UK tries new model for cancer gene testing
Britain launched a research program on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind...
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New cancer tools allow patients to reconsider chemo
After decades of using one-size-fits-all therapies to combat cancer, doctors are using new tools to help decide when their...
Creative arts may ease cancer-related anxiety, pain
Music, art and dance therapy may relieve anxiety and similar symptoms among people with cancer, according to a new analysis...
Ovarian cancer fall sped up as hormone use dropped
Ovarian cancer rates in the U.S. began to decline faster in 2002 around the time many older women went off hormone replacement...
Jolie example of careful weighing of risks: MDs
Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer may have stunned fans of the Oscar-winning...
Actress has double mastectomy to elude breast cancer
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has had a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer and says she hopes...
Insurance law tied to more breast reconstruction
Many more breast cancer patients had breast reconstruction following a 1998 federal law mandating insurance coverage for...
New guidelines did not change mammography rates
The proportion of women undergoing screening for breast cancer every year did not change after a government-backed panel...
Minorities wait longer for breast cancer surgery
Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, black and Hispanic patients were more likely to wait weeks for treatment,...
Computer tool may not boost mammograms' accuracy
Using a computer tool to help doctors analyze mammography images increases the number of early, non-invasive breast cancers...
Discuss cancer-reducing drugs with women: panel
Doctors should talk about breast cancer-reducing drugs with women and offer tamoxifen or raloxifene to those that have a...
U.S. justices wary of wide human gene patent ruling
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday signaled reluctance to issue too broad a ruling about patents on human genes, and some...
U.S. top court weighs patentability of human genes
Soon after learning that his son had autism, Hollywood producer Jon Shestack ("Air Force One") tried to get researchers investigating...
Some drinking tied to longer life post-breast cancer
Women with breast cancer who had a few alcoholic drinks per week before their diagnosis were slightly less likely to die...
Counsel women with likely BRCA family history: panel
Doctors should screen women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer to see if the cancers might be due to certain...
Cutting copays may increase women's cancer screening
More women may get screened for breast and cervical cancers if they don't have to pay for the tests, according to a new study...
Record gene haul points to better cancer screening
New research has nearly doubled the number of genetic variations implicated in breast, prostate and ovarian cancer, offering...
Less frequent mammograms OK after 50: study
In the latest installment in the mammogram debate, a new study finds that getting a mammogram every other year instead of...
After breast cancer, high-fat dairy foods raise risk of death
Women who have ever had breast cancer might want to walk away from the brie, the butter and the black cherry (and every other...
Heart risk rises with breast cancer radiation
The radiation that might cure a breast cancer may also raise a woman's risk of having a heart attack or heart disease later...
Advanced breast cancer inching up in young women
More young women are being diagnosed with advanced, metastatic breast cancer than were three decades ago, a new study suggests...
FDA OKs Roche drug for late-stage metastatic breast cancer
U.S. health regulators approved a new drug made by Roche Holding AG for some patients with late-stage metastatic breast cancer...
TV's Robin Roberts returns to 'Good Morning America'
Robin Roberts, a co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America," returned to the popular morning news show on Wednesday, five months...
Star-gazing software helps fight breast cancer
In an unlikely tie-up, astronomers and cancer researchers have joined forces to study breast tumors using image analysis...
No increased cancer risk after IVF: study
Women getting fertility treatments can be reassured that in vitro fertilization (IVF) does not increase their risk of breast...
Australian court supports patents on human genes
An Australian court ruled on Friday that two technology companies could hold a patent on genetic material related to cancer,...
Longer span between mammograms okay for older women
Screening women over 65 each year for breast cancer doesn't catch any more early tumors - but it does lead to more false...
U.S. blacks still more likely to die from cancer
Drops in smoking may have helped drive cancer death rates down among black men during the last decade, but they are still...
Study supports lumpectomy in early breast cancer
A new look at real-world outcomes for women with early-stage breast cancer finds that breast-conserving surgery may offer...
Cancer gene mutation linked to earlier menopause
Women carrying BRCA mutations tied to breast and ovarian cancer may hit menopause a few years earlier than other women, according...
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