Sentences with phrase «young women with breast cancer»

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I was told there were young women [with breast cancer] with young children and they were coping so I should.»

Many doctors who no longer advise mammograms for most women younger than 50 continue to suggest them for those with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer.

«If you are a young woman who was treated with radiation therapy to your chest as a teenager or child for HL, or for that matter chest radiation therapy for any reason, you should be having a conversation with your family doctor or your oncologist about whether to start breast cancer screening earlier than most women would,» says Dr. Hodgson.

Young Survival Coalition (YSC) is the premier global organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women who are diagnosed with breast caYoung Survival Coalition (YSC) is the premier global organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women who are diagnosed with breast cayoung women who are diagnosed with breast cancer.

About 40 percent of the young cancer patients were diagnosed with what's known as stage two tumors, when cancer has spread to lymph nodes surrounding the breast while just 34 percent of older women were diagnosed when cancer had reached stage two.

Breast cancer following radiotherapy and chemotherapy among young women with Hodgkin disease.

To test whether she could find evidence that particular genes increase the odds of getting breast cancer, King applied mathematical methods to data from more than 1500 families of women younger than 55 years old with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

This can be especially useful for young women with dense breasts, says Janet Wolter, MD, a medical oncologist and the Brian Piccolo chair of Breast Cancer Research at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, because their home breast self - exams (BSEs) are trickier to inteBreast Cancer Research at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, because their home breast self - exams (BSEs) are trickier to intebreast self - exams (BSEs) are trickier to interpret.

«Women who've had previous radiation for breast cancer or younger patients who've had Hodgkins lymphoma with chest radiation — that does increase your risk for lung cancer, but that's not common,» says Dr. Lam.

Young women with dense breasts - as measured by the percentage of water in their breast tissue - may be at greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life than women with less - dense breasts.

By Denise Mann THURSDAY, April 30, 2009 (Health.com)-- Young women with dense breasts — as measured by the percentage of water in their breast tissue — may be at greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life than women with less - dense breasts.

The research indicates that taking into account their family history, adolescent females already with a higher breast cancer risk, should be aware that alcohol avoidance could reduce their benign breast disease risk as young women, and later in life, a reduced breast cancer risk.

Breast cancer is associated with dietary fat (which is associated with animal protein intake) and inversely with age at menarche (women who reach puberty at younger ages have a greater risk of breast caBreast cancer is associated with dietary fat (which is associated with animal protein intake) and inversely with age at menarche (women who reach puberty at younger ages have a greater risk of breast cabreast cancer).

Clinical trials lasting from one month to one year reported that consuming 25 grams of ground flaxseed daily reduced tumor growth in women with breast cancer and decreased breast cancer risk in younger women.

When my cousin had breast cancer her oncologist actually ranted some about soy products as she was the third or fourth young women he had seen that day with estrogen related breast cancer.

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is our hope that you will join the thousands of young women who are part of the Bright Pink movement and be bright with your breast and ovarian hBreast Cancer Awareness Month, it is our hope that you will join the thousands of young women who are part of the Bright Pink movement and be bright with your breast and ovarian hbreast and ovarian health.

In this past year, 69 % of cause related spending went to research and fellowship grants including a joint investment with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) of $ 6 million specifically targeting breast cancer in young women

For example, I have friends who have survived breast cancer, so last year I hosted «The SCAR Project,» a photo exhibition featuring young women with the disease, in order to raise awareness.

Birth Control Depo - Provera Associated with An Increased Risk of Breast Cancer in Young Women, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, September 25, 2012