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Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC Breast cancer patients/survivors---Have you ever tried accupuncture to reduce effects of the cancer. Read this article on Accupuncture & Hot Flashes then share it with your Buddies.
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Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC Are you a Buddy? Do you remind your Buddies about the importance of Early Detection? Do you follow the ACS recommendations for early detection: BSE; Mammograms and regular clinical exams? If you do, please tell me about you & your Buddy. You could be a great feature for Buddy Check 9 on 9News Now.
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC Happy 2010!!! Sharing interesting breast cancer news with you & your Buddies. First up---Who should be tested for the breast cancer gene. Read this article & share it with your Buddies.
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Most women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent should be offered testing for the most common genetic mutations that cause breast and ovarian cancer, Canadian researchers have found. About 1% of the women they tested had a mutation in either the BRCA1...
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC Clarification---eligible women aren't refusing mammograms because of clautrophobia but the breast screening via MRI...here's more.
www.eurekalert.org
In a new study, 42 percent of women eligible for breast cancer screening with MRI declined to undergo the procedure.
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC An interesting read; what do you think? Also, I don't get women who refuse to get a mammogram because it makes them feel claustrophobic.
www.eurekalert.org
Members of a Syracuse University research team have shown that an obscure phenomenon called stochastic resonance can improve the clarity of signals in systems such as radar, sonar and even radiography, used in medical clinics to detect signs of breast cancer.
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC I want to hear from you after you read this disturbing report.
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As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according to the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network.
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC A study you may want to discuss with your doctor if you fall into this category of breast cancer patient.
www.eurekalert.org
Using Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, clearly improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is regarded to be a key clinical trial determining the best use of Herceptin.
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC A rare breast cancer type might require more not less treatment. Share this with your Buddies & let me know what you think.
www.eurekalert.org
In a large review of breast cancer patients with mucinous carcinoma, researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have identified an association between this rare type of breast ...
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Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC It's not about being any particular size; it's about being the healthiest you can be. What do you think? Let me know and please share this with your Buddies.
www.eurekalert.org
Obesity leads to late diagnosis of breast cancer. Obese patients have poorer breast cancer survival. Adjuvant treatment is less effective in patients with a higher BMI.
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC MRI & Mammography go hand in hand for Early Detection. Let me know what you think. And---don't forget to share this report with your Buddies.
www.eurekalert.org
Fewer advanced cancers detected with MRI plus mammography. Early detection meant smaller breast cancer size, less lymph node spread. Overall, high-risk women with gene mutations benefited from MRI screening.
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC Interesting study on benefits of chemo. Let me know what you think. Don't forget to share this with your Buddies.
www.eurekalert.org
Chemotherapy generally improves survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients, according to a landmark study published in Lancet. However a related study in Lancet Oncology found that a multigene test can identify a subset of women who may not benefit from chemotherapy.
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC If SOY helps Chinese women will it do the same for women in America? What have you heard?
www.eurekalert.org
Although there is a concern regarding the safety of soy food consumption among breast cancer survivors, researchers have found that women in China who had breast cancer and a higher intake of soy food had an associated lower risk of death and breast cancer recurrence, according to a study in the Dec...
Buddy Check 9 NEWS NOW DC Finding an answer---maybe.
www.eurekalert.org
Working with mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins publishing in the December issue of Neoplasia have shown that a protein made by a gene called "Twist" may be the proverbial red flag that can accurately ...
