Should All Women Have Routine Mammography Screenings?

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

The answer is still uncertain. A team of researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London tracked 160,900 women for an average of 11 years. The participants were divided into two groups: Women in the study group were offered annual mammography screenings beginning at age 40, while those in the control group […]

Modern Breast Cancer Treatment Methods

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Breast cancer has become a more common disease among women in modern times. Once known as an older women's disease, women in their 20's are now experiencing more cases of it. Statistics reveal that the average breast cancer risk is 14%. This climbs by 32% for smokers. The incidence of breast cancer could also […]

Genetic Testing For Cancer Is A Growing Trend

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Genetic testing for cancer is growing, both in the number of people receiving testing as well as in the mutations that are being found that are linked to cancer inheritance. Some of the cancers which have been associated with specific genes include breast cancer, familial melanoma, hereditary papillary renal carcinoma, hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, neurofibromatosis, […]

Breast Cancer: The Risk Factors

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Breast cancer is very hard to detect in its early stages. Breast self-exams and regular clinical breast exams are still our best weapons against this type of disease. We can gain a better understanding of breast cancer if we just take the time to study its causes and find out what are the […]

Breast Cancer - Hereditary Breast Cancer

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Cancer involves mutations, or changes, in genes. In most people affected by cancer, these genetic changes happen after birth later in life. In Hereditary Cancer, the cancer is caused by a genetic mutation that the person was born with. Some cancers, such as breast, ovary and colon tend to be hereditary, but […]

Breast Cancer - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Breast cancer is a malignant (cancerous) growth that begins in the tissues of the breast. Over the course of a lifetime, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer is a cancer of the breast tissue, which can occur in both women and men. Breast cancer may be one of the […]

The Genetics Of Breast Cancer

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Every woman runs the risk of getting breast cancer and as she gets older, the chances are greater. The chances of a woman getting breast cancer is 14 percent or one in every eight women, when you consider a lifetime of a woman, assuming she lives up to the age of about 90 years. […]

What You Should Know About Breast Cancer

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and the second leading cause of cancer death, exceeded only by lung cancer in 1985. One woman in eight who lives to age 85 will develop breast cancer at some time during her life.

At present there are over 2 million women living in the United […]

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