News tagged with early breast

Taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer can save lives and money

Tamoxifen, taken by certain women as a preventive measure against breast cancer, saves lives and reduces medical costs. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Painful hip fractures strike breast cancer survivors

A hip fracture is not common in a 54-year-old woman, unless she is a 54-year-old breast cancer survivor, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Researchers found that a combination of early menopause due to breast ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic test to predict early menopause

The first research from the Breakthrough Generations Study could lead to a test to predict a woman's reproductive lifespan.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early detection of second breast cancers halves women's risk of death

A group of international researchers has found the first reliable evidence that early detection of subsequent breast tumours in women who have already had the disease can halve the women's chances of death from breast cancer.

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1