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Dartmouth scientists showed that more than half of all the SNPs associated with breast cancer risk are located in distant regions and bound by FOXA1, a protein required for estrogen receptor-α (ER) function according to a paper published in the journal Nature Genetics in November. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-snps-breast-cancer-affinity-factor.html Cancer Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:17:02 EST news278180216 A New York state law that goes into effect Jan. 19, 2013, could impact up to half of all women who get annual mammograms, according to Avice O'Connell, M.D., director of Women's Imaging at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Highland Breast Imaging. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-mammography-physicians-notify-breast-density.html Cancer Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:56:21 EST news277714572 (Medical Xpress)—The holidays are a time to consume—food, gifts, and spirits. Here are a few alcohol-related story ideas from The Methodist Hospital. Because alcohol's effects on human physiology are complex, advice about is often contradictory. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-toasting-health-alcohol-consumption.html Health Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:30:03 EST news275213041 Obese, postmenopausal women are at greater risk for developing breast cancer and their cancers tend to be more aggressive than those in lean counterparts. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the December issue of the journal Cancer Research shows how this risk might be prevented. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-healthy-lifestyle-menopause-decrease-breast.html Cancer Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:24:30 EST news275145864 (Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers led by the Institute of Cancer Research, London, have found that rare mutations in a gene called PPM1D are linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The mutations are not inherited, and the discovery potentially reveals a new mechanism of cancer development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-scientists-gene-linked-breast-ovarian.html Cancer Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:03:20 EST news274953791 (Medical Xpress)—Younger women who wait at least 15 years after their first menstrual period to give birth to their first child may reduce their risk of an aggressive form of breast cancer by up to 60 percent, according to a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center study. The findings, by Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutch, are published online in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-childbirth-aggressive-breast-cancer-younger.html Cancer Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:45:46 EST news274545794 Researchers reviewing the records of approximately 250,000 women enrolled in an integrated healthcare delivery system found that increased CT utilization between 2000 and 2010 could result in an increase in the risk of breast cancer for certain women, including younger patients and those who received repeat exams. According to the study, which was presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), nuclear medicine examinations may also contribute to increased breast cancer risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-breast-cancer-prior-ct-nuclear.html Cancer Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:02 EST news273174702 Is there a link between the risk of breast cancer and the working environment? A study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health provides further evidence on this previously neglected research topic, confirming that certain occupations do pose a higher risk of breast cancer than others, particularly those that expose the worker to potential carcinogens and endocrine disrupters. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-job-breast-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:00:01 EST news272473975 (HealthDay)—Investigators have found preliminary evidence that eating red meat and poultry seems to boost the risk of breast cancer in white women—but not black women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-meat-breast-cancer-whites.html Cancer Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:40:02 EST news271078311 It has long been known that breast density, or mammographic density, is a strong risk factor for breast cancer, and that estrogen and progestin hormone therapy increases dense breast tissue. Now, a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research has identified several gene variants in hormone metabolism and growth factor pathways that may be associated with breast density and, hence, breast cancer risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-gene-polymorphisms-responsible-breast-density.html Cancer Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:40:00 EST news270264952 An excellent review article from two scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the USA to be published in Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012, describes the epidemiologic and basic scientific evidence linking alcohol consumption to the risk of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-complex-association-moderate-alcohol-consumption.html Addiction Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:10:01 EST news270211859 Blood hormone tests can predict a woman's risk for developing postmenopausal breast cancer for up to 20 years, according to a study led by Xuehong Zhang, MD, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) Department of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-blood-hormone-long-term-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:00:01 EST news269786031 (Medical Xpress)—The younger a woman starts her periods, and the later she finishes, the more at risk she is from developing breast cancer. Now a new study led by Oxford researchers shows that these factors are particularly relevant for specific types of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-breast-cancer-periods-link-important.html Cancer Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:05:11 EST news269766298 (Medical Xpress)—Women with type II diabetes are nearly 30 per cent more likely to get breast cancer, according to results of a comprehensive review published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Friday). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-post-menopausal-women-diabetes-greater-breast.html Cancer Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:31:28 EST news266826679 Chemicals or foods that raise estrogen levels during pregnancy may increase cancer risk in daughters, granddaughters, and even great-granddaughters, according to scientists from Virginia Tech and Georgetown University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-breast-cancer-pregnancy.html Cancer Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:26:15 EST news266581566 Women carrying a mutation in the BRCA1- or BRCA2- genes (which control the suppression of breast and ovarian cancer) who have undergone diagnostic radiation to the chest before the age of 30 are more likely to develop breast cancer than those who carry the gene mutation but who have not been exposed, a study published in the British Medical Journal today reveals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-diagnostic-chest-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:30:02 EST news266166243 The risk of dying from breast cancer was not related to high mammographic breast density in breast cancer patients, according to a study published August 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-breast-density-cancer-death-patients.html Cancer Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:52:03 EST news264700313 (Medical Xpress) -- Marin County, California has one of the highest rates of breast cancer in the world, a fact that scientists know has nothing to do with the land itself but with some other, unknown factor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-marin-county-high-breast-cancer.html Genetics Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:39:34 EST news263637565 Delivering a high-birth-weight infant more than doubles a woman's breast cancer risk, according to research from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The researchers suggest that having a large infant is associated with a hormonal environment during pregnancy that favors future breast cancer development and progression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-mothers-birth-large-infants-breast.html Cancer Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:00:10 EST news261757473 Women using fertility drugs who did not conceive a 10-plus week pregnancy were at a statistically significant reduced risk of breast cancer compared to nonusers; however, women using the drugs who conceived a 10-plus week pregnancy had a statistically significant increased risk of breast cancer compared to unsuccessfully treated women, but a comparable risk to nonusers, according to a study published July 6 in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-fertility-drug-usage-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:00:01 EST news260799723 (HealthDay) -- Girls who receive radiation to the chest to treat childhood cancer, even those getting lower doses, have a high risk of developing breast cancer at a young age, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-chest-girls-greater-early-breast.html Cancer Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:12:21 EST news258019931 (HealthDay) -- Women with high levels of white blood cell (WBC) DNA methylation at the ATM loci have a significantly increased risk of breast cancer, regardless of family history or menopausal status, according a study published in the May 1 issue of Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-dna-methylation-marker-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 11 May 2012 15:40:01 EST news255968436 Choosing when to start regular breast cancer screening is a complicated decision for individual women and their providers. For most women, increasing age is the biggest risk factor for breast cancer, which is much more common at age 60 than at 40. But two new articles on other risk factors may inform guidelines and clinical practice about screening mammography from age 40 to 49. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-factors-breast-cancer-screening.html Cancer Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:30:01 EST news255023036 When women at high risk of breast cancer viewed a customized web-based decision guide about prevention options, they were more likely to make a choice about prevention and to feel comfortable with their choice, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-decision-uncertainty-breast-cancer.html Cancer Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:33:27 EST news253715585 False-positive mammograms could be an indicator of underlying pathology that could result in breast cancer, according to a study published April 5 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-breast-cancer-false-positive-mammography-results.html Cancer Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:00:02 EST news252860118 American women of African ancestry are more likely than European Americans to have estrogen receptor (ER) negative breast cancer. There continues to be discussion about the role of low levels of vitamin D in the development of breast cancer for these women. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research has shown that specific genetic variations in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and in CYP24A1 (responsible for deactivating vitamin D) are associated with an increase in breast cancer risk, particularly for ER negative breast cancer, for African American women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-vitamin-d-racial-differences-breast.html Cancer Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:00:13 EST news252768619 The first large-scale U.S.-based study to evaluate the link between an injectable form of progestin-only birth control and breast cancer risk in young women has found that recent use of a year or more doubles the risk. The results of the study, led by breast cancer epidemiologist Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, are published online ahead of the April 15 print issue of Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-link-contraceptives-breast-cancer-younger.html Cancer Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:04:17 EST news252766985 New research suggests that long-term use of any type of hormones to ease menopause symptoms can raise a woman's risk of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-hormones-poses-cancer.html Cancer Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:36:32 EST news252502582 Mutations in a gene called XRCC2 cause increased breast cancer risk, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The study looked at families that have a history of the disease but do not have mutations in the currently known breast cancer susceptibility genes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-breast-cancer-susceptibility-gene.html Genetics Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:20:52 EST news252246045 (HealthDay) -- Just one alcoholic drink a day can boost a woman's risk of breast cancer by about 5 percent, according to a new review of existing research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:36:37 EST news252214559