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An Oncologist's Thoughts on the Canceled Breast Cancer Prevention Trial
Earlier this summer, the National Institutes of Health decided not to fund a breast cancer prevention trial to test Letrozole (Femara), an aromatase inhibitor, vs. raloxifene (a tamoxifen-like drug) in the primary prevention of breast cancer. Expert Patient PJ Hamel first wrote about the canceled breast cancer chemoprevention study in June, when the story first became news. More recently, Tara Parker-Pope, a wonderful science writer for the Wall Street Journal, covered the issues surrounding the...
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Expert & Community Posts
Skin Cancer Prevention and Your Medicine Cabinet
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert...anti-inflammatory drugs. NSAIDs are known to play a role in cancer prevention, and specifically... Read more »
Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection: Insurance Needs to Step Up
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...you forever (are they coming back?)Sadly, breast-cancer prevention is something that we, as a... Read more »
Health Guide
Understanding Risk Factors Is a Key to Preventing Breast Cancer
October 3: Simply being female puts you at risk for breast cancer. More than 75 percent of women with breast cancer have no family history of the disease. Find information about breast cancer risk... Read more »Fibroadenoma: breast
Prevention Read more »Find Out If You're At Risk for Breast Cancer
October 4: You can determine your own breast cancer risk on-line with a seven-question assessment tool offered by the National Cancer Institute. Designed by health professionals, this tool will... Read more »Nabothian cyst
Prevention There is no known prevention. Read more »Cholangiocarcinoma
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Red Wine and Breast Cancer
July 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Whether it's burgundy, merlot or Chianti, if it's made from a red grape it could prevent the development of breast cancer. New... Read summary »
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