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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   |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2006
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Putting Prevention into Practice Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Testicular Cancer Myths While sometimes deciphering the truth is not simple, we dispel five of the most common myths surrounding testicular cancer. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2006 |
Testicular Cancer: What to Look For A patient guide: What is testicular cancer?... Who gets testicular cancer?... What are signs of testicular cancer?... etc. |
American Family Physician
February 1, 2004 |
Testicular Cancer What is cancer?... Who gets testicular cancer?... What are some signs of testicular cancer?... How do I do a testicular self-exam? |
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?... |
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
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. |
AskMen.com
Charles Capuano |
The Truth About Testicular Cancer Almost 9,000 American men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer this year, and 360 of those will die because they didn't take the time to find out more about it. |
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... |
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. |
Chemistry World
April 2, 2015
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DNA test colors in BRCA1 gene Researchers in China have developed an ultrasensitive test that changes color when it detects a gene associated with an increased risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. |
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. |
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. |
Salon.com
November 10, 2000
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The business of breast cancer Big medicine is making big bucks on the disease, but we're still far from a cure... |
Science News
April 22, 2006 |
From the April 18, 1936, issue Night-illuminated museum offers "spooky" sights... Importance of heredity as cause of cancer stressed... |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2010
Brian Orelli |
This Drug Doesn't Work. But All Is Not Lost. Novartis cancer drug fails one trial, but there's still hope. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
How To: Check Your Balls Checking your balls -- or as it's medically known, testicular self-examination -- is a useful technique for catching testicular 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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Science News
June 8, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Pudgy? Here's a Small Benefit For those women whose proportions fall outside the fatfree ideal, here's one consolation: Your outsized physique appears to put you at decreased risk of developing ovarian cancer (a somewhat rare cancer). |
Science News
May 13, 2000 |
Cancer Net CancerNet is a huge compendium of information on cancer assembled by the National Cancer Institute.... |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2004
Charly Travers |
Myriad's Making Hope Possible This small biotech provides screens that can help catch cancer. Even with solid growth of product revenue, losses could continue to increase as Myriad moves more drugs into clinical development while it transitions into a drug developer. |
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. |
Chemistry World
June 9, 2011
Sarah Houlton |
Asbestos linked to ovarian cancer Women exposed to asbestos fibers through work were one-and-three-quarter times more likely to develop ovarian cancer |
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
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. |
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. |
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? |
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
July 29, 1999
Arthur Allen |
Triumph of the cure Lance Armstrong beat testicular cancer and then won the Tour de France. Was it a miracle or is he a poster boy for the power of modern medicine? |
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. |
| AskMen.com |
Ill-Gotten Gains Authorities say a Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged. |
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 |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2005 |
Health Care After Cancer Treatment An informative patient hand-out on follow-up cancer care. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Triple-Teaming Cancer for Fun and Profit Pfizer, Merck and Eli Lilly set up a nonprofit, but there may be an ulterior motive. |
Fast Company
July 1, 2007 |
Going on the Gold Standard What it takes for your company to join the cancer fight. |
Managed Care
March 2005 |
Lawmakers Seek To Closely Watch Genetic Info Flow The U.S. Senate is looking to create a bill that states health coverage cannot be denied based on genetic information. |
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. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2006 |
Testicular Torsion: What You Should Know How to determine if you have testicular torsion and what to do about it if you do have it. |
Health
March 2008
Hallie Levine Sklar |
Your 40s Had a mammo yet? You're 40. Now get one every year. |
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. |
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. |
