A fairly stringent low-fat diet in women with early-stage breast cancer resulted in a very impressive 42% risk reduction in cancer recurrence or death in women with hormone receptor-negative tumors, according to the second follow-up data analysis from the Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS) presented at the December 2006 29th Annual Breast Cancer [...]
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Low Fat Diet May Improve Survival in Breast Cancer
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
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The Value Of Exercise During Radiation Therapy For Breast And Prostate Cancer
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
Did you know that exercise is a useful adjunct during radiation therapy? It helps to enhance overall emotional and physical well being. The types of exercise that are most appropriate are discussed.
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Breast Cancer Treatment Options – Facing Your Fears And Moving Ahead
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
After breast cancer diagnosis, time is of the essence to ensure recovery. Digest the news; then start learning, so you’re comfortable with your informed choices for breast cancer treatment. Breast cancer treatment requires internal fortitude to reach recovery.
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Treatment Options For Breast Cancer
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
An overview of the different stages of breast cancer, followed by a discussion of some conventional and alternative breast cancer treatments and therapies.
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Breast Cancer, Prevention, and Life After Hormone Replacement Therapy
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
Try your hand at these 24 true/false questions about breast cancer (mostly). The answer key is at the end. No peeking now until you answer all the questions. I’m watching you!
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Breast Cancer – How Stress – Inescapable Shock Causes Cancer (The Cancer Chain of Events)
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
Cancer is only a physical symptom of underlying emotional stress on the body and the body’s cells. But how does emotional stress cause cancer in the body? And why does emotional stress only cause cancer in some people, while not in others?
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Breast Cancer Metastatised to Liver After Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and Arimidex – Part 1
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
Chan had breast cancer. She underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and was put on Arimidex. Soon afterwards she suffered severe pains throughout her body, her gut bled causing severe anaemia and her liver was full of metastatic nodules.
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Honoring Heroes With A Breast Cancer Ribbon
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
For those who fight the battle against this cancer on a daily basis, the support of family and friends is just as important as the treatment received. This family of patients and supporters strong in numbers – often find the wearing of a breast cancer ribbon to be a sign of their connectivity and a [...]
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Breast Cancer – Prevent With Healthy Living
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
Breast cancer is one of the most deadly cancers a woman can have. While the causes are unknown, there are early detection signs and simple prevention tips that could mean the difference between life and death by breast cancer.
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Inflammatory Breast Cancer
June 24th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
Inflammatory breast cancer has no lump or mass that can be felt. It is a very rare and dangerous type of breast cancer. It cannot be detected by self breast examination and mammogram. In inflammatory breast cancer there is infiltration of the skin and lymph vessels of the breast by cancer cells. [...]
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