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How To Prevent 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.
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From Our Experts
Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) and Fareston FAQs: Hormone Therapies to Prevent...
Q. I was diagnosed with ER-receptive breast cancer and have had a lumpectomy and radiation. Now my oncologist has prescribed tamoxifen. I... Read more »
Ten Ways to Prevent Breast Cancer
Are you a breast cancer survivor?If so, please read our post on minimizing your recurrence risk.But if you’re a healthy woman trying to... Read more »
What Foods Prevent Breast Cancer?
Do you know what the biggest risk factor for breast cancer is? Being a woman. And risk factor #2?Growing older. Since there’s nothing we... Read more »
Does Aspirin Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence? Maybe.
An apple a day may keep the doctor away for most people, but for breast cancer survivors it may be a daily aspirin that does the trick.A... Read more »
Ten Ways to Prevent a Breast Cancer Recurrence
“I always make New Year’s resolutions, and I never keep them. Why bother?”I’ll tell you why: because the following resolutions are... Read more »
From Our Sources
Apples may help prevent breast cancer
Researchers at Cornell University say that eating apples may help slow the growth of breast tumors. An animal study found that 87 percent of the rats... Read more »
Tamoxifen Prevents More Breast Cancer Cases Than Evista
Researchers say the drug tamoxifen prevented more cases of breast cancer after 7 years than the osteoporosis drug Evista, though Evista had fewer... Read more »
Walnuts may prevent breast cancer
Eating walnuts may help lower your risk of developing breast cancer. In a recent animal study, researchers found that mice who were fed the... Read more »
Osteoporosis med may prevent breast cancer
The osteoporosis med Evista may help prevent certain kinds of breast cancer, a new study suggests. The drug is already approved for women who are at... Read more »
Extra radiation dose may prevent breast cancer return
Women who have early-stage breast cancer may benefit from an extra dose of radiation, a new study suggests. European researchers found that women who... Read more »
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