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BRCA Genes
Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are responsible for many inherited ovarian cancers and breast cancers.
- New guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend genetic counseling and testing only for high-risk women (family history of ovarian cancer).
- Removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes (salpingo-oophorectomy) reduces the risk of ovarian cancer by 80% in women with BRCA mutations, indicates a 2006 study in the Journal of the American Medical Associati...
Expert & Community Posts
Suboxone: Here To Help Program
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health ExpertSuboxone can be a good exit strategy if the pain medications start to force life out of control.... Read more »
Managing Pain
By Christopher Lukas , Health Expert...related to some serious organic issue – such as cancer or infection – and while most... Read more »
Pain Patients Should Not be the Victims in the War on Drugs
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...lost from work every year due to pain than due to cancer and heart disease combined. So what... Read more »
A New Year's Wish for 2008: No More Breakthrough Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...tablets (FBT) have been used for quite a long time for cancer-related BTP, and in fact is... Read more »
Older Adults Have Pain Too
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...patients are more likely to suffer from arthritis, cancer, and other musculoskeletal... Read more »
Health Guide
Managing Pain
...its very important to make sure the pain is not related to some serious organic issue such as cancer or infection and while most urologists and other physicians are good at finding such... Read more »Fibromyalgia Treatment
...2004.Eriksen, J., P. Sjogre, E. Bruera, O. Ekholm, N.K. Rasmussen. “Critical issues on opioids in chronic non-cancer pain: an epidemiological study.” Pain, 2006. 125(1-2):172-9. Last... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Diagnosis
...below.Previous episodes of back painAny injuries or accidents involving the neck, back, or hipsHistory of cancerUnexplained weight loss or chronic infectionThe frequency, duration, and nature of... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Medications and Alternative Treatments
...crater-like lesion on the skin or mucous membrane that is caused by an inflammatory, infectious, or cancerous condition. To avoid irritating an ulcer a person can try eliminating certain... Read more »Colon and Rectal Cancers: Prevention
...PreventionExerciseStudies indicate that daily exercise is one of the best ways to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. The more vigorous the activity, the greater the benefit, but even moderate... Read more »Images
Medications
...doses of narcotic medications for ongoing pain (e.g., cancer pain), starting tramadol may cause... Read more »
...have a slightly increased risk of developing new cancer (e.g., lymphoma, basal and squamous cell... Read more »
...have a slightly increased risk of developing new cancer (e.g., lymphoma, basal and squamous cell... Read more »
...testicles) or other medications to treat prostate cancer. Nilutamide belongs to a class of... Read more »
...(ta-MOX-ih-fen),(SOL-ta-mox) Uses Tamoxifen is used to treat breast cancer that has spread to... Read more »
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