Oncology & Cancer
Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.
May 14, 2013
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News tagged with mastectomy
Surgery
Breast CA tx delays still more common for poor, uninsured
(HealthDay)—For young women with breast cancer, a longer treatment delay time (TDT) is associated with decreased survival, especially for African-American women, those with public or no insurance, and those with low socioeconomic ...
Apr 25, 2013
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Hundreds expected for French breast implants mega-trial
France will launch one its biggest-ever trials on Wednesday as five managers from company PIP face charges of selling faulty breast implants that sparked a global health scare.
Apr 15, 2013
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Surgery
Breast reconstruction using women's own tissue appears safe, study says
(HealthDay)—Women who have breast reconstruction surgery using a transplanted flap of their own tissue have a low rate of short-term complications, a new study says.
Feb 22, 2013
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Surgery
Low complication rate for nipple-sparing mastectomy
(HealthDay)—Nipple-sparing mastectomy with microsurgical breast reconstruction can be safely performed for select patients, according to a study published in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Feb 4, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Better survival rates seen with lumpectomy compared with mastectomy for early breast cancer
A new analysis has found that lumpectomy plus radiation for early breast cancer may provide patients with a better chance of survival than mastectomy. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American ...
Jan 28, 2013
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Health
Intermountain Healthcare Cancer research provides possible road map for improving healthcare
Given the right equipment, training and skill, an individual surgeon can expect to provide the best possible care on a consistent basis. But how do you get an entire system of surgeons—each with his or her own ideas, backgrounds, ...
Nov 30, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Most women who have double mastectomy don't need it, study finds
About 70 percent of women who have both breasts removed following a breast cancer diagnosis do so despite a very low risk of facing cancer in the healthy breast, new research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive ...
Nov 27, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
No long-term heart risks from breast radiation, study suggests
(HealthDay)—A new study allays concerns that early-stage breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment might have a long-term increased risk for heart problems.
Oct 29, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Multifocal/multicentric breast cancer connected to a patient's risk of local recurrence
Not all women diagnosed with operable breast cancer present with a single tumor; some have multifocal disease appear in the breast, which means multiple tumors found in the same breast quadrant, while others have multicentric ...
Oct 28, 2012
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