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Breast Cancer Screening News Update: Yesterday, March 27, the American Cancer Society issued new breast cancer screening guidelines calling for women in certain risk groups to be screened via MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), in addition to mammography. At the same time, the March 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, includes a national study indicating that women who’ve been diagnosed with cancer in one breast should have an MRI in the other, as MRI can detect very early cancers...
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New Cancer Advancements: Treatment and Testing
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C.O. Bigelow's Breast Cancer Line
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