Breast Cancer FemaleInfo Center
A Cancer Paradigm Shift
Cancer is an ever-changing biological process, and how it behaves is as unique as the body it invades. Researchers have found with one particularly nasty form of breast cancer, patients actually feed their own cancer cells.
Approval of Silicone-filled Breast Implant Makes Three
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a silicone gel-filled breast implant for breast augmentation and reconstruction. This is only the third gel filled implant approved in the United States.
Red Wine's Protective Effect
The discrepancy between breast cancer risk and alcohol consumption has been frequently questioned, given that patients who consumed only red wine in studies on alcohol appeared to have a decreased risk of the disease.
Do Contraceptives Increase Your Cancer Risks?
You're taking the pill, or maybe you've tried one of the injectable contraceptives. Now you hear something about an association between birth control and cancer and you start to freak. No need to.
Some HRT Reduces Breast Cancer Risks
What's a girl to do when the flow stops and menopause rages? Is she to take hormone replacement therapy ( HRT ), or avoid it all costs because everyone knows it causes breast cancer - right? Not so fast there, lady.
At Last - Possible Therapy for Lymphedema
About one in five women has painful swelling following breast cancer surgery. There are currently only limited options for dealing with this condition - lymphedema - but that may be about to change.
Why are Older Women Still Receiving Radiotherapy?
A great deal of attention is being paid to the benefits and harms produced by both screening tests and treatments for various types of cancer. The microscope has been turned on radiation therapy (radiotherapy) being used with older breast cancer patients.
Breast Cancer Co-Conspirators
BRCA genes aren't the only menacing genes in the breast cancer equation. No, there's a syndicate of criminal molecules that hijack normal DNA repair and create the havoc that is breast cancer. Researchers have nabbed another culprit gene.
Don't Forget About the Chemo
People who've had chemotherapy often complain of " chemobrain ," that's characterized by poorer memory and slower thinking. A recently released study has found for some women who had a specific chemotherapy regimen, chemobrain is real and long lasting.
Why Mammography Should Begin at 40
When a woman should begin receiving breast cancer screening mammography has been a hotly contested issue over the last several years. A new study suggests that 40 - not 50 - is the age to start having mammograms