The American College of Radiology lauded the AMA’s policy update that recognizes the importance of screening mammography starting at age 40. (Source: Diagnostic Imaging)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Have a look at The Breast Cancer Daily, the new breast cancer portal with all the latest breast cancer news and research powered by MedWorm, updated daily. read more..
Conclusions:We conclude that, the current meta-analysis provided the most recent comprehensive estimate of the risk of SBC in a broad-range of HL survivors. Younger age at diagnosis proved to be a dominant risk factor. The obtained results would serve providing breast cancer screening recommendations for HL survivors. (Source: BMC Cancer) read more..
Study reveals an increased risk of breast cancer Related items from OnMedicaBreast cancer more likely in polluted areasStudy finds solution to hot flushes in cancer survivorsEarly HRT may raise cancer riskComorbidities worsen breast cancer outcomesStudy says shorter radiotherapy courses are just as effective (Source: OnMedica Latest News) read more..
A long-term study featured in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine reveals that working more than two night shifts per week poses a greater risk of breast cancer. The risk appears cumulatively higher in those who describe themselves as 'early birds' or 'morning people' than 'owls' or 'night birds'... read more..
An FDA Advisory Panel is scheduled to decide whether to recommend approval of a new breast cancer screening indication for somo•v Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) System on April 11. If approved by the FDA, somo•v would be approved for use as an adjunct to mammography for women with dense breasts. (Source: Health Imaging News) read more..
The first large-scale U.S.-based study to evaluate the link between an injectable form of progestin-only birth control and breast cancer risk in young women has found that recent use of a year or more doubles the risk. The results of the study, led by breast cancer epidemiologist Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D... read more..
greenmedinfo.com April 10, 2012 A cancer diagnosis may be the most traumatic thing that can befall a patient within the contemporary medical system; that is, beyond the conventional cancer ... read more..
Results from one of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programmes have shown that it has contributed to a drop in deaths from the disease, that any harm caused by the screening, such as false positives and over-diagnosis, has been limited, and that the costs have been reasonable. The Dutch population-based mammography breast cancer screening programme began in 1989, and Mr Jacques Fracheboud, a senior researcher at the Erasmus University Medical Center (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), reported on the first 20 years to the eighth European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-8)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) read more..
One of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programs has shown that with reasonable costs and few false diagnoses and other drawbacks, overall harm and deaths from the disease has been significantly reduced... read more..
Results from one of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programmes have shown that it has contributed to a drop in deaths from the disease, that any harm caused by the screening, such as false positives and over-diagnosis, has been limited, and that the costs have been reasonable... read more..
(ECCO-the European CanCer Organisation) Results from the Dutch national breast cancer screening program, one of longest-running national screening programs in the world, have shown that it has contributed to a drop in deaths from the disease, that any harm caused by the screening, such as false positives and over-diagnosis, has been limited, and that the costs have been reasonable. Compared with the pre-screening period 1986 to 1988, deaths from breast cancer among women aged 55-79 fell by 31 percent in 2009. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health) read more..
One of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programs has shown that with reasonable costs and few false diagnoses and other drawbacks, overall harm and deaths from the disease has been significantly reduced... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) read more..
