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3 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

Focus on what helps in cancer fight

Dear Carolyn: A month ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Beyond the obvious fears, I was afraid my new boyfriend's feelings for me would change, what with chemo and then surgery.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

8 hrs ago | Philly.com

Say What?: Breast cancer confusion

A federal panel is recommending a radical change to mammogram guidelines, citing evidence that the potential harm outweighs the benefits.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

12 hrs ago | Chillicothe Gazette

Stefanie Spielman remembered for work against breast cancer

NEWARK -- When Newark residents Tammy Hone and her mother, Carol Wages found out Stefanie Spielman had died, they couldn't help but get emotional.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Newark, OH, Columbus Metro, Women's Health, Licking County, OH

16 hrs ago | The Press On-Line

Olivia Newton-John lets rip

BREAST EXAM ADVOCATE: Olivia Newton-John has slammed controversial new breast cancer guidelines in the US.

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Related Topix: Olivia Newton-John, Pop/Rock, Medicine, Health

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Ledger

Guidelines: Fewer Pap Smears for Women in 20s

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 7:56 p.m. WASHINGTON Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

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Related Topix: Cervical Cancer, Health, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology

R & D

Silicon Chip Covered in Nanopillars Used to Capture Cancer Cells

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Medicine, Health, Science / Technology, Nanotechnology

WWSB

Cancer Center

Abnormal mammogram: understanding false-positives An abnormal mammogram result can be scary, but in many cases it's a false alarm.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Medicine, Leukemia

WAGT

Web Extra: New guidelines for mammograms cause debate

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now saying women in their 40s don't need to get routine mammograms for early detection of breast cancer if they're not at risk.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Reuters

New mammogram study sparks debate

Nov 18 - New breast cancer screening guidelines in the U.S. suggest women under 50 years should not have routine mammograms.

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KELO-TV Sioux Falls

Breast Cancer Survivor Discusses Guidelines

For a woman, getting a mammogram can be stressful and now new guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are making the checkup an even harder appointment to schedule.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Women's Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

San Diego 6

New Mammogram Advice Raises Concern and Confusion

We asked your opinion on the new *** cancer screening guidelines. I heard your story and am absolutely disgusted.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, San Diego Metro, Health, La-Jolla, CA

Telegraph.co.uk

US anger about changes to breast cancer testing

Doctors are in uproar over a recommendation to raise the age of breast cancer screening, saying that more women will die from the disease, which claims 40,000 lives each year.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Oncology

CNN

Sebelius: No change for mammograms

A federal advisory board's recommendation that women in their 40s should avoid routine mammograms is not government policy and has caused "a great deal of confusion," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

TheCabin.net

Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women

Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast.

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Related Topix: Health, Medicine, Kiss, Pop/Rock, Prostate Cancer, Entertainment

ClipSyndicate

New Mammogram Guidelines Confuse Many Women

For millions of women, everything they've been told about breast cancer screening has been changed with just one government task force.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Video

Tue Nov 17, 2009

MyFox St. Louis

Mammogram Report Foreshadows Controversies to Come in healthcare Overhaul

It is a core tenet of the push to improve American medical care and control its cost: Experts should study the effectiveness of treatments and procedures to determine which work best.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Medicaid

Drkoop.com

New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines: Why I (Reluctantly) Support Them

Get past the jargon and know the facts about your diagnosis. I'm a woman whose life was saved by a mammogram.

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MyFox St. Louis

Study: New mini heart pump improves survival, could be permanent device for frail elderly

In this Nov. 13, 2009 photo, Leonor Ortiz Childers, 46, plays with her children, 3-year-old twins Miranda and Javier, right, and 18-month-old twins Julian and Ava, left, in Durham, N.C. Leonor developed heart failure suddenly when she had to be treated for breast cancer while pregnant with her second set of twins.

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Related Topix: Raleigh Metro, Medicine, Health

The Washington Post

Discuss new breast exam guidelines

A government panel says most women under 50 no longer need to be screened for breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

FirstCoastNews

New Website Helps Breast Cancer Patients Choose Treatments

"My initial diagnosis was in 2006 and then again in 2008." Two-time breast cancer survivor Valerie Gardner wants the best treatment available.

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