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Breast cancer survivors who have just a few alcoholic drinks per week are more likely than women who drink little or no alcohol to see their breast cancer return, according to research presented today at an annual meeting of breast cancer specialists.
Chemotherapy helps improve breast cancer survival in post-menopausal women, adding to a long-standing debate about how best to treat these women, U.S. researchers said Thursday.
Study Finds Women Taking Bone-Building Meds A-Third Less Likely to Develop Invasive Breast Cancer in Next 7 Years
Dr. Holly Phillips spoke to Maggie Rodriguez about a new study that suggests women taking drugs to prevent bone loss could have a lower risk of developing breast cancer.
New results from a landmark women's health study raise the exciting possibility that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel may help prevent breast cancer.
Two new studies suggest that bisphosphonate drugs taken to prevent bone loss may help fight breast cancer.
New results from a landmark women's health study raise the exciting possibility that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel might help prevent breast cancer.Women who already were using these medicines when the study began were about one-third less likely to develop invasive breast cancer over the next seven years than women not taking such pills, doctors reported Thursday.The study is ...
THURSDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Adding chemotherapy to standard cancer-suppressing tamoxifen can boost survival in postmenopausal women with the most common type of breast cancer, known as estrogen receptor-positive, and it's best given before the tamoxifen regimen starts, according to a new study.
Soy foods may be safe, and possibly even beneficial, for breast cancer survivors, a new study says.
THURSDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Bone-building drugs used by tens of millions of women to fight osteoporosis also cut the risk of breast cancer, suggesting the drugs may play a dual role in keeping women healthy.
Post-menopausal women who have three to four alcoholic beverages a week of any sort have a significantly higher risk that their breast cancer will come back, U.S. researchers said Thursday.
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