Archive for the 'Breast Cancer' Category

Ardenwald hosting Breast Cancer Awareness concert

… thinks the neighborhood concert on Aug. 21 featuring blues musician Sonny Hess is going to be “very hot,” and she’s talking about the music, not the temperature. The event, billed as the Breast Cancer …
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Breast cancer without followup radiation therapy

More breast cancer news. Indulge me a little, please. I saw David Ollila this afternoon in the hospital’s Corner Cafe. I was too into my burrito bowl and he was in scrubs, so I didn’t attempt a conversation. …
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Zoledronic Acid Protects Bones of Women Getting Breast Cancer

19 (HealthDay News) — Zoledronic acid prevents bone loss in breast cancer patients undergoing endocrine therapy and improves bone mineral density after treatment, according to an Austrian study. Adjuvant endocrine therapy is widely used …
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Christina Applegate is my new hero

After her recent breast cancer diagnosis she learned she was BRCA1 positive; not a big surprise since her mother is a survivor as well. And though she had good margins after two lumpectomies she decided upon a prophylactic bilateral …
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Christina Applegate Has Double Mastectomy After Breast Cancer

Applegate, age 36, just recently announced her breast cancer diagnosis, but said she was first diagnosed back in April with cancer in one breast. She had two lumpectomies, and could have been a candidate for chemotherapy, radiation, …
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Complexity of Breast Cancer

This is an exciting time in the study of hereditary factors involved in breast cancer susceptibility. Breast cancer for a long time was classified according histology. Now genetics play a significant role and better knowledge ensures …
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Christina Applegate Says She's Breast Cancer Free With Double

actress was diagnosed with breast cancer last month. During an interview on ABC, Applegate discusses her diagnoses, her choice to have a double mastectomy and how her mother, a breast cancer survivor, helped give her the strength she …
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Christina Applegate is Breast Cancer Free!

The 36 year old actress told “Good Morning America” on Monday that she is officially free and clear of breast cancer! After making the decision to get a bilateral mastectomy just one month after her diagnosis, she said “I’m clear. …
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HRT Drugs Found to Cause Abnormal Mammograms, Increased Breast

(NaturalNews) Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase women’s risk of developing breast cancer and interfere with cancer diagnostic techniques after as little as one year, according to a new large-scale study conducted by …
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Bridgeporter helps make strides against breast cancer

Dolores Mason, a coordinator in the Bridgeport School District, joined the 100 people who attended the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer kickoff breakfast at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport. …
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