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Dense Breasts and Breast Cancer Risk: What You Need to Know
Mammograms are the “gold standard” for detecting breast cancer. But women with dense breasts may need additional tests to find breast malignancies…
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6 Signs That DCIS Is Likely to Become Invasive Breast Cancer
Most women choose surgery and radiation even though DCIS usually doesn’t become invasive breast cancer. New guidelines help make a better choice.
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Dramatically Reduce Breast Cancer Risk with the Right Lifestyle Changes
The older you are, the more likely breast cancer is due to what you eat and do, not your genes. You can reduce your risk!
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MRI for Breast Cancer: The Merits of Twice-Yearly Screening
If you’re at high risk for breast cancer and are considering a mastectomy, read this first.
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids Slow Deadly Cancer
A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids may reduce inflammation and help keep this cancer from spreading.
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After Breast Cancer: Are You Getting the Right Imaging Tests?
The care of thousands of women doesn’t follow the recommended imaging guidelines. Don’t be one of them.
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For Better Breast Health, Eat This Way
The gut “microbiome” is known to affect digestive health and risk for chronic diseases. But new research shows it also affects the breasts. Here’s how…
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An Oncologist Shares Her Personal Story About BRCA
Oncologist Pamela Munster often must give unsettling test results to her patients. Then one day her own test came back positive.
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You Survived Breast Cancer…Here’s How to Stay on Top of Your Health
A surprising number of women aren’t taking one simple life-saving step to protect themselves.
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Breast Cancer Diagnosis? How to Get Needed DNA Testing
There are two reasons breast cancer surgeons don’t order genetic testing—and neither one is good. Here are two steps you can take to help yourself.
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For Most Older Women with Breast Cancer, Brain Function Stays Intact After Chemo
Breast cancer treatment can have a variety of side effects, but how does it affect brain health? This new research offers some intriguing findings…
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Breast Cancer Treatment: Opting Out of Chemo
Can you skip chemo if you have breast cancer? A new study details who can forgo this part of treatment.
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Small Breast Tumors May Not Be So Bad
"Catch cancer early" has been a medical catchphrase for generations. But many breast cancer tumors detected by mammography aren't very dangerous.
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Rare Cancer Linked to Breast Implants
The FDA has found a link between “textured” breast implants and a rare form of cancer.
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Menopause Help for Breast Cancer Survivors
Breast cancer treatment often comes with a host of unwelcome side effects. One you may not expect from the treatment…
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9 Ways to Prevent Breast Cancer—Before and After Menopause
From losing belly fat to a certain kind of exercise to curbing alcohol, here are actual science-backed ways to reduce breast cancer risk.
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Soy Doesn’t Cause Breast Cancer—It Prevents It
A diet rich in soy-based foods is good for everyone’s health, including women who’ve already had breast cancer.
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The Breast Cancer Promoter in Your Moisturizer: Parabens
Chances are, you’ve already put something on your skin today that can promote breast cancer. It could be in your…
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False-Positive Mammograms Mean More Breast Cancer Risk
Half of all women who get mammograms regularly will have a “false positive” within 10 years—a “suspicious” finding that turns…
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How to Beat Breast Cancer
Despite Good News, Misunderstandings Abound One-third of all new cancers diagnosed in women are breast cancers. The American Cancer Society…
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Preventive Double Mastectomy: What’s a Good Reason to Have a Healthy Breast Removed?
Call it the Angelina Effect. More women are choosing to have double mastectomies. Some, like the actress and director Angelina…
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DCIS Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know Now
One woman in five who learns from a mammogram that she has breast cancer will be told she has ductal…
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Can Coffee Prevent Breast Cancer?
Great health news about coffee is no longer a jolt to the system. So we weren’t surprised to read a…
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A New Way to Figure Out If Your Dense Breasts Are a Cancer Risk
If you're among the roughly 50% of women with dense breasts, figuring out the best way to get screened for…
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For Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer, an MRI is Essential
Women with a strong family history or certain genetic mutations face a greater-than-50% chance of getting breast cancer. With those…
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Misdiagnosis Alert: Breast Biopsies
It’s disturbing enough when a mammogram prompts a biopsy. Now there’s increased concern that the interpretation of your biopsy may…
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Is It Breast Cancer or Not?
What Those “Suspicious” Findings Really Mean It’s scary to know that something suspicious appeared on what you thought was a…
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Conversation with Hollye Jacobs
Video Chat with Hollye Jacobs Hollye Jacobs, RN Hollye Jacobs is a speaker, nurse, social worker, child-development specialist and…
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The Truth about Bras and Breast Cancer Risk
Women, you may have heard news that wearing a bra is bad for you. Not because the straps dig into…
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Processing Breast Cancer Insurance Claims
Bottom Line/HEALTH: What lessons did you learn about insurance coverage and breast cancer? Hollye Jacobs: This is something I actually…
