An evaluation of breast cancer patients enrolled in Medicaid showed that states that expanded Medicaid during 2011 to 2017 had a 27 percent increase in prescriptions for hormonal therapy medications compared to states that ...
Nov 2, 2018
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The availability of life-prolonging treatments such as hormonal therapies and other targeted chemotherapy has led to a sharp decline in breast cancer deaths in the United States.
Oct 29, 2018
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers have evidence that common genetic variations can help to identify pediatric cancer survivors who are at increased risk for developing breast cancer while relatively young. ...
Oct 26, 2018
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For 31 days every October, pink ribbons and #BCAM hashtags flood our social media timelines with information about breast cancer. That's because key cancer and medical groups declared October as National Breast Cancer Awareness ...
Oct 24, 2018
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Chemotherapy is known to have a negative impact on the reproductive potential of young breast cancer patients. Its effects on women's post-treatment fertility, however, are still poorly understood. A stud to be presented ...
Oct 20, 2018
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The hair loss, fatigue and nausea were a given. As a nurse, Toni C. Wild had seen patients faced with these common side effects of chemotherapy. What Wild did not expect when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29 ...
Oct 16, 2018
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The survival rate for breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women, is now about 90 percent, increased by nearly 20 percent since the 1970s.
Oct 10, 2018
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Breast cancer research has resulted in treatment that has greatly improved survival rates. As a result, there are 3.1 million breast cancer survivors alive in the United States today. The five-year survival rate is about ...
Oct 9, 2018
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The financial fallout from breast cancer can last years after diagnosis, particularly for those with lymphedema, a common side effect from treatment, causing cumulative and cascading economic consequences for survivors, their ...
Aug 22, 2018
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Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among Latinas in the United States. Latinas are also twice as likely to experience other conditions that crop up, including insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome—a ...
May 17, 2018
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