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A provocative essay in the New York Times by journalist Aliyah Baruchin has me thinking over, once again, a question that I occasionally grapple with: If there’s no family history, but you get breast cancer, especially at an early age--43 for Baruchin, 41 for me--should you be tested for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation? The question is especially troubling if, like Baruchin and myself, you are of Askenazic Jewish descent, a group that has a disproportionately large number of women with the...
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Taxol may not help most women
Two new studies suggest the chemo med Taxol may not work for all women. In both cases, researchers found that Taxol helped only women who had... Read more »
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Women who take Taxol every week after chemotherapy ends live longer than women given the traditional four doses every three weeks, a new study... Read more »
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Brand name: Taxol Chemical name: Paclitaxel Class: Taxane chemotherapy. Abraxane and Taxotere are other taxanes. How it works: Taxanes interfere with... Read more »
More high-risk women opt for double mastectomy
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