Posts filed under 'Breast cancer'
Breast Cancer – Risk Factors
Breast Cancer – Risk Factors
By Michael Russell
The main types of breast cancer are Lobular carcinoma and Ductal carcinoma. Lobular carcinoma is fairly similar in behavior to ductal carcinoma but it begins in the milk secreting glands present in the breast. Ductal carcinoma, which accounts for more than about 75 percent of breast cancers starts in [...]
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Types of Breast Cancer
Types of Breast Cancer
By Connie Limon
Women seem to fear breast cancer more than any other life threatening disease. Research shows women are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than from all forms of cancer combined. Breast cancer is rare in men, although it does occur.
If you are one that fears breast cancer, there is [...]
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Low Fat Diet May Improve Survival in Breast Cancer
Low Fat Diet May Improve Survival in Breast Cancer
By Steven Vasilev MD
A fairly stringent low-fat diet in women with early-stage breast cancer resulted in a very impressive 42% risk reduction in cancer recurrence or death in women with hormone receptor-negative tumors, according to the second follow-up data analysis from the Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS) [...]
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Research makes the HRT cancer link clear.
The HRT Link to Breast Cancer
By Moss Greene
Research makes the HRT cancer link clear.
Over the past few years, millions of women have given up hormone replacement therapy, turning to alternative treatments for menopause symptoms instead. As a result, research shows breast cancer rates have gone down dramatically.
Scientists were shocked to see statistics drop by close [...]
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Preventing Breast Cancer - You Control Your Odds
Preventing Breast Cancer - You Control Your Odds
By Brian Lai
Breast cancer affects mainly women with one out of nine women encountering the risk of developing breast cancer over her lifetime.
Treatment for breast cancer has advanced with various drugs and procedures being developed and put into clinical use. One of the more common forms of cancer [...]
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Yoga for Prevention of Breast Cancer
Yoga for Prevention of Breast Cancer
By Sally Janssen
Regrettably, breast cancer is all too common, and contemporary medical treatments are well entrenched. Most cancer patients choose to accept the application of these techniques and there is comparatively low demand for alternative therapies. However there is growing interest in alternative methods of cancer prevention; and there is [...]
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Hospitals Offering Mobile Mammography to Make Breast Screening More Convenient
Hospitals Offering Mobile Mammography to Make Breast Screening More Convenient
By Kathy Gupton
Even with all the information about breast cancer awareness, self-exams and breast cancer statistics available, many women still choose to put off having a mammography and even doing self-exams. They give a variety of excuses including, “no time”, “no family history” or “lack of [...]
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Breast Cancer Statistics
Breast Cancer Statistics
By Steve Valentino
As the awareness of breast cancer increases, so does the availability of information on the disease to the general public. There has been much research done on the disease, which includes the statistics on its prevalence and survival rates. Below is an enumeration of these statistics.
Recent figures
Breast cancer has been proven [...]
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Male Breast Cancer
Male Breast Cancer
By Steve Valentino
Most people believe that breast cancer only affects women; this is because most men are not aware that they are also at risk of getting the disease. Given this, men need to be aware of the symptoms and the ways they can handle the disease. Below is a discussion of some [...]
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Mistletoe for Breast Cancer
Mistletoe for Breast Cancer
By Mary J.
Suzanne Somers used misteloe extracts to treat herself for breast cancer. According to her press releases and interviews, she used it along with various other forms of conventional care and natural cancer treatment. Suzanne has been very pleased with the outcome she obtained from the way her breast cancer was [...]
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