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Detecting Breast Cancer
Detecting a breast cancer recurrence before symptoms appear may cut the risk of death by half, a new study has found. Italian researchers looked at the data on 1,044 women who developed a second breast cancer, and found that chances of survival improved between 27 percent and 47 percent if the second breast cancer was detected in the early, asymptomatic stage. Researchers also found that mammograms were a better way to detect a second breast cancer than a clinical exam.
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Detecting Breast Cancer using The Halo system (As seen on Rachael Ray)
The Halo system, a procedure whose results can be used to assess risk for breast cancer, was approved by the FDA in 2005. It was introduced... Read more »
Early Detection of Breast Cancer Key to Combating the Disease
I was in my twenties when I began to take notice of all the breast cancer stuff that seemed to be everywhere at certain times of the year,... Read more »
Early Detection of Breast Cancer is Key
In case you were asleep and not keeping up with the news, or just keeping tabs on the tabloids, The United States Preventive Services Task... Read more »
The F.D.A. approves MammaPrint® to Detect Chance of Breast Cancer...
An important first step has been taken in possibly cutting down the number of women who have to undergo chemotherapy for breast cancer. The... Read more »
CAD: The Latest Chapter in the Breast Cancer Detection Debate
I’ve been trying to sort out the latest findings about computer-aided detection, or CAD, for mammography. A new study, reported in the... Read more »
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Computers Detect Breast Cancer
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research shows when a computer-aided detection system is used in breast cancer screening, it detects cancer as effectively... Read more »
Detecting breast cancer depends on doctor, study finds
New research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that doctors reading mammograms miss an average of two in every 10... Read more »
Breast MRI and the New American Cancer Society Guidelines for ...
My technician recently told me, just before sending me gliding through an MRI tube, that MRI scans were once an uncommon breast exam. He performed... Read more »
Mammograms: Screening and Diagnostic
Mammograms can be used for both screening and diagnostic purposes. Screening is recommended for all women, beginning at age 40, and allows... Read more »
Digital Mammogram: Who should get this type of mammogram for e...
I’m not yet 40—the magical age for women to begin receiving mammograms—but I’ve had breast cancer. That makes me a perfect candidate for... Read more »
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