Study Helps Doctors Identify Childhood Cancer Survivors at Increased Risk...

AScribe Health News Service;  October 15, 2004 ;     664 words ......years that childhood cancer survivors...rates of breast cancer than the...survivors of childhood cancer who are at...risk for breast cancer, Kenney remarks...radiation for childhood cancer had lower breast cancer rates, on...

CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS FACE NEW RISK GIRLS TREATED BY RADIATION LIKELY...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 13, 1998 ;     273 words ......ATLANTA -- Girls treated for childhood cancer with chest radiation are...more likely to develop breast cancer later in life than other...long wondered whether childhood cancer survivors needed special...girls later developed breast cancer, about 20 times the ...

CANCER AS A CHILD LINKED TO BREAST CANCER

United Press International;  October 19, 2004 ;     228 words ......as a child linked to breast cancer BOSTON, Oct 19, 2004...chance of developing breast cancer, a Boston study found...a family history of breast cancer they may have increased risk for breast cancer. They could benefit...for many years that childhood cancer ...

60 Miles Closer to a World Without Breast Cancer.

PR Newswire;  January 24, 2007 ;     787 words ...Breast Cancer 3-Day Participants Report Intent to Change...Registration is now open for the 2007 Breast Cancer 3-Day Series, a three day, 60-mile walk to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer programs. Registering in January and...

Breast cancer resources

Chicago Defender;  October 24, 2007 ;   Noelliste, Leilla;   724 words ...1. My Breast Cancer Network www.healthcentral.com/breastcancer...that features daily articles from breast cancer experts. 2. Cancer and Careers www...features the latest developments in breast cancer research. 4. Notti Wear www.nottiwear...

Don't believe everything you hear about breast cancer, experts say

Daily Breeze;  October 23, 2006 ;   R.J. Ignelzi, COPLEY NEWS SERVICE;   787 words ...Make no mistake, breast cancer is a serious disease. It will...general concern of patients is that breast cancer is more lethal than it is," says...Center in San Diego. "Although breast cancer is still a very scary diagnosis...

What women need to know about breast cancer ; As Breast Cancer month...

Belfast Telegraph;  October 2, 2008 ;   Professor Karol Sikora;   787 words ...Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in the...increase; over the past 10 years, female breast-cancer incidence rates in the UK have risen...Historically, the method of battling breast cancer, as with any other cancer, has been...

What women need to know about breast cancer ; As Breast Cancer month gets...

Belfast Telegraph;  October 2, 2008 ;   Professor Karol Sikora;   787 words ...Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in the...increase; over the past 10 years, female breast-cancer incidence rates in the UK have risen...Historically, the method of battling breast cancer, as with any other cancer, has been...

Survivors of childhood cancer do not get recommended follow-up care

Xinhua News Agency;  June 4, 2007 ;     343 words ...Survivors of childhood cancer do not get recommended...though survivors of childhood cancer are known to be at...approximately two-thirds of childhood cancer survivors develop...utilization among childhood cancer survivors. Study...members of the U.S. Childhood ...

Breast cancer quick facts

Winnipeg Free Press;  June 4, 2008 ;   Anonymous;   355 words ...Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer...death among women, after lung cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer death for...78 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer in Winnipeg have caught it before it...

Breast cancer is disease women fear the most

South Wales Evening Post;  October 29, 2007 ;   Peter Slee;   510 words ...Breast cancer is the disease women in Wales fear most, according...survey published today. The survey carried out for Breast Cancer Campaign, the only charity that funds independent breast cancer research throughout the UK, by Ipsos MORI* found...

Abortion and breast cancer: the unproven link.

The Network News;  March 1, 1994 ;     787 words ...Breast cancer is of great concern to women in the...There are approximately 182,000 new breast cancer cases each year and 46,000 women die...controversial reports that a woman's risk of breast cancer is increased if she has had an abortion...

Genetics of breast cancer

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  January 1, 1997 ;   Mark H Greene;   787 words ...Familial breast cancer is characterized by young age at diagnosis, an increased risk of bilateral breast cancer, an increasing risk in conjunction...cancer. At least eight candidate breast cancer susceptibility genes have been identified...

Hormonal breast cancer agents: Implications for the primary care provider

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  November 1, 2006 ;   Lyon, Debra E; Roux, Gayle; Voll, Sandra;   787 words ...Keywords Breast cancer survivor; tamoxifen; aromatase inhibitor. Abstract Purpose: Over 2 million breast cancer survivors are in the United States, making women with breast cancer the largest group of cancer survivors. The purpose of this article...

GOLD RIBBONS; WEAR ONE TO HELP DURING CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  September 24, 2008 ;     568 words ......with complete respect for breast cancer victims and their families...ribbon is for support of childhood cancer. How many people are aware...cancer funding goes towards childhood cancer research? According...million in 2006; funding for breast cancer topped $584 million ...