| Drug Combo Helps Women With Advanced Breast Cancer |
 A combination of two new-generation cancer drugs modestly delayed the time it took for cancer to worsen in a study of 300 women. |
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| An All-Natural Vitamin To Fight Breast Cancer |
 A little Sunshine is a good thing for breast cancer patients. |
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| Tips On Getting Vitamin D For Cancer Prevention |
 Evidence is growing that vitamin D, which the skin makes from sunshine, is linked to lower risk of breast cancer and other cancers. |
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| The Internet And Breast Cancer Detection |
 Researchers say just a little time on the internet can help make the most out of every minute with your doctor. |
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| Inflammatory Breast Cancer |
 IBC accounts for 1% to 4% of ALL breast cancers. However, this rare form of breast cancer is often misdiagnosed. |
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| Breast Cancer & Sex |
 With more and more women surviving breast cancer, doctors now want to know how cancer affects their sex life.
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| NIH Holds Clinical Trials For Breast Cancer Vaccine |
 The National Institutes of Health clinical trial uses an anti-cancer vaccine with regular chemotherapy for men and women with metastatic breast cancer. |
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| Fighting Breast Cancer From The Kitchen |
 Some doctors say spending more time in the kitchen could help patients manage their side effects better.
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| Patient-Navigator |
 Since it's inception two years ago, Georgetown's University Hospital's Patient-Navigator Program has helped more than 800 breast cancer patients through post operative surgical procedures. |
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| Comfort Blankets For Breast Cancer Patients |
 One local Maryland woman started an organization called All Shades of Pink. The non profit assists cancer patients and their families financially & emotionally.
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| The Pea Fund |
 Despite a breast cancer diagnosis, one woman launched an online support phenomena that started with a bag of frozen peas. |
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| Marcia Cross Petitions Congress |
 Marcia Cross and Lifetime television deliver twenty million online petition signatures to Capitol Hill to end "drive through" mastectomies. |
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| Protein That Makes Breast Cancer Spread Found |
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Researchers say the protein is found inside the nuclei of cells and would be difficult and perhaps dangerous to target with drugs.
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| FDA Clears Avastin For Breast Cancer |
 Going against the recommendation of its advisory panel, the FDA judged the effectiveness of Avastin based on measurements of tumor growth, not patient survival. |
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| Cancer Struggles Inspire Patient Crusader |
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This isn't a self-help story. It's about a woman who got angry and decided to change the world. |
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| Copays Cause Women to Skip Mammograms |
 Study finds older woman avoid test, even for insurance payment of $10 |
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| Dorothy Hamill Undergoing Treatment For Breast Cancer |
 She became America's sweetheart when she won the gold medal in the 1976 Olympics. |
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| Study: MDs Mum On Breast Cancer Options |
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Most doctors don't talk about breast reconstruction with women before cancer surgery. |
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| Stem Cells Used To Fix Breast Defects |
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The approach is still experimental, but holds promise for millions of women left with cratered areas and breasts that look very different from each other after cancer surgery. |
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| Staying Slim Improves Survival Odds After Breast Cancer Diagnosis |
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It is very common for women to gain weight after being diagnosed with breast cancer. |
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| Cancer Institute Updates Risk Calculator |
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A widely used tool for predicting a woman's risk of breast cancer is getting an update - to better reflect black women's risk. |
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| More Women Getting Double Mastectomies |
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Young women are most likely to choose the aggressive operation. |
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| Pink Link |
 If you are going through treatment for breast cancer, it can help you. If you are a breast cancer survivor, your help is needed. |
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| Report: Chemo Drug Taxol Not That Effective In Fighting Breast Cancer |
 "New England Journal of Medicine" report finds drug helping far fewer patients than previously thought |
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| Experimental Procedure Looks To Improve Patient's Survival From Fatal Form Of Breast Cancer |
 Researchers at the National Cancer Institute at NIH are trying to improve the chances of recovery for Inflammatory Breast Cancer patient's with a new intensive treatment. |
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