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JUPITER, Fla., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Women fighting breast cancer after a lumpectomy have a new weapon in the battle, now available at Jupiter Medical Center's Foshay Cancer Center. Today, the hospital began treating patients with the Multi-Lumen MammoSite(R) device, just approved in September by the FDA. "There have been stunning advances in breast cancer treatment in recent years," said John Rimmer, M.D., Board Certified breast cancer surgeon. "Women today have many more...
Leading breast oncologists warn of dangers of Task Force recommendations PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The recommendation to change breast screening is a huge step backwards," says Dr. Marisa Weiss, a leading breast oncologist and founder and president of Breastcancer.org. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091116/DC12277LOGO ) The proposed new guidelines call for mammograms to start at age 50 and to be done every other year instead of every year starting...
Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be her fate too.In her mid-50s, Jennifer's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and tested positive for the recently identified BRCA1 gene, indicating a genetic predisposition to breast cancer."I spent about six months in denial after my mom tested positive. When I finally tested myself, I tested positive for the gene," she recalled. During...
Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be her fate too.In her mid-50s, Jennifer's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and tested positive for the recently identified BRCA1 gene, indicating a genetic predisposition to breast cancer."I spent about six months in denial after my mom tested positive. When I finally tested myself, I tested positive for the gene," she recalled....
CHICAGO, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After mastectomy, breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone do not live longer than those who do not receive radiation to this hard-to-treat area, according to a randomized 10-year study presented at the plenary session, November 2, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). Breast cancer that is located in an internal, central location in...
After mastectomy, breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone do not live longer than those who do not receive radiation to this hard-to-treat area, according to a randomized 10-year study presented at the plenary session, November 2, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).Breast cancer that is located in an internal, central location in the breast area, and larger tumors that have...
RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer Centers of North Carolina and Carolina Breast Care Specialists are the first cancer facilities in Raleigh to offer the SAVI(TM) applicator, an advanced therapy for breast cancer as part of breast-conservation therapy. The SAVI applicator can provide important advantages for women with early-stage breast cancer and is designed to make the benefits of breast-conservation therapy and brachytherapy available to more women. Breast-conservation...
The removal of a noncancerous breast (prophylactic mastectomy) is generally discouraged in women other than those at high risk as stated in the updated National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology(TM) for Breast Cancer. Other noteworthy updates to the NCCN Guidelines include a new regimen for adjuvant chemotherapy in invasive breast cancer and the option for women with clinically negative lymph nodes to avoid a full axillary lymph node dissection....
For women just diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the important decisions confronting them is whether to have a lumpectomy or mastectomy. A diagnosis of breast cancer will affect one in every eight women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society, causing them to have to decide quickly about treatment.Most studies investigating how women make this choice have surveyed women months and sometimes even years after their decision was made. Recently, however, the publication...
ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Here are highlights from the October issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource. You may cite this publication as often as you wish. Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource attribution is required. Reprinting is allowed for a fee. Include the following subscription information as your editorial policies permit: Visit www.bookstore.mayoclinic.com or call toll-free for subscription information, 800-876-8633, extension 9751. (Logo:...
