Posts Tagged ‘Breast Cancer’

Aspirin May Boost Breast Cancer Survival

17th February 2010 by admin No Comments

Risk of death, recurrence halved for those who took it, study finds
A new study of more than 4,000 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer shows that taking aspirin appears to significantly increase survival and reduce the risk of recurrence.
“Women who took aspirin were 50 percent less likely to die from breast cancer [during the [...]

GET FIT 2009: Diet, Exercise Can Reduce Risk Of Breast Cancer

16th October 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Pink ribbons serve as a reminder that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And with so many people affected by the disease, you can be proactive to reduce your risk of getting it.”Several studies show that people who do regular exercise remain much more healthy as well as cancer free as compared to those who [...]

Free Workshop For Breast Cancer Patients

16th October 2009 by admin No Comments

On Thursday, November 5, at 7 pm, people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer are invited to a free workshop demonstrating how to choose the right exercise level after breast cancer. The workshop involves breathing techniques, slow body movements and “Thera-bands,” elastic bands that offer varying levels of resistance, enabling participants to work at [...]

Driver Suspended for Wearing Pink Tie for Cancer

16th October 2009 by admin No Comments

A Springfield Mass Transit District bus driver has received a one-day unpaid suspension for wearing a pink necktie to help raise awareness for breast cancer. The driver, 46-year-old William Jones, had to serve the suspension, but his action led the transit district to agree that employees could wear pink on Fridays October in recognition of [...]

Help Reduce Breast Cancer Risk [Video]

7th October 2009 by admin 4 Comments

Awareness is a key part in the fight against breast cancer and this morning in Project Fitness, Melissa Rector of Gold’s Gym and Paula Montgomery of the American Cancer Society join us to talk about the walk.

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More Women Choose Prophylactic Mastectomy

29th September 2009 by admin No Comments

The choice to remove a healthy breast in order to avoid breast cancer is a deeply personal decision that appears to be on the upswing in one group of women, according to a study published today in the journal
Cancer.

Among women who had cancer in one breast, the number who opted to have  the other breast removed, [...]

Lifestyle Factors Increase Risk of Second Breast Cancer

29th September 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have reported that obesity, alcohol consumption, and smoking significantly increase the risk of second breast cancers among breast cancer survivors. The details of this study appeared in the Journal of Clinical Oncology early online on September 8, 2009.
Approximately 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year [...]

Q. Does Diet Affect Triple-negative Breast Cancer Any Differently Than Other Forms?

29th September 2009 by admin 2 Comments

A. Triple-negative breast tumors do not have receptors for the hormones estrogen or progesterone nor for the protein HER2. In the Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS), a major study of diet and recurrence of post-menopausal breast cancer, limiting dietary fat lowered recurrence significantly among women who had hormone-negative breast cancer (estrogen, progesterone or both). However, [...]

Researchers Struggle to Understand Breast Cancer’s Racial Gap

29th September 2009 by admin No Comments

Breast cancer occurs more often in white women than in black women in the United States, but it kills more black women than white.
This is known as the “racial gap” of breast cancer, a provocative topic for cancer researchers hoping to save lives.
Several studies released in the past year have tried to figure out why [...]

Male Breast Cancer Patients Blame Water At Marine Base

29th September 2009 by admin 2 Comments

Jim Fontella was based at Camp Lejeune in 1966 and 1967. He was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998.
The sick men are Marines, or sons of Marines. All 20 of them were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marine Corps’ training base in North Carolina, between the 1960s and the 1980s.
They all [...]