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    We've Been Treating the Deadliest Form of Breast Cancer All Wrong [Cancer]

    One of the worst things you can hear from you doctor is that you, or a loved one, has "triple negative" breast cancer. It stubbornly refuses to respond to the best treatments available, so doctors have to resort to chemotherapy. It strikes 16 percent of breast cancer patients, most of them...
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    Roche's Trastuzumab Emtansine Has Positive Results Against Metastatic Breast Cancer

    Roche released an announcement today in regards to its phase three trial called EMILIA. The program compared performance of its new drug Trastuzumab Emtansine against standard treatments for HER2-positive Metastatic Breast Cancer that use lapatinib plus Xeloda® (capecitabine). Patients were...
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    Cancer Cells Deterred By 'Bed-Of-Nails' Breast Implant

    Researchers at Brown University have created an implant that appears to deter breast cancer cell regrowth. Made from a common federally approved polymer, the implant is the first to be modified at the nanoscale in a way that causes a reduction in the blood-vessel architecture that breast cancer...
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    Women With Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Can Safely Bear Children

    New research has shown for the first time that it is safe for women who have been diagnosed with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer to become pregnant, despite doctors' previous fears that pregnancy could boost levels of oestrogen in the body and cause the cancer to return... More...
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    Teen Mom 2's Jenelle Evans Getting Breast Implants

    We can expect two perky friends on Teen Mom 2's next season. E! News has exclusively learned that Jenelle Evans has decided to follow in the Teen Mom trend of adding a couple cup...
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    This Is The New Macho: Wearing Pink Tutus To Help Wife With Breast Cancer

    Who doesn't love a dude in a tutu? That's what Bob Carey is banking on to help his wife and other women who are dealing with breast cancer. What started out nine years ago as a way to express his humor, has now turned into an all-out campaign for breast cancer called The Tutu Project. Not only...
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    Protein That Functions In Normal Breast May Also Contribute To Breast Cancer Metastas

    The trefoil factor 3 (TFF3) protein protects and maintains the integrity of the epithelial surface in the normal breast. New research has found that while TFF3 protein expression is higher in well-differentiated low grade tumors and therefore associated with features of a good prognosis, it has...
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    Breast augmentation?

    Hello, Looking for any women who have had breast augmentation to put those girls back where they belong. Worth it? How much did it cost? Pain factor? Thanks ___________________ breast augmentation miami
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    Breast Cancer Death Risk Grows With Age

    A study in the February 8 edition of JAMA shows that postmenopausal women who suffer from hormone receptor-positive breast cancer have a higher death risk of breast cancer as they get older. Background information in the article states that: "Breast cancer is the leading contributor to cancer...
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    Suzanne Somers’ Breast Reconstruction Story Gives Rare Information and Hope

    Many celebrity breast cancer survivors have gone public with battles, in large part to offer comfort to other patients and survivors and raise funding for research and treatment programs. But Suzanne Somers' experimental breast reconstruction disclosure is far less common: The intimidate details...
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    Breast Enhancement

    Hi, There is lots of techniques to enlarge your breasts,Breast augmentation is on of them.Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure in which we use implants to enlarge, reshape, and possibly lift your breasts.This is the best way to improve a women personality.What are you think about that...
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    Lower Quality Of Life In Young Women With Breast Cancer

    A study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reveals that health-related quality of life (QOL) is lower in younger women with breast cancer. This decrease is linked to weight gain, increased psychological distress, less physical activity and early onset menopause, as well as...
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    Study: Doctors Suck At Giving Breast Cancer Patients Good Information

    In the fight against breast cancer, one of the best weapons a woman can have is knowledge and correct information about her diagnosis, treatment options, and prognosis. Unfortunately, according to a new report in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, doctors are wildly unreliable...
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    Researchers Present Findings From Kentucky Breast Cancer Patients With Disease Relaps

    The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center breast oncologist Dr. Suleiman Massarweh and his research team presented findings from their studies on relapse of breast cancer at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium this month. The two studies aimed to characterize further risk factors for...
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    Snooki’s Bad Weight Loss Reward: Breast Implants

    Snooki's dangerous*weight loss*methods and badly-photoshopped bikini photos already make us worry for the reality star, but her latest plans to give herself breast implants as a reward for reaching her target weight just prove that she's on a bad body image bender. More »Post from: Blisstree
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    Two Bloggers Speak Out About Their Breast Cancer Diagnoses

    Recently, Forbes writer Susannah Breslin disclosed on her blog that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In a post called "The Business About my Breasts," she describes the harrowing experience of getting a bad result from her mammogram, the follow-up ultrasound, the biopsy, and finally, the...
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    Increasing Number Of Imaging Visits Faced By Breast Cancer Patients Before Surgery

    Breast cancer patients frequently undergo imaging like mammograms or ultrasounds between their first breast cancer-related doctor visit and surgery to remove the tumor. Evaluations of these scans help physicians understand a person's disease and determine the best course of action. In recent...
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    Breast Cancer Risk Study Reveals Fears Over Demonizing Victims—Or Chemicals

    A large new review of breast cancer studies found 'lifestyle' factors—unhealthy foods, alcohol, cigarettes, hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives—are more strongly tied to breast cancer risk than environmental pollutants or toxins.*But wildly different headlines about the study...
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    Starch Intake May Influence Risk For Breast Cancer Recurrence

    Researchers have linked increased starch intake to a greater risk for breast cancer recurrence, according to results presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011. "The results show that it's not just overall carbohydrates, but particularly starch,"...
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    Steps Women Can Take To Lower Breast Cancer Risk, Report

    A new Institute of Medicine (IOM) report released on Wednesday concludes there are some evidence-based steps women can take to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer associated with environmental factors. These include avoiding unnecessary medical radiation (such as unessential X-rays...
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