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In the U.S., about 40,410 women will die from breast cancer this year, making it the second most lethal cancer in women. (Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in women.) The good news is that early detection and new treatments have improved survival rates. The 5-year survival rate for women diagnosed with cancer is 80%. About 88% of women diagnosed with breast cancer will survive at least 10 years. Unfortunately, women in lower social and economic groups still have significantly low...

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Reading your Pathology Report: Cancer Size, Lymph Node Involvement, ER and PR Status

By Kevin Knopf, MD , Health Expert

...pathologist will consider: Size of the Breast Cancer (Measured in cm) This is somewhat an... Read more »

Reading your Pathology Report: HER2 Status, Growth Fraction, Angiolymphatic Invasion

By Kevin Knopf, MD , Health Expert

...few more items to finish up our tour of the breast cancer pathology report, including HER2... Read more »

Treatment for Metastatic, Recurrent Breast Cancer - HER2 Status and Getting a Biopsy of a Metastatic Site

By Kevin Knopf, MD , Health Expert

...Sometimes, things do not go as we like and breast cancer returns in a different site from the... Read more »

Herceptin FAQs – Targeted Therapies (Immune Targeted Therapies) for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...been diagnosed with HER2-positive stage II breast cancer, and after surgery will be doing chemo... Read more »

Decisions, Decisions… Oncotype DX Test May Help You Get Off The Fence

By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

... One of the most irritating things about breast cancer is the lack of certainty around... Read more »

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Breast Cancer Treatments for Breast Cancer Stages 0-5

The three major treatments of breast cancer are surgery, radiation, and drug therapy. No one treatment fits every patient, and combination therapy is usually required. The choice is... Read more »

Menopause: Highlights

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and Breast CancerEstrogen-only hormone therapy does not appear to increase breast cancer risk when used short-term, according to the latest results from... Read more »

Breast Cancer Hormone Treatment: Tamoxifen, other SERMs, and Aromatase Inhibitors

...blocking estrogen that causes cell-proliferation. It is used for adjuvant therapy and for advanced cancers in patients with hormone receptor-positive tumors. Over the past few years, many new... Read more »

Breast Cancer Risk Factors: Ethnicity, Race, Genes, and Family History

Experts estimate that about 211,240 new cases of invasive female breast cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2005. About 1,690 breast cancer cases will be diagnosed in men... Read more »

Menopause: Medications

...examine the health benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy, including the risks of breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots.In 2002, one component of the WHI, which studied... Read more »

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