Archive for September, 2007

Take 3 Drinks a Day and Increase Your Risk of Breast Cancer

Medical news is confusing. Now it gets more confusing.
There is more news out of the European Cancer Society in Barcelona, Spain.
The new study was lead by Dr. Yan Li who evaluated 70,000 female members of Kaiser Permanente HMO in Oakland, CA.
Breast cancer increased by 30% in women who drank 3 or more drinks per day.

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Changes Recommended From the Canadian Cancer Society

Here is some news that all women should read.
Heather Logan, Director of Cancer Control Policy and Information at the Canadian Cancer Society told the Vancouver Sun that there is mounting scientific evidence that performing a rigorous, systematic breast self exam will now lower breast cancer rates

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Positive Treatment Data for Sufferers of Rare Form of Breast Cancer

Roche Holding Ag released new treatment data which was presented at the European Cancer Conference in Barcelona.
HER2-positive breast cancer, is rare but highly aggressive, often leading to a total mastectomy.
Results from the NeoAdjuvant study showed that the complete disappearance of the tumor in the breast was achieved for 55% of patients given a combination of Herceptin [...]

Personalized Medicine May Help Breast Cancer Patients

Personalized medicine is the antithesis of the one shoe fits all approach. For years, patients with similar diseases have received similar treatment. But why is the same treatment that’s successful for one patient unsuccessful for another? The simple answer is that those patients don’t have the same physical and biochemical makeup and probably have different [...]

New Data Released on Breast Cancer

The American Cancer Society released new data on breast cancer. From 2001-2004, breast cancer diagnoses fell by an average of 3.7 percent per year while death rates fell by 2% during the period. ACS credited the positive trends to a drop in hormone replacement therapy and less mammograms. Unfortunately, blacks and young women did not [...]

Is Common Cooking Chemical Linked to Breast Cancer?

The concern about acrylamide surfaced in 1992. Acrylamide is classified a probable human carcinogen by the World Health Organization. Acrylamide is formed naturally when foods such as potatoes are cooked at high temperatures in the presence of sugars.
However, a new study has confirmed the results of studies from 2005 in which researchers concluded that there [...]