Article: DIY breast checks 'may be harmful'.

Article: Agony of the feared `C' word; The revolution in breast cancer care coupled with major research breakthroughs and better detection over the past two decades means a diagnosis of the disease is no longer the end of the road for the majority of women. But breast cancer remains one of the most terrifying diseases to affect women. Health Correspondent MADELEINE BRINDLEY examines women's perceptions of breast cancer.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......lung cancer - 12,800 women died from breast cancer in the UK in 2000...massive amount of women will get breast cancer but it still remains...themselves. A diagnosis of breast cancer is a whole new ball game for women because it means they...

Article: Breast Cancer and African-American Women
Philadelphia Tribune, The;  June 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Tribune, The 06-27-1997 Breast Cancer and African-American Women Imagine walking into your...educate women who have breast cancer or women concerned about developing...Twenty to 30 years ago, women with breast cancer were automatically given...

Article: Genetic testing for breast cancer criticized; A test for BRCA1, a gene linked to breast cancer, is of limited value because many women who get breast cancer don't have the gene, two Mayo cancer specialists said.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 25, 1998 ;     631 words ......warranted. The vast majority of women who develop breast cancer don't have the mutation...studies. In one study of 211 women with breast cancer, North Carolina researchers...researchers studied 193 women whose breast cancer was diagnosed before age...

Article: What women need to know about breast cancer ; As Breast Cancer month starts, how can we help prevent the disease? Are toxins, diet and late childbirth factors? Professor Karol Sikora debunks the myths
Belfast Telegraph;  October 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ......rate of 125 women per day. It...years, female breast-cancer incidence rates...yet available. Breast cancer is a disease...hormonal state of women during their...why rates of breast cancer have gone up is that women are having children...

Article: What women need to know about breast cancer ; As Breast Cancer month gets underway, we ask how we can help prevent the disease. Are diet, toxins and late childbirth factors? Professor Karol Sikora debunks the myths
Belfast Telegraph;  October 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ......rate of 125 women per day. It...years, female breast-cancer incidence rates...yet available. Breast cancer is a disease...hormonal state of women during their...why rates of breast cancer have gone up is that women are having children...

Article: Breast cancer is women's big fear.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 22, 2007 ;     365 words ......Wightwick Western Mail Breast cancer is the biggest fear for women in Wales , according...before, the fear of breast cancer is still significant among women in Wales. Longer...family history of breast cancer is also giving high risk women a choice about...

Article: Breast Cancer Is Not A Risk Factor For Colorectal Cancer Among Women.
Women's Health Weekly;  April 5, 2001 ;     444 words ......Public Health. In fact, some women with breast cancer may be less likely to develop...Health. Overall we found that women with breast cancer were 5% less likely to have...malignant disorder among women. Breast cancer does not provide immunity...

Article: Breast cancer diagnoses soar: But, more women like Bev Parker are surviving
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 4, 2006 ;     614 words ...The number of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer has risen sharply...fight against breast cancer. Since 1997, the number of women annually diagnosed...the progress, breast cancer remains the...cancer deaths in women, after lung...

Article: New hope for women at risk.(tamoxifen may reduce breast cancer risk for some women)(Brief Article)
Newsweek;  April 20, 1998 ;     700+ words ......shown to reduce some women's chances of developing breast cancer. But in some cases...incidence of invasive breast cancer among women receiving tamoxifen...lower the incidence of breast cancer among women on whom it was being...

Article: 0.4m women die of breast cancer every year in world: AKU.
PPI - Pakistan Press International;  October 26, 2008 ;     409 words ......October 26 (PPI) : Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer at an early stage...that one in eight women worldwide is affected...this disease. Breast cancer has become the...over one million women are diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide each...

Article: Breast cancer hope for women at risk
Evening News - Scotland;  September 30, 2003 ;     666 words ......several thousand fewer women developing breast cancer each year. The trial...treatment for early breast cancer, researchers noticed that women taking the drug were...and look at how many women develop breast cancer as well as any side-effec...

Article: Women are supported from the start when told they have cancer ; Given that one in nine women will have breast cancer in their lifetime, it's no wonder Exeter's breast cancer care unit is so busy.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  October 18, 2008 ;     689 words ...Given that one in nine women will have breast cancer in their lifetime, it...and has quite advanced breast cancer. "For women who are diagnosed through...up. "Very often, when women undergo breast cancer treatment, they want to...

Article: Diagnosing breast cancer: should you have an MRI? Magnetic resonance imaging is recommended for women at high risk, but an annual mammogram is sufficient for most.
Women's Health Advisor;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Medicine that suggested women with recently diagnosed breast cancer should undergo MRI...not necessary for women with an average risk of breast cancer. Are You At High...older, their risk of breast cancer increases--women over 60 have a one...

Article: John Hopkins School of Public Health: Breast Cancer Is Not A Risk Factor For Colorectal Cancer Among Women
U.S. Newswire;  March 15, 2001 ;     480 words ......Public Health. In fact, some women with breast cancer may be less likely to develop...Overall we found that women with breast cancer were five percent less likely...malignant disorder among women. "Breast cancer does not provide immunity...