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Article: Assessing the risk of breast cancer in those with mammary hyperplasia with different patterns using mammography.(Chinese Medicine)(Clinical report)
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- Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Keywords: Chinese medicine, oncology, breast cancer, mammary hyperplasia, fibrocystic breast disease (FBD)
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In China, mammary hyperplasia (ru xian zeng sheng bing) corresponds to what is more commonly referred to as fibrocystic breast diseases (FBD) in the US. According to the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health, fibrocystic breast disease is a common condition that affects many women at some time in their lives. This condition is most common between 30-50 years of age, but younger women as well as menopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may also experience FBD. More recently, some physicians have preferred ...