Breast Diseases

Breast exam guidelines ignite firestorm

Mary Ivey didn't have a family history of breast cancer or a genetic mutation putting her at high risk for the disease. At 37, she was too young for an annual mammogram. But one day in March, she did a routine self-exam, as her...

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Letters: Cancer Guidelines Scrutinized

Having read the front-page story "Changing Strategy" [Nov. 17], I was absolutely shocked. I am a breast cancer survivor and it was a self-examination that led to my diagnosis. Yet, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has...

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When health screening has a downside - Los Angeles Times

CBS News When health screening has a downside Los Angeles Times Routine cancer testing saves lives, but it also leads to biopsies, surgeries, radiation, even deaths that otherwise would not have occurred. But experts'...

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In Cancer Testing, Less Is Now Better - Wall Street Journal

Reuters In Cancer Testing, Less Is Now Better Wall Street Journal Worries that widespread screening for breast and cervical cancers can yield limited benefit and lead to unnecessary harm prompted decisions this week by two...

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Pfizer to pay $6.3 mln to patient in Prempro lawsuit

LOS ANGELES, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A Philadelphia jury on Friday ordered pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to pay $6.3 million in compensatory damages to an Illinois breast cancer survivor after finding menopause drugs Premarin, Provera...

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GOP: Breast exams show 'rationing'

'This is how rationing begins,' Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said Tuesday. Confusing new recommendations on mammograms and pap smears are playing into public fears about the increased role the federal government would play...

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Shopping Pink for Komen on Dec. 4 in Sparks

Staff Reports Bring a friend and go holiday gift shopping while sampling fine wines and networking with other breast cancer awareness supporters at the holiday Shopping Pink for Komen event at the Northern Nevada Affiliate of...

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Program on patients undergoing individualized treatment for metastatic breast cancer: NCCN

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of 21 of the world's leading cancer centers, has collaborated with the Discovery Health Channel to produce a program profiling three patients with...

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A breast cancer survivor with a sense of humor

She's a survivor with a sense of humor--and what she claims are "the cleanest toilet bowls on the planet." "Because if you're going to put your face in it five times a day, you're going to scrub it," said Brooke Jones.

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Patient tattoos thanks to medics

Zoe Stevens now has three tattoos on her lower back. A cancer patient from Cornwall has thanked her medical team by having their names tattooed on her lower back. Zoe Stevens, from Bodmin, was diagnosed with breast cancer in...

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