Article: Progestins and breast cancer

Article: Columnist Jane Brody shares experience after breast cancer diagnosis.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ......columnist for the New York Times and a breast cancer survivor herself, wants to change that...Saturday at the second annual Life After Breast Cancer symposium at the Community House in Birmingham...Brody stresses upbeat, positive facts. Breast cancer usually is found early, when it's ...

Article: Comparative actions of progesterone, medroxyprogesterone acetate, drospirenone and nestorone on breast cancer cell migration and invasion.(Research article)
BMC Cancer;  June 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......deleterious role of progestins on breast cancer. The pharmacological...properties of progestins vary depending...synthetic progestins is associated...relative risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal...of the new progestins (such as DRSP or NES) on breast ...

Article: Breastfeeding, other factors may affect risk of breast cancer type.
NewsRx Health;  September 14, 2008 ;     524 words ......her risk of developing certain types of breast cancer. That was the conclusion of a new study...associated with different subtypes of breast cancer. Clinical differences among breast cancer subtypes have been well-described, but...

Article: Research reports from University of Pisa provide new insights into breast cancer.
Cancer Weekly;  September 9, 2008 ;     437 words ......effects of progestins on breast cancer progression...remodeling. Breast cancer cell horizontal...by all the progestins, but differences...ability of breast cancer cells to move...However, these progestins show different...

Article: Diet as a Modifiable Risk-Management Strategy in Breast Cancer Prevention
Dynamic Chiropractic;  February 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Excluding cancer of the skin, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women...in the U.S.1 Ninety-four percent of new breast cancer cases and 96 percent of breast cancer deaths reported between 1996 and 2000 occurred...the age of 40.2 The highest incidence of breast ...

Article: Big decline in breast cancer rates: a new study finds a link to a drop in combination hormone therapy use--should you quit HT?(hormone therapy)
Women's Health Advisor;  February 1, 2007 ;     655 words ...Breast cancer rates have been declining in recent...found an increased risk of invasive breast cancer among older women taking the estrogen...Texas told the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABC) in December their...

Article: Breast cancer clues found; Researchers release studies' results in Boston
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  October 16, 2002 ;     620 words ......and the hormone estrogen may prevent breast cancer, but only in limited circumstances...may increase their daughters' risk of breast cancer if they drink moderate to high amounts...who led a press conference on the breast cancer reports. "It represents a paradigm...

Article: Breast cancer and sex steroids: Critical review of epidemiological, experimental and clinical investigations on etiopathogenesis, chemoprevention and endocrine treatment of breast cancer
Gynecological Endocrinology;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......should give significant clinical benefits to breast cancer patients. Keywords: Breast cancer, sex steroid, estrogen, propestin, selective...modulator Introduction In developed countries breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women...experimental evidence that the etiology of ...

Article: 'Making Strides Against Breast Cancer'; Comerica volunteers take the walk of life
Michigan Chronicle;  November 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......our presence there touched people. The breast cancer walk had different meanings for different...raise money because anyone can suffer from breast cancer." "Race for a Cure" takes place at the...6128. Frequently asked questions about breast cancer: What is a mammogram? A mammogram is ...

Article: Breast cancer numbers topple as women shun HT: from 2002 to 2003, incidence fell 7%.(hormone therapy)
Family Practice News;  January 1, 2007 ;     512 words ......unprecedented decline in the incidence of breast cancer in the United States in 2003 appears...Dr. Peter M. Ravdin reported at a breast cancer symposium sponsored by the Cancer Therapy...to a 24% increased relative risk of breast cancer and no cardioprotective effect. The...

Article: State of the Evidence: The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Cancer Statistics Breast cancer now affects more women...woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer increased steadily...Between 1973 and 1998, breast cancer incidence in the United...woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer is one in eight. The...significant decline ...

Article: Use Of Hormone Supplements Reduces Death From Breast Cancer
Targeted News Service;  December 12, 2008 ;     514 words ......therapy has been shown to increase risk of breast cancer, it also appears that the breast cancer that does develop in these women is less...researchers. At the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, researchers said that an analysis...

Article: One form of breast cancer on the rise, researchers find.
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 23, 2003 ;     591 words ...Byline: Warren King SEATTLE _ A form of breast cancer that is particularly difficult to detect...nationwide study. Cases of lobular breast cancer, which is not the most common form...Washington. This confirms that lobular breast cancer continues to increase in the country...

Article: Fact sheet on hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer.
The Network News;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Estrogen/Progestin Combination HRT Causes Breast Cancer On July 9, 2002, officials from the...Prempro, had been found to cause breast cancer in previously healthy women. These...accepted a possible increased risk of breast cancer in an effort to finally determine...