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Was Angelina Jolie's Preventive Mastectomy Too Drastic?
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
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Preventive mastectomies have increased by about 50% in recent years. A breast cancer patient opens up about Angie's op-ed, intimacy after cancer & more. Until recently, the only buzz about Angelina Jolie 's body would have involved her voluptuous
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Jane Fonda is not afraid of death
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Jane Fonda's breast cancer battle made her realise she isn't afraid of dying. The two-time Academy Award winner was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and subsequently underwent a lumpectomy in November of the same year and made a recovery from the
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Ask Dr. K: Lumpectomy effective for some
Monterey :: TN :: USA | 1 month ago
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I was recently diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer...Dear Reader: In a lumpectomy, just the cancer and tissue immediately around it are removed, and radiation therapy is used to kill any nearby cancer cells that might not have been removed.
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Lumpectomy survival rates good for early breast cancer
New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 months ago
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Friday February 01 2013 A new U.S. study examining survival rates for women with early stage breast cancer found that surgery such as lumpectomy that preserves the rest of the breast may offer survival odds as good as, or even better than,
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For breast cancer patients, less invasive surgery may be better than full mastectomies
New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 months ago
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MyHealthNewsDaily Women with early stage breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving surgery do just as well, and perhaps better, in terms of survival, than those who have their breasts removed, a new study suggests. In the study, early stage
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Cancer patients who say No to a mastectomy 'more likely to survive'
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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27 January 2013 Many women diagnosed with breast cancer choose to have a mastectomy thinking it will remove the tumours as quickly as possible and give them the best chance of survival Women stand a better chance of surviving breast cancer if they
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OLYMPIA: Capital Medical Center informs on breast health
Olympia :: WA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Capital Medical Center informs on breast health ckrotzer@theolympian.com Published January 06, 2013 Capital Medical Center is hosting two free breast health seminars Jan. 16. The hour-long seminars will begin at 2 and 6 p.m., at the hospital's main
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S.F. lowest mastectomy rate for over-65s
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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The Bay Area has among the lowest rates of mastectomy surgeries among Medicare patients in the country, a finding that suggests women are likely opting for lumpectomy and radiation or other treatment for early-stage disease. The data released
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How I Swam My Way Through Breast Cancer
Detroit :: MI :: USA | 7 months ago
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I'm a competitive swimmer, and not even breast cancer was going to keep me from my races. I stood on the swim platform at the stern of the Sea Satin, a 36-foot Dutch Steel ocean cruiser, shivering, teeth chattering with the frigid 60° F water of the
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Tamoxifen: Friend or Foe
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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I was recently asked by a consultation client about the advisability of taking Tamoxifen after breast cancer surgery to prevent recurrence...Here is what the NIH report says: "Tamoxifen is listed in the 9th Report as a "known human carcinogen" based
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