Nexavar may help breast cancer drugs work longer
Reuters - 2 hours 23 minutes agoU.S. researchers may have found a way to overcome resistance to hormone-blocking breast cancer drugs, extending the life of treatments that keep the disease in check.
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UPDATE: Pfizer Drug Shows Decrease In Breast-Cancer Relapse
Nasdaq - Thu Dec 10, 5:49 pm ET(Adds further details and comment.) Pfizer Inc. (PFE) cancer drug Aromasin reduced relapse risk by 19% in breast- cancer patients who switched to tablets of that drug after two and a half years of taking tamoxifen, compared with those who stayed on tamoxifen for five years, a follow-up study found.
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Volleyball fundraiser for breast cancer
Queens Courier - Fri Dec 11, 1:58 am ETCardozo and Francis Lewis High School put their rivalry on hold and “went pink” for a volleyball match to raise money for breast cancer awareness.
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Major New Study Finds Soyfoods Safe and Beneficial for Women With Breast Cancer
redOrbit - Thu Dec 10, 6:08 pm ETST. LOUIS, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A major new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that women with breast cancer would be well-served by including soyfoods in their daily diet.
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Studies: Bone drugs may help prevent breast cancer
KENS 5 San Antonio - Thu Dec 10, 8:47 pm ETSAN ANTONIO (AP) — 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. 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 ...
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Free Breast Cancer Support Groups
Garden City News - Thu Dec 10, 11:45 pm ETThe Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer program is offering new support groups. There is no cost for any group; however pre-registration is required. For information, questions, or to sign up, call Sandi Kafenbaum, LCSW, at (516) 877-4314, or the Breast Cancer Hotline at (800) 877-8077.
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Breast cancer report
The Ithaca Journal - Fri Dec 11, 12:12 am ETIn a recent column, Ellen Goodman expressed a realistic view of the recent report of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, which pronounced that the costs of performing routine mammograms for breast cancer on women under 40 outweighed the benefits.
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Free Workshop For Breast Cancer Patients
Garden City News - Thu Dec 10, 11:46 pm ETA free workshop, “Simplifying and Organizing Your Lifestyle,” is being offered to those who have had breast cancer on Tuesday, January 19, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The workshop, sponsored by the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, will be held at Adelphi University’s Alumni House in Garden City.
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Alcohol may raise risk of breast cancer return
MSNBC - Thu Dec 10, 4:14 pm ETPost-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, researchers found.
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Landmark Study Confirms Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Benefit
Newswise - Thu Dec 10, 7:21 pm ETChemotherapy generally improves survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients, according to a landmark study 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.
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Chemotherapy boosts breast cancer survival: study
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 9:36 am ETChemotherapy 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 on Thursday.
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Bone Drugs May Fight Breast Cancer
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