Breast Cancer News
The newsletter provides a selection of recent articles in the media related to breast cancer. Subscribe on the right to have the weekly roundup emailed to you.

Breast Cancer Treatment Choices: Web Tools and a Chance to Exhale Make a Difference
Many patients feel their physicians don’t completely explain their treatment options and feel uncertain about their choices. A little time before the leap into treatment, and some high-quality web-based tools, can help.
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Mastectomy Essentials and Gifts to Get Before Surgery
here is a list of products that will help women recovering from mastectomy
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EPA Says One Day It May Remove Cancer-Linked Chemicals From Drinking Water
A number of common items-from certain pots and pans to your fast food wrapper-get their non-stick properties from synthetics substances that may increase a person's risk of cancer. Source: EPA Says One Day It May Remove Cancer-Linked Chemicals From Drinking...
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Breast Changes and Conditions
vv You may have just received an abnormal mammogram result, or perhaps you or your health care provider found a breast lump or other breast change. This page can help you learn about symptoms during your lifetime that are not cancer as well as follow-up tests used to...
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Breast Cancer Survivor Treated While Pregnant Has Healthy Baby
During her pregnancy, Chavez made the difficult decision with the help of her health care team to undergo chemotherapy. They determined that chemo would give her and her baby the best chance of a healthy outcome. Today she and baby Azriel are doing well.
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Ketogenic Diets and Cancer: What Patients Should Know
There is speculation that a keto diet can help cancer patients “starve cancer cells” by preventing the cells from using glucose for energy and growth. But is there evidence that a keto diet can be truly beneficial in the treatment of cancer? Source: Ketogenic Diets...
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All Women Should Know This Key Fact About Dense Breast Tissue!
If you have dense breasts you will likely need additional screening outside a traditional mammography to ensure you do not have breast cancer.
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Cancer Patients Have an Increased Risk of Developing This “Deadliest Killer You’ve Never Heard Of”
While sepsis is certainly not something you can only develop if you have cancer, cancer patients are particularly susceptible to it. In fact, a 2004 study found that 8.5 percent of cancer-related deaths were due to sepsis.
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Bra Buying Tips Every Breast Cancer Patient Should Know
Whether you are a breast cancer patient, newly out of treatment, or a long time survivor, we all know there are needs that need to be met when it comes to a bra. Source: Bra Buying Tips Every Breast Cancer Patient Should Know | The Breast Cancer Site...
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The Age You Were When You Had Your First Child May Influence Breast Cancer Risk
This video explains the reason it matters when you have your first child. Source: The Age You Were When You Had Your First Child May Influence Breast Cancer Risk | The Breast Cancer Site...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Breast Cysts
This article explains what cysts are, what can be done about them, and how much you should worry if you believe you’ve found one in your breast.
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French authorities call for ban of Allergan textured breast implants
This week, the Food and Drug Administration reported more cases of the disease in the U.S., bringing the total to 457. Worldwide, there are now nearly 700 cases. Sixteen women have died.
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Could Late-Night Snacking Make Your Breast Cancer Come Back?
Participants were asked to report about their eating habits, which allowed the researchers to determine how much time each woman spent fasting per night. Those who fasted for less than 13 hours per night were 36% more likely to see a breast cancer recurrence than...
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Can aspirin help treat cancer?
The use of low-dose aspirin as a preventive in heart disease, stroke, and cancer is well established, but evidence is now emerging that the drug may have a valuable role as an additional treatment for cancer, too.
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Should Widespread Early Detection Cancer Screening End?
Instead of providing benefits, Dr Adami and colleagues suggested that population-based early detection cancer screening may be responsible for overdiagnosis and harm. They define overdiagnosis as “the detection of the disease or condition that would not cause symptoms or death during an individual’s’ lifetime.”
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