Breast cancer trial shows potential of letrozole
by Nurse.com News
Updated results from a long-running trial show letrozole continues to outperform tamoxifen in preventing breast cancer recurrences and reducing the risk of death in post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer.
Treatments effective for metastatic breast cancer
by Nurse.com News
The use of trastuzumab, chemotherapy and surgery among women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer significantly improved survival from the time central nervous system metastases were diagnosed, according to a study.
Treatments effective for metastatic breast cancer
by Nurse.com News
The use of trastuzumab, chemotherapy and surgery among women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer significantly improved survival from the time central nervous system metastases were diagnosed, according to a study.
Blood test targets oncology treatment
by By Debra Anscombe Wood, RN, for Nurse.com
Oncology clinicians are testing a new tool to help determine patients' response to treatment, evaluate prognosis and make better-informed decisions — The CellSearch Circulating Tumor Cell Test.
Some cancers can be prevented
May 22, 2012
| Hattiesburg American
Cancer has been a shadow over my life since my grandmother succumbed to the disease in 1963, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer ... Annual mammograms can catch breast cancer ...
DAILY CALENDAR
May 22, 2012
| Port Huron Times-Herald
Breast Cancer Support Group for the Newly Diagnosed, 5: 30 p.m.-7: 30 p.m. St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron, 2601 Electric Ave., Port Huron. Literary Travelogue:...
Support Groups Calendar
May 22, 2012
| Baxter Bulletin
425 - 6306 Thursday, May 24 Breast Cancer Survivors... For survivors and newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. Families with Developmentally Delayed Kids, 6 -...
Some reject PSA advice
May 22, 2012
| St. Cloud Times Online
'' This task force actually made a similar recommendation against women undergoing mammography for breast cancer ... '' When you look at comparing prostate cancer and breast cancer ... argue...
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