Sentences with phrase «of women with breast cancer»

Herceptin has proved to be effective in prolonging the lives of the 12 percent of women with breast cancer whose malignancy hasn't spread to other organs, and whose cancer is HER2 - positive.

A Dutch study found a higher concentration of trans fats in the breast tissue of women with breast cancer.

Only 5 to 10 percent of women with breast cancer have mutations in the BRCA 1 or 2 genes; Boebel found out she had a BRCA - 2 mutation.

What you should know: The vast majority of women with breast cancer have no family history.

Now, a new study is raising hopes about the effects of group therapy and relaxation techniques on the well - being and survival rates of women with breast cancer.

10/6/17 - Charis Eng, MD, PhD, along with co-senior author Stephen Grobmyer, MD, uncovered differences in the bacterial composition of breast tissue in healthy women compared to that of women with breast cancer.

Given those findings, the researchers say, about 46 percent of women with breast cancer who are classified as high risk based on clinical factors might not need chemo.

Up to 60 % of women with breast cancer also have depression, and that figure generally holds true for other cancers.

Since 1994, many thousands of women with breast cancer from families severely affected with the disease have been tested for inherited mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2.

Overall, 35 percent of women with breast cancer expressed a strong desire for genetic testing, but 43 percent of those women did not have a relevant discussion with a health care professional.

Initially used to protect against side - effects such as fractures, there is also some evidence that taking the drug extends the lives of women with breast cancer.

The authors note that prior studies have reported elevated levels of distress among people with cancer, but they vary in quality due to small sample sizes, different diagnostic criteria and assessment standards, and an over-representation of women with breast cancer.

Around 15 per cent of women with breast cancer have this form of the disease, in which tumour cells lack the three receptors that most drugs target.

An early pilot study of women with breast cancer showed that the diet resulted in better weight loss and improvement in some chronic disease risk factors compared to a lower fat diet.

Interestingly, the team found that radiologists could do better than chance in discriminating breast cancer cases from normal tissue, even when the images of abnormal breast tissue did not directly capture a cancerous lesion or when those images were taken from the contralateral breast (the breast on the other side of the body) of a woman with breast cancer.

Not exact matches

The marketing is edgy: October's «Touch Yourself» campaign in partnership with Women's Health and Men's Health magazines ditches traditional pink National Breast Cancer Awareness Month branding in favor of a naked woman holding her breasts, encouraging women to do self - exams for early detecWomen's Health and Men's Health magazines ditches traditional pink National Breast Cancer Awareness Month branding in favor of a naked woman holding her breasts, encouraging women to do self - exams for early detecwomen to do self - exams for early detection.

The Task Force further recommends women 50 to 74 with an average risk of breast cancer should get a mammogram every two to three years.

Over the past two decades, Dr. Bear, a researcher and surgeon, has led international trials that have resulted in major changes in the treatment of breast cancer and dramatically increased the chance for breast conservation among women with breast cancer.

The woman asking this of her sister had been in an out of the hospital struggling with an aggressive breast cancer for three years.

However, with the exception of women who consumed a high intake of soy during adolescence, the majority of epidemiological studies (studies carried out in defined population groups) have not found that women with higher soy intakes are at lower risk of breast cancer.

The study discovered that stage 3 and 4 breast cancer women who supplemented their diet with virgin coconut oil during breast cancer treatment improved fatigue, dyspnea, sleep difficulties, and loss of appetite compared to the control group.

«It is a staggering statistic that breast cancer will impact one out of every eight women — along with those who love them.

Let me use an example from public health: white woman have a higher rate of developing breast cancer over black woman in the United States, yet even with more cases fewer white woman die from breast cancer than black woman.

And in women who have been treated for breast cancer, a history of radiation therapy is also associated with increased risk of heart disease.

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Factors other than medical history and risk may influence women with cancer in one breast to have both breasts removed even if it doesn't improve their odds of survival, suggests a new study.

A cluster of microcalcifications: women with high risk for breast cancer versus other women.

Though we're just past National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, breast health is something that women need to think about all year round so I'm really excited to share this Q&A with Cate Mullen, RN, MSN, AOCNS (Nurse Coordinator of the Tufts Breast Center) as part of on ongoing editorial partnership with Tufts Medical CBreast Cancer Awareness Month, breast health is something that women need to think about all year round so I'm really excited to share this Q&A with Cate Mullen, RN, MSN, AOCNS (Nurse Coordinator of the Tufts Breast Center) as part of on ongoing editorial partnership with Tufts Medical Cbreast health is something that women need to think about all year round so I'm really excited to share this Q&A with Cate Mullen, RN, MSN, AOCNS (Nurse Coordinator of the Tufts Breast Center) as part of on ongoing editorial partnership with Tufts Medical CBreast Center) as part of on ongoing editorial partnership with Tufts Medical Center.

Women for whom genetic testing is recommended are: women who are diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 50, are of Ashkenazi ancestry, have bilateral breast cancer, have ovarian cancer, have triple negative breast cancer, or have 2 or more family members with breast caWomen for whom genetic testing is recommended are: women who are diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 50, are of Ashkenazi ancestry, have bilateral breast cancer, have ovarian cancer, have triple negative breast cancer, or have 2 or more family members with breast cawomen who are diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 50, are of Ashkenazi ancestry, have bilateral breast cancer, have ovarian cancer, have triple negative breast cancer, or have 2 or more family members with breast cancer.

The lives of a further 20,000 mothers could be saved with higher rates of breastfeeding, due to the lower incidence of breast cancer in women who breastfed.

For women who choose to breastfeed there are lower risks associated with breast and ovarian cancer, less chance of hip fractures and osteoporosis in later life, and the added benefit that it helps with getting back to their pre-baby weight.

(1) Breast cancer and breastfeeding: collaborative reanalysis of individual date from 47 epidemiological studies in 30 countries, including 50,302 women with breast cancer and 96,973 women without the diBreast cancer and breastfeeding: collaborative reanalysis of individual date from 47 epidemiological studies in 30 countries, including 50,302 women with breast cancer and 96,973 women without the dibreast cancer and 96,973 women without the disease.

In fact, a study published by The Archives of Internal Medicine found that for women with an immediate family member who had breast cancer, those who breastfeed have a 59 % lower risk of developing breast cancer.

Women dealing with serious health issues, such as cancer, will have the added benefit of having someone from an oncology, breast center unit as part of the birthing team of doctors.

Robin Kaplan: The amazing thing with that is when you are breastfeeding them, is that women who are formula - fed as infants, have a higher rate of breast cancer as an adult.

The reality is not «gentle proteins», cute pink hearts or «probiotics just like those in breastmilk» but dirty contaminated bottles, diarrhea, babies screaming with pain from otitis media, babies separated from their mothers in pediatric wards with acute respiratory disease, damaged guts that morph into chronic lifelong conditions such as Crohn's disease, more women dying of breast cancer, the cost and pain of living a life with diabetes and lives cut short because of cardiac disease and so on.

For women with a family history of breast cancer, breastfeeding is associated with 59 % reduced risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer.

RESULTS: If observed associations between breastfeeding duration and maternal health are causal, we estimate that current breastfeeding rates result in 4,981 excess cases of breast cancer, 53,847 cases of hypertension, and 13,946 cases of myocardial infarction compared with a cohort of 1.88 million U.S. women who optimally breastfed.

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Recent research demonstrates that lactating women have an earlier return to prepregnant weight, 41 delayed resumption of ovulation with increased child spacing,42 - 44 improved bone remineralization postpartum45 with reduction in hip fractures in the postmenopausal period, 46 and reduced risk of ovarian cancer47 and premenopausal breast cancer.48

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Breast cancer and breastfeeding: collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 47 epidemiological studies in 30 countries, including 50302 women with breast cancer and 96973 women without the diBreast cancer and breastfeeding: collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 47 epidemiological studies in 30 countries, including 50302 women with breast cancer and 96973 women without the dibreast cancer and 96973 women without the disease.

That means, for women with a family history of breast cancer, breastfeeding can reduce your odds of developing pre-menopausal breast cancer by more than half!

Enabling women to breastfeed is also a public health priority because, on a population level, interruption of lactation is associated with adverse health outcomes for the woman and her child, including higher maternal risks of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, and greater infant risks of infectious disease, sudden infant death syndrome, and metabolic disease (2, 4).

Breastfeeding can lowers a woman's risk of breast cancer; Breastfeeding can provide a baby with incredible antibodies; Breastfeeding can facilitate a wonderful bond between mom and baby.

There are nearly 220,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the U.S. and approximately 40,000 die of it annually.

Aug. 10, 2009 — Women with a family history of breast cancer who have ever breastfed reduce their risk of getting premenopausal breast cancer by nearly 60 %, according to a new study.

«For women with a family history of breast cancer, this suggests an extra benefit [of breastfeeding] is, it may reduce the risk of breast cancer,» says Alison Stuebe, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the lead author of the study.

Unlike other forms of breast cancer, women with inflammatory breast cancer do not develop lumps in the breast.

About 41,000 women and 300 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and in five per cent of cases the disease is caused by a hereditary mutation in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer genes.

«Intrabeam radiotherapy is another exciting development and could dramatically improve the quality of life of some women diagnosed with breast cancer, but there is not yet evidence of its long term benefits.