Breast Cancer

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Breast Cancer

General

NEWS:

New Study Confirms Conservation Surgery Is Safe For BRCA Breast Cancers

Women With Hereditary Breast Cancer Treated With Breast-Conserving Therapy May Not Be at Increased Risk for Recurrence in the Treated Breast

ARTICLES:

American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Detailed Guide

American Cancer Society Questions to Ask My Doctor about Breast Cancer

Breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Breast cancer: Know your stage

Breast cancer: Know your type

Early Breast Cancer Growth Tough To Treat

Mastectomy to Prevent Breast Cancer?

NGC-Breast cancer.

Preventive Mastectomy: An Option for Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Are BRCA1- and BRCA2-related breast cancers associated with increased mortality? (Breast Cancer Res)

Are patients diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50 years ever cured? (J Clin Oncol)

Association between female breast cancer and cutaneous melanoma. (Int J Cancer)

Benefits and harms associated with hormone replacement therapy: clinical decision analysis. (BMJ)

[Bilateral breast cancer. Incidence and risk factors] (Gynecol Obstet Fertil)

Bilateral prophylactic mastectomy reduces breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: the PROSE Study Group. (J Clin Oncol)

Body mass index as a prognostic feature in operable breast cancer: the International Breast Cancer Study Group experience (Annals of Oncology)

Breast cancer and the brain: a neurodevelopmental hypothesis to explain the opposing effects of caloric deprivation during the Dutch famine of 1944-1945 on breast cancer and its risk factors. (J Nutr)

Breast Cancer in Canadian Women. (BMC Womens Health)

Breast cancer in elderly women. (Arch Gerontol Geriatr)

Breast cancer mortality patterns and time trends in 10 new EU member states: Mortality declining in young women, but still increasing in the elderly. (Int J Cancer)

Breast cancer on the Internet: the quality of Swedish breast cancer websites. (Breast)

Breast cancer recurrence: follow up after treatment for primary breast cancer. (Postgrad Med J)

Breast cancer risk among users of antidepressant medications. (Epidemiology. 2005)

Breast cancer: patient information needs reflected in English and German web sites. (Br J Cancer)

Breast cancer: the protective effect of pregnancy. (Clin Cancer Res)

Breast carcinoma in elderly women. (Cancer)

Changes in survival after breast cancer: improvements in diagnosis or treatment? (Breast)

Characteristics and outcome of 1755 operable breast cancers in women over 70 years of age. (Breast)

Childbirth and breast cancer prognosis. (Int J Cancer)

Conjugated linoleic acid blocks estrogen signaling in human breast cancer cells. (J Nutr)

Consumption of dairy products and the risk of breast cancer: a review of the literature (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Continuing education: risks and benefits of soy isoflavones for breast cancer survivors. (Oncol Nurs Forum)

Declining mortality from breast cancer in Yorkshire, 1983-1998: extent and causes. (Br J Cancer)

Do younger female breast cancer patients have a poorer prognosis? Results from a population-based survival analysis. (Int J Cancer)

Do younger women with non-metastatic and non-inflammatory breast carcinoma have poor prognosis? (World Journal of Surgical Oncology)

Does obesity compromise survival in women with breast cancer? (Breast)

Effect of depression on diagnosis, treatment, and survival of older women with breast cancer. (J Am Geriatr Soc)

Etiology of hormone receptor-defined breast cancer: a systematic review of the literature. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev)

Genistein induces Ca(2+)-mediated, calpain/caspase-12-dependent apoptosis in breast cancer cells. (Biochem Biophys Res Commun)

[Genistein: a soy isoflavone revealing a pleiotropic mechanism of action - clinical implications in the treatment and prevention of cancer] (Postepy Hig Med Dosw)

Guidelines for the management of women at increased familial risk of breast cancer. (Eur J Cancer)

Is breast cancer survival improving? (Cancer)

Is male breast cancer similar or different than female breast cancer? (Breast Cancer Res Treat)

Lifetime alcohol consumption and postmenopausal breast cancer rate in Denmark: a prospective cohort study. (J Nutr)

Mechanisms mediating the antiproliferative and apoptotic effects of vitamin E in mammary cancer cells. (Front Biosci. 2005)

Melatonin and breast cancer: a prospective study. (J Natl Cancer Inst)

Obesity and breast cancer: a review of the literature. (Breast)

Pathogenesis of breast carcinoma. (Int J Clin Pract)

Physical exercise results in the improved subjective well-being of a few or is effective rehabilitation for all cancer patients? (Eur J Cancer)

Prevention of breast cancer by recapitulation of pregnancy hormone levels. (Breast Cancer Res)

Prevention of breast cancer in women who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations: A critical review of the literature. (Int J Cancer)

Prevention of mammary carcinogenesis by short-term estrogen and progestin treatments. (Breast Cancer Res)

Probabilities of death from breast cancer and other causes among female breast cancer patients. (J Natl Cancer Inst)

Progesterone prevents radiation-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells. (Oncogene)

Prognosis of breast cancer patients with familial history classified according to their menopausal status. (Breast J)

Prognostic value of morphology and hormone receptor status in breast cancer - a population-based study. (Br J Cancer)

Quality of life following breast-conserving therapy or mastectomy: results of a 5-year prospective study. (Breast J)

Red clover-derived isoflavones and mammographic breast density: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial [ISRCTN42940165]. (Breast Cancer Res)

Risk modeling in breast cancer. (Breast J)

Role of vitamins in the risk, prevention, and treatment of breast cancer. (Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol)

Serum testosterone levels and breast cancer recurrence. (Int J Cancer. 2005)

Survival after surgical treatment of breast cancer. (Langenbecks Arch Surg)

The association between nocturnal hot flashes and sleep in breast cancer survivors. (J Pain Symptom Manage)

The characteristics of malignant breast tumors in hormone replacement therapy users versus nonusers. (Ann Surg Oncol)

The influence of aging on the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer. (Curr Oncol Rep. 2005)

Trends in mortality from major cancers in the European Union, including acceding countries, in 2004. (Cancer)

Use of antibiotics and risk of breast cancer: a population-based case-control study. (Br J Cancer)

Vitamin D and breast cancer: insights from animal models. (Am J Clin Nutr)

Vitamin E and breast cancer. (J Nutr)

What is the predictor for invasion in non-palpable breast cancer with microcalcifications? (Breast Cancer)

INTERNET SITES:

International Breast Cancer Screening Network

NCI-Antiperspirants/Deodorants and Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers

NCI-Breast Cancer

NCI-General Information About Breast Cancer - Treatment

NCI-Progress in Addressing Breast Cancer Rates in Marin County (News 2003)

NCI-What is screening?

NCI-What you need to know about breast cancer: Background

NIH-Breast Cancer

NIH-Breast Cancer

NIH-Breast Cancer Resources

NIH-Breast Cancer Tutorial

NIH-Breast Diseases

NIH-Male Breast Cancer

NIH-Mammography

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Breast cancer

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