Approximately 60,000 patients in the United States will receive a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in 2016. DCIS is not an invasive form of cancer and the 10-year survival rate for women with DCIS is greater than ...
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After breast cancer surgery, women are prescribed adjuvant (or follow-up) therapies such as chemotherapy and endocrine drugs to reduce the risk of the cancer returning. It's been assumed that the treatment effects of these ...
Nov 2, 2015
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One in every three women undergoing a mastectomy could potentially be spared chronic post-operative pain if anesthesiologists used a regional anesthetic technique in combination with standard care, according to a new study.
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Nearly 13% of women born in the U.S. today will develop breast cancer at some point during their lives. Treatment for early-stage disease often includes breast-conserving surgery, where the tumor and some surrounding healthy ...
May 17, 2022
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(Medical Xpress) -- Radiotherapy following surgery for breast cancer halves the chances of the cancer coming back over the next 10 years, a study led by Oxford University researchers has found.
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(HealthDay)—Complications are rare among breast cancer patients who undergo mastectomy and reconstruction, a new study indicates.
Sep 2, 2014
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Manchester researchers, working with colleagues in York, Leeds and Hull, looked at the records of more than 23,000 women with breast cancer diagnosed in the West Midlands, Yorkshire and North ...
Jun 17, 2011
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Changing the order of treatments given to breast cancer patients could reduce side effects and improve outcomes, according to an Imperial study.
Jul 28, 2022
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The Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital in Amsterdam and the University Of Twente have developed a new localization technique for breast cancer that is based on magnetism.
May 4, 2017
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A new large study finds that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer and have a family history of the disease face no worse of a prognosis after treatment than other women with breast cancer. The study, which was published ...
May 20, 2015
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