Obesity is an especially serious risk factor: breast tumors in obese dogs are four times more likely to be malignant and spread aggressively
than breast cancer in dogs of healthy weight.
However, during and after the treatment of breast cancer, having optimal control of heart disease risk factors is important, because older breast cancer survivors are more likely to die of heart
disease than breast cancer,» Dr. Mehta said.
Although randomised trials initiated in the 1980s have shown equal survival outcomes for BCT and mastectomy, trials often exclude elderly patients or patients with existing disease
other than breast cancer (comorbidity).
There's no better time to get educated on this topic, as Lyme disease is actually more
common than breast cancer now and cases are on the rise.
The [BHF] report provides a timely reminder that in young women too [cardiovascular disease] kills more
women than breast cancer.
The BRCA 1 mutation also increases your risk for ovarian cancer (which Jolie's mother passed away from), and that disease is much more
deadly than breast cancer.
Since breast cancer treatment in older patients is mostly not evidence - based due to poor inclusion of older patients in clinical trials, we propose that studies investigating breast cancer treatment are much more
important than breast cancer screening in this population and should be prioritised.
There has been an 89 percent increase in Alzheimer's - related deaths since the year 2000, and the disease kills more
people than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.
(Animal protein itself, for the record, correlates with breast cancer at +12 — which is
lower than breast cancer's correlation with light - colored vegetables, legume intake, fruit, and a number of other purportedly healthy plant foods.)
Its plan, she said, is to search out genes for disorders
other than breast cancer, such as prostate cancer, high blood pressure, and diabetes, all of which affect blacks disproportionately.
«Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in women, almost three times more
common than breast cancer,» says the study's lead author, Associate Professor Michael d'Emden of the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
Cardiovascular disease is still the most common cause of death among women, and kills more young
women than breast cancer, the figures show.
Breast cancer survivors, especially older women over the age of 65, are more likely to die from cardiovascular
disease than breast cancer, underscoring the importance of effectively managing heart disease risk factors during and following cancer treatment.
«We also found a significant number of germline truncations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes present in tumor types other
than breast cancer, including stomach and prostate cancers, for example,» Ding said.
Many of us are aware of the seriousness and widespread epidemic of Lyme disease, which is now more common
than breast cancer.
The group's cautionary message, published in the journal Circulation, finds breast cancer survivors, especially women 65 and older, are more likely to die from heart disease
than breast cancer.