02 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST Thomas Vaughan, M.D., head of the Epidemiology Program in the Public Health Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has received a three-year, $7.9 million grant from the National Cancer ...

Breast Cancer Risk Contributors

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Here are factors that the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society list as carrying an increased risk for breast cancer.