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The breast cancer screenings "Sharing the Vision: Early Detection of Breast Cancer" and "Power of Hope: Breast Cancer Education and Screening" will be offered 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Baptist Church, 605 Canal St., and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Comment?
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Recent mammogram recommendation needs rethinking
... the test earlier or more often. A lack of family history is not terribly reassuring any more, as the rates for breast cancer have increased over the last couple of decades from 1 in 11 women to 1 in 8 now. With breast cancer on the rise, why on ... Comment?
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Chemical Fallout | Watchdog Update: FDA likely to delay ruling on BPA
... awaited the new FDA ruling. Even if a new ruling does not come Monday, environmental groups - including the Breast Cancer Fund, Environmental Working Group and the National Resource Defense Council - say they will ask the FDA to immediately impose a ... Comment?
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Mammogram guidelines are outrageous
After Breast Cancer Awareness Month, countless articles and reflections with personal stories of breast cancer survivors in The Augusta Chronicle and even a pink newspaper, I read this Chronicle headline recently: "Guidelines say delay mammograms." Should women, especially, take comfort in knowing a government task force claims breast self-exams do ... Comment?
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Letters: Doctors must fight mammogram rules
... U.S. Preventive Services Task Force don't know what they are talking about when it comes to screening for breast cancer (" New mammogram advice invites deadly consequences ," Our view, Breast cancer debate, Nov. 18). Who participated on this task ... Comment?
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Recommendations change for screenin.....
Recently, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force gave the following recommendation concerning mammographies: That women who are not at elevated risk for breast cancer between the ages of 40 to 49 years of age should not have mammographies as a matter of routine; That women over 75 years of age should not have mammography's performed as a matter ... Comment?
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Siemens Healthcare to introduce high-end imaging systems for...
... are diagnosed with cancer each year. Of these, 1.3 million are afflicted with lung cancer , 1.2 million with breast cancer, and up to 1 million patients with colorectal tumors. The number of people suffering from cancer is expected to increase by ... Comment?
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... decided to recommend cutting back on mammograms. Not that it matters that the US is now at the forefront of breast cancer survival in the world. This due recognition is credited to screening. Well, now that we have reached this height in survival, ... Comment?
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Locals react to mammogram controversy
Breast cancer survivor Kristen Boyd immediately suspected dubious intent when she heard the new guidelines for mammograms recently set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Comment?
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Study on deaths from cancer in Europe shows steady decline in mortality
... falls in colorectal cancer. Screening and early diagnosis have contributed to the decline in cervical and breast cancer, although the fall in breast cancer mortality is mainly due to improved treatment. Therapeutic advancements have also played a ... Comment?
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Pregnant with Cancer: A Tri-State Woman's Story
... birth in one word; relief. "It was an uphill battle the whole time," she said. The uphill battle was breast cancer. Just two months before Rachel was born, mom was finishing chemotherapy. "Being pregnant was going to complicate matters tremendously, ... Comment?
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Role of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test in Treatment of Prostate Cancer
... his risk of having prostate cancer is 25 percent. If his wife has an abnormal mammogram, her risk of having breast cancer is 10 percent to 25 percent Does anyone question the value of mammography for screening? Others in the field quote the ... Comment?
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Can Roche Leave Genentech Alone?
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... effective pipeline for cancer drugs. The Genentech products that Roche sold overseas, including Herceptin for breast cancer and Avastin for colon cancer, accounted for 40% of Roche's $42.3 billion in revenue last year. Soriot was awed - and worried. ... Comment?
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Saint Barnabas Medical Center Launches Groundbreaking Multi-disciplinary Breast Cancer Program in Bedminster, December 9th By Saint Barnabas Medical Center 11/30/2009 Saint Barnabas Medical Center is launching a multi-disciplinary breast cancer program in Bedminster starting December 9, 2009. Comment?
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"Moses & Friends" Present Christmas Coffeehouse, December 18th at Trinity Covenant Church
... More Livingston Articles 11/30/2009 Saint Barnabas Medical Center Launches Groundbreaking Multi-disciplinary Breast Cancer Program in Bedminster, December 9th Saint Barnabas Medical Center is launching a multi-disciplinary breast cancer program in ... Comment?
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Couture for the Cure a success
... Brenda Cantrell with Unclaimed Baggage Center said. 'The community is always good about coming out to support breast cancer. It also gave a way for breast cancer survivors to come out for a fun afternoon.' This marks the fourth year UBC has teamed ... Comment?
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Local optometrist speaks to breast cancer sup
'Have fun in the sun, but protect your eyes.' That was the advice given to the participants of the Breast Cancer Support Group by Dr. Comment?
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... said I would be best having a masectomy! I would like to know more about MRI and how effective this in finding breast cancer in dense breast tissue. Also, did you know there is a test that a naturopath told me about that is used in the states and is ... Comment?
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Cancer even deadlier for people with diabetes
... 76 percent higher risk of death for women with cancer of the uterus and a 61 percent higher risk of death for breast cancer if they also had diabetes. For colorectal cancer, there was a 32 percent higher risk of death for diabetics. There also were ... Comment?
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Breast cancer remains the most common form of cancer among women in this country, accounting for nearly 1 in 4 cancers diagnosed. Comment?
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