News tagged with breast cancer survivors
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Female cancer survivors have 'worse health behaviors' than women with no cancer history
A recent study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has found that female cancer survivors receiving screening mammography have "worse health behaviors" ...
Cancer
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Younger breast cancer patients have more adverse quality-of-life issues
Younger women with breast cancer experience a decrease in their health-related quality of life (QOL), associated with increased psychological distress, weight gain, a decline in their physical activity, infertility and early ...
Cancer
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Early-stage breast cancer patients lack knowledge; may not receive treatment they prefer
According to the results of a new study published in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, many early-stage breast cancer survivors lacked knowledge about their disease and were not me ...
Cancer
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Breast cancer survivors benefit from practicing Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer have higher survival rates than those diagnosed in previous decades, according to the American Cancer Society. However, survivors continue to face health challenges after their ...
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Dec 29, 2011 |
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Childhood cancer drugs cure now, may cause problems later, research shows
Will a drug used to treat childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and other pediatric cancers cause heart problems later in life?
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Dec 16, 2011 |
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New registry will track lymphedema among breast cancer patients
(Medical Xpress) -- More and more woman are surviving breast cancer, but lifesaving surgical and radiation therapies can cause a grave side effect: an incurable chronic condition called lymphedema that involves swelling of ...
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Dec 13, 2011 |
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Breast cancer survivors struggle with cognitive problems several years after treatment
A new analysis has found that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation ...
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Dec 12, 2011 |
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Risk for developing new cancer in other breast increased for survivors with BRCA mutation
Breast cancer survivors who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutation are at high risk for developing contralateral breast cancer — a new primary tumor in the other breast — and certain women within this group of ...
Cancer
Dec 08, 2011 |
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MU researchers recommend exercise for breast cancer survivors, lymphedema patients
Lymphedema, a chronic swelling condition common in breast cancer survivors, affects three million people in the U.S. In the past, most people believed that exercise might induce or worsen lymphedema. After reviewing the literature, ...
Cancer
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Cells' 'neighborhood' can help prevent breast cancer
Exercise has given Lu-Ann Doria more energy, confidence and strength. It may also help her stay cancer-free, doctors say.
Cancer
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Studies link depression, breast cancer outcomes
This year, more than 230,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and nearly 40,000 women will not survive their battle with cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. New research from the University of Missouri ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Probability model estimates proportion of women who survive breast cancer detected through screening
A model used to estimate breast cancer survival rates found that the probability that a woman with screen-detected breast cancer will avoid a breast cancer death because of screening mammography may be lower than previously ...
Cancer
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Advanced post-mastectomy breast reconstruction improves women's psychosocial and sexual well-being
After a mastectomy, women who undergo breast reconstruction with tissue from their own abdomen experience significant gains in psychological, social, and sexual wellbeing as soon as three weeks after surgery. That is one ...
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Oct 24, 2011 |
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Cancer vaccine quest begins at Mayo Clinic
A few weeks ago, the Mayo Clinic made an intriguing announcement: One of its scientists had discovered a possible way to prevent ovarian and breast cancer with vaccines. And Mayo was ready to start testing them in people.
Cancer
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Regular mammograms prolong life in breast cancer survivors
Mammography done yearly or every two years to detect new or recurrent tumors after surgery appears to prolong the lives of breast cancer survivors, according to a large new evidence review.
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Sep 28, 2011 |
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