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BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer.   |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000 |
Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: What Does It Mean to Me? What causes breast cancer?... What genes can cause breast cancer to be inherited?... What clues in my family history might show I've inherited a risk of breast cancer?... Does everyone who has family members with breast cancer have these mutated genes?... What should I do?... |
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Naomi Mendelsohn |
Choosing the knife Healthy women at high risk for breast cancer are choosing to have both breasts removed, even while doctors are advocating less invasive treatments for those who are already sick |
AskMen.com
September 30, 2000
Joshua Levine |
Male Breast Cancer Breast cancer is traditionally thought of as a female-related problem. Men, however, are as susceptible to the disease as women are. In many ways, the disease appears similarly in both sexes... |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000
Lecia M. Apantaku |
Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening Statistics on breast cancer risk, symptoms and recommended tests. |
Salon.com
October 12, 1999
Damien Cave |
Male mastectomy Not many men get breast cancer, but too few are aware of the risk. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2002
Randhawa & Fink |
Screening for Breast Cancer A case study and question-and-answer group on screening for breast cancer, based on the recommendations of the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |
ifeminists
October 29, 2002
Rondi Adamson |
Re-Evaluating the Risk of Breast Cancer As breast cancer became a poster disease for feminism in the 1980s, the attention it began to receive took on unreasonable proportions. In short, the intensity of funding, publicity and research around breast cancer is not based on need. It is based on politics. |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
A Ton Of Prevention The pros and cons of two drugs that may halve your risk of breast cancer. |
| Information Today |
ebrary Offers Free Breast Cancer Searchable Information Center ebrary has announced that it has collaborated with librarians from other organizations to create an open access database of breast cancer publications in honor of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Breast-Cancer Screening: How to Choose Women have varying risk factors for breast cancer and face more test options. Here are some key considerations for making a suitable choice. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2010
Amy M. Collins |
'Men Get Breast Cancer, Too!' Theron Bell has made raising public awareness of male breast cancer his life's work. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Better Odds Against Breast Cancer New treatments for breast cancer are more effective, and easier to live with |
Salon.com
October 9, 2000
Denise Dowling |
Covering up the breast The National Cancer Institute decides not to publicize the results of a publicly funded study of the safety of silicone breast implants. What's the deal? |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
March 1999
Bonnie Liebman |
Pesticides and Breast Cancer Women with higher levels of the pesticide dieldrin in their blood have a greater risk of breast cancer, say researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and elsewhere... |
Salon.com
September 20, 2000
Cathy Young |
Medical gender wars First came the whining feminists. Next, the inevitable male backlash. Health research has become a casualty of the battle between the sexes. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2002 |
Breast-Conserving Surgery What is breast-conserving surgery?... How does my doctor know if my lump is cancer?... Why does my doctor check my lymph nodes?... What if I cannot have breast-conserving surgery?... |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2006
Wolff & Wilson |
Putting Prevention into Practice Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility. |
AskMen.com
Sabrina Rogers |
Can Men Get Breat Cancer? Breast cancer isn't just a chick thing. Although it is about 100 times more common among women and is a rare cause of death in men, the American Cancer Society estimates that, in 2004, approximately 1,450 American men will be diagnosed with this disease. |
Salon.com
July 14, 2000
Arthur Allen |
The cancer study bombshell that wasn't Were the New York Times and the Washington Post writing about the same New England Journal of Medicine article? |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000 |
Screening Yourself for Breast Cancer Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. Women more than 20 years of age should know the signs of breast cancer and the best ways to find it early. How do I perform a breast self-exam? When should I have my mammogram? Clinical Breast Exam. Ultrasound exam. Breast Biopsies. |
Managed Care
March 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Nancy G. Brinker: Promise Keeper Nancy G. Brinker's Race for the Cure has been key to funding advances in breast cancer research. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2010
Eileen Thomas |
Men's Awareness and Knowledge of Male Breast Cancer This article reports on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the awareness and knowledge of male breast cancer among English-speaking men. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2004 |
Breast Cancer Risk Related to Type of Hormone Therapy Although several studies have demonstrated an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women taking oral hormone therapy, the risk related to each of the various forms of therapy is less clear. |
Nurse Practitioner
November 2010
Dreadin & Mancuso |
Diagnostic breast evaluation: When to refer and what the results really mean Diagnostic breast imaging is an important tool in evaluating abnormal physical examination findings and assessing incomplete screening mammographic results. |
Health
March 2008
Hallie Levine Sklar |
Your 30s Your breast-cancer risk is still very low when you are in your 30s, but there are things you can do now to help your girls. |
Science News
September 27, 2008
Nathan Seppa |
Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards In Daily Life And The Science Of Epidemiology by Geoffrey Kabat Health scares come and go, but they often have a tenuous scientific basis. Kabat, a cancer epidemiologist, systematically rips through cancer alerts that overrode scientific rigor in recent decades. |
AFP eWire
February 24, 2006 |
Secrets of Success from a Nonprofit Pioneer Nancy Brinker, founder and self-described veteran volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation shared her secrets of success: Harness the power of one... Go for grassroots... Change the culture... etc. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2013
Emma Stoye |
NHS to offer breast cancer prevention drugs New guidelines for the UK National Health Service suggest that women at high risk of breast cancer should be offered a five-year course of tamoxifen or raloxifene to prevent the disease developing. |
Managed Care
January 2005
Sharon Baker |
Breast Cancer Screening: Some Plans Do Better Than Others Some of the nation's best health plans are coming up with creative ways to encourage women to get mammograms. |
Reason
May 2001
Cathy Young |
False Diagnosis When it comes to gender, doctors don't play favorites... |
Reactive Reports
Issue 53
David Bradley |
An Underarm Review A review of health effects of organometallic compounds suggests that aluminum compounds used in the manufacture of underarm antiperspirants may somehow be involved in an increased risk of breast cancer. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2005
Sunga et al. |
Care of Cancer Survivors Cancer survivors are at increased risk for recurrence of their original malignancy. Surveillance following curative cancer treatment generally includes interval history and physical examinations every six months for five years. |
BusinessWeek
September 5, 2005
Michael Arndt |
Fine-Tuning the Attack on Breast Cancer Genentech's Herceptin, the first drug approved for a specific group, helps patients who are genetically susceptible to a virulent form of the disease. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001 |
Cancer Screening Guidelines Faced with the broad, and sometimes conflicting, range of recommendations for cancer screening, family physicians must determine the most reasonable and up-to-date method of screening... |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2007
Anne D. Walling |
Mastectomy vs. Breast-Conserving Therapy for DCIS Breast-conserving therapy has become more common than mastectomies to treat breast cancer. A recent study compared the outcomes of the two treatment strategies. |
Nutra Solutions
July 1, 2005 |
Soy Claims Count Regular consumption of soy protein-containing foods and beverages may reduce the risk of breast cancer in women by as much as 22%, reports a study published in The International Journal of Cancer Prevention. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000 |
Breast Pain in Women What causes breast pain?... How can my doctor find the cause of my breast pain?... |
Salon.com
August 11, 2000
Jackie Stevens |
Does capitalism make you sick? Gene studies are sexy and well funded, but they can buttress racial thinking and distract the public from the socioeconomic roots of disease. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Genentech's Lessons For Big Pharma The biotech company focuses on science -- not marketing, acquisitions, or patents. |
Chemistry World
June 6, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Pre-childbirth solvent exposure raises breast cancer risk The timing of exposure to organic solvents -- such as those found in cleaning products and industrial chemicals -- may affect breast cancer risks in women |
ifeminists
October 15, 2002
Sacks & Thompson |
When Men's Health Doesn't Count Congress is sending a message to American men: men's health doesn't count. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
8 Cancer Myths The following myths about cancer have been debunked by doctors and scientists the world over. So do yourself and your community a favor: read the facts and spread the word. |
Job Journal
June 5, 2005
Marty Nemko |
Quick Fix: Reconsider Your Priorities Imagine you were diagnosed with a life-threatening illness -- even men get breast cancer! Would that make you want to change anything about your worklife? First, make a list. |
American Journal of Nursing
September 2009
Lockwood-Rayermann et al. |
Original Research: Women's Awareness of Ovarian Cancer Risks and Symptoms Objective: To assess how well informed women ages 40 and older are of ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Breast Implants: Science vs. Emotion Lobbying and politics are having a huge effect on the debate over whether to allow silicone breast implants back on the market. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2002
Lecia M. Apantaku |
Breast-Conserving Surgery for Breast Cancer Surgical treatment of breast cancer has changed significantly in recent years. The preferred method of treatment for many women with early breast cancer is conservative surgical therapy. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2005 |
Health Care After Cancer Treatment An informative patient hand-out on follow-up cancer care. |
BusinessWeek
January 30, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
Going Broke To Stay Alive Rising prices for cancer treatments are making patients - and doctors - balk. |
