Dense breast tense can lead to complication in diagnosing cancer

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by JANET ST. JAMES

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 DALLAS – Henda Salmeron is a successful real estate agent, and an educated woman who has always followed doctor’s orders for regular mammograms.

So when the 45-year-old mother of two was diagnosed with breast cancer [...]

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NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE – LATEST ON HERCEPTIN THERAPY

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Dallas Morning News Story/July 21, 2011 – On Butterflies Wings

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Dallas nurse uses magic of butterfly’s transformation to give hope to cancer patients

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F.D.A. Rejects Use of Avastin for Breast Cancer – NY Times

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F.D.A. Panel Rejects Use of Avastin for Breast Cancer
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An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday that the approval of Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer should be revoked, despite a two-day appeal hearing by Genentech, [...]

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EXEMESTANE – A NEW OPTION FOR BREAST CANCER PREVENTION

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Medscape Medical News from the: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO®) 2011 Annual Meeting

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From Medscape Medical News > Oncology Exemestane — A New Option for Breast Cancer Prevention

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In Breast Milk, Clues to Risk of Breast Cancer

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By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN

A woman’s breast milk holds the potential to assess her risk of developing breast cancer, according to preliminary research presented Monday.

In her research, Kathleen Arcaro, an associate professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, collected milk samples from both breasts of about 250 nursing women who had [...]

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Study of Breast Biopsies Finds Surgery Used Too Extensively

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Too many women with abnormal mammograms or other breast problems are undergoing surgical biopsies when they should be having needle biopsies, which are safer, less invasive and cheaper, new research shows.

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