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Screening with mammography has been shown to reduce mortality from breast cancer [1, 2]. However, the sensitivity to non-palpable cancer of screening...
Improvements in cancer screening and treatment have in turn increased long-term survivorship and attention to survivors’ daily
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Purpose To retrospectively evaluate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of breast cancer after high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)...
The tissue composition of the breast is reflected mammographically by the pattern of distribution of fibroglandular and fatty
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Despite the increasing use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in the management of patients with
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Not enough is being done to reduce the incidence of coronary disease in women
My husband lost his health insurance two months before being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Joe had been a truck driver all his life, the...
Models of post-operative care can seem so right that it takes a big leap of faith to challenge them. Yet sometimes the evidence shows that things may...
Breast cancer will never be a welcome diagnosis but survival rates have risen in recent years. In England and Wales, for example, 80 per cent of...
Employers in Denmark have started paying compensation to women who have developed breast cancer after working night shifts.
When you've been strong and fit your whole life, it can be easy to discount your body's first whispers of sickness as merely the side effects of...
Roughly one million American women undergo biopsies each year to determine whether they have breast cancer. A small study by researchers at Beth...
Researchers with the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) are adding yet another chapter to the continuing (and confusing) story of hormone therapy (HT)...
For women trying to keep track of the confusing research on hormone replacement therapy over the past five years, the release of yet another study...
The Chinese herb Ban Zhi Lian may not be in everyone's lexicon, but to the 80 women with stage IV metastatic breast cancer, who are participating in...
Six years after a landmark federal study established that hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) increases the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal...
Medical advice can be frustratingly contradictory, especially when it comes to the issue of screening. Now, a new report questions the usefulness of...
The ability to genotype, or get the DNA fingerprint of a tumor, is transforming the way doctors treat breast cancer. By comparing the genetic...
Far-sighted employers are increasingly addressing the distinctive needs of women employees and, as a result, reaping the gains of liberating 50 per...
Up to now, most women who have relatives with breast cancer have been able to breathe a sigh of relief after undergoing testing for the BRCA1 and...
For as many as two-thirds of breast-cancer survivors, their lifesaving cancer treatment can lead to an incurable and painful condition known as...
Improved screening with mammograms and MRIs means that more women are diagnosed with breast cancer before their tumors spread, which in turn means...
Magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) is a way to scan the body without X-rays. The scan can be especially effective in detecting smaller breast cancer...
Whole breast irradiation is one of the best ways to kill off any cancer cells that linger after surgery. But the treatment requires six to seven...
The American Cancer Society recommends that all women over age 40 get a yearly mammogram, an X-ray screening exam that catches disease early and can...
Physical activity may not seem to have much to do with the health of your breast tissue, but research shows that women who exercise are less likely...
They may be effective in preventing breast cancer, but mammograms can be so uncomfortable that some women choose to skip the yearly torture and risk...
It was a powerful idea, and there was some intriguing early evidence suggesting that something as simple as popping vitamin D might hold off the...
This month at GetInsideHealth, we aim to give our readers a taste of the immense, varied, and fascinating topic of Women’s health and well-being.
Oprah called them “amazing” and “stunning.” US TV journalist Diane Sawyer called them “incredible.” What could elicit such awe-struck remarks by two...
Breast cancer is a global issue, but the challenges faced in raising awareness of it can vary dramatically from that faced in the West.
After beating criminal charges in Hewlett-Packard's pretexting scandal and waging her fourth battle with cancer, the former HP chairman talks to...
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing could open the door to better targeted treatments, but concerns are growing about its quality.
Breast cancer is a global crisis. Once regarded as a disease of the wealthy West, it is now the most common form of cancer for women across the...
From sensors in workout gear that monitor sweating while you run at the gym, to underwear that aims to detect cancer cells, the contents of our...
Up to now, most women who have relatives with breast cancer have been able to breathe a sigh of relief after undergoing testing for the BRCA1 and...
Roughly one million American women undergo biopsies each year to determine whether they have breast cancer. A small study by researchers at Beth...
Healthcare-associated infections are a major public health threat, which costs the US between $28.4bn and $33.8bn per year, according to the Centers...
At the height of the post-war baby boom we were filled with optimism about the solutions technological innovation and science would bring us. Many of...
Whether a TomTom, Magellan or Garmin – GPS has changed the way we drive, making us more efficient, more in control and more successful in how we get...
Better understanding of human genetics is leading to a new era in drug development
Gene screens are fast becoming a powerful tool, not just for diagnosing cancer but for treating it as well.
Breast cancer screening in the Netherlands will be totally digital by the end of this year, improving detection rates and potentially saving the...
Five years ago, scientists announced that they had worked out the order of the three billion letters in the human genetic code. Now scientists are...
Experience of a young woman and breast cancer
There’s an urban legend going round about corporate medicals. A middle-aged man, recruited to the board of a British company, is invited to a £1, 500...
A great deal of research suggests exposure to long-term stress can harm your body. Chronic stress influences high blood pressure and heart disease....