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2009 Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Forum Focuses on Research & Strategies in the 21st Century NEW YORK, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 100 scientists and clinicians from the U.S., Mexico, and Europe joined together in Miami, FL to discuss the latest in breast cancer research and prevention at the Avon Foundation's annual Breast Cancer Forum, which was sponsored this year by Novartis Oncology, sanofi-aventis U.S., and GE Healthcare. For two days, they shared ideas, challenged...

Young women should not let pregnancy delay diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, U.S. researchers say. The study findings, published in the journal Cancer, indicated pregnancy had no impact on breast cancer survival after 10 years, but found women who were pregnant had been more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stages of the disease and less likely to get early treatment. Breast cancer in young women is a highly aggressive disease, and it's important that we study it in hopes of...

Women with a rare form of aggressive breast cancer may benefit from a newer form of imaging that gives doctors a better idea of where the disease may have spread.Researchers from the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston used a combination of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) to evaluate inflammatory breast cancers (IBC) in 41 women between the ages of 25 and 71. IBC, which accounts for about 1 percent to 3 percent of...

Dense breast tissue contains more cells believed to give rise to breast cancer, compared to non-dense tissue, U.S. researchers said. Dr. Karthik Ghosh, a Mayo Clinic breast cancer researcher, said researchers found a dramatic difference in tissue composition between dense and non-dense tissue in the breast. In a second study, Celine Vachon, also of the Mayo Clinic, found that dense breast tissue has more aromatase enzyme than non-dense tissue. This is significant because aromatase helps...

Cooper Clinic, which is in its 38th year as a pioneer in preventive medicine, is now offering a revolutionary new test for breast cancer risk called HALO. The screening is a non-invasive test that looks for abnormal cells in the breast ductal fluid of asymptomatic women. The HALO Breast Pap Test identifies women who are at high risk for developing breast cancer -- and therefore can benefit from lifestyle changes, increased monitoring, or medical interventions. These steps are aimed at...

By MAGGIE FITZROY When Susan Hitch of Ponte Vedra Beach learned she had breast cancer, her doctor sent her to get a magnetic resonance imaging exam to see if the disease had spread. While awaiting the results at home, she panicked. Sobbing, she imagined the worst. Then she picked up the phone to call Cynthia Carrasco, breast health coordinator for Baptist Medical Center-Beaches. Carrasco called the lab, got the results and called Hitch to tell her that the disease had not spread, and...

FLUSHING, N.Y., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by New York Hospital Queens: WHO: Karen Karsif, M.D., Director of The Breast Center at New York Hospital Queens, as well as other experts from The Cancer Center are available to speak about breast cancer risks, prevention and the importance of early detection. New York Hospital Queens has services for breast cancer patients to facilitate their treatment planning, such as a patient 'navigator' who helps guide...

What you should know Breast tumors can be detected in a mammogram or magnetic resonance image and through self-exams. West Tennessee mammography screening rates are among the lowest in the country. Too many women are not getting screened . In West Tennessee, the diagnosis of late-stage breast cancer is among the highest in the country. Anything that can affect your chance of getting cancer is called a risk factor. Risk factors can include your lifestyle, such as smoking and drinking; an...

Women with breast cancer treated with lumpectomy and radiation report a high level of overall quality of life years after treatment, U.S. researchers said. Study leader Dr. Gary Freedman of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia said women treated for breast cancer by lumpectomy and radiation had a quality of life comparable to that a general sampling of the adult women U.S. population. "Treatments for breast cancer may decrease quality of life temporarily, but this is evidence that...

A magnetic resonance imaging scan could replace exploratory surgery for women whose breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes, U.S. researchers said. In a study of 167 patients who underwent radiation therapy for invasive breast cancer after surgical staging of their tumors, researchers at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle found that the tumors' physiological information shown on MRI scans correlated with surgically based findings of...