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Although the exact cause of breast cancer is not known, most experts agree that there are several factors that increase your risk of breast cancer...
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No one knows the exact causes of breast cancer. Doctors often cannot explain why one woman develops breast cancer and another does not. They do know...
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The chances that a particular breast lump could be cancerous depends on many factors, including a woman's past medical history, physical examination...
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Weight is a really important factor to the postmenopausal woman. Higher body mass index and postmenopausal weight gain increase a woman’s risk for...
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The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are gender and age. Men can develop breast cancer, but women are 100 times more likely to develop...
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Doctors do not always agree on the most effective way to manage the care of women who have a strong family history of breast cancer and/or have other...
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Doctors do not always agree on the most effective way to manage the care of women who have a strong family history of breast cancer and/or other risk...
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Tamoxifen. The gold standard of hormone therapy in breast cancer is tamoxifen, marketed as Nolvadex, a drug in pill form that interferes with the...
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Before discussing breast cancer, it's important to be familiar with the anatomy of the breast. The normal breast consists of milk-producing glands...
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Existing data suggest that preventive mastectomy may significantly reduce (by about 90 percent) the chance of developing breast cancer in moderate...
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In the most recent, largest study (meta-analysis) of vitamin D, calcium, and the prevention of breast cancer, both vitamin D and calcium seemed to be...
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This is a little complicated. I think it will help to go over the terms that doctors use for female pelvic surgery. A hysterectomy is the...
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To plan your treatment, your doctor needs to know the extent (stage) of the disease. The stage is based on the size of the tumor and whether the...
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We don't know: If Soltamox (tamoxifen) lowers the chance of getting breast cancer in women who have abnormal breast cancer genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2)...
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We don't know:If Nolvadex lowers the chance of getting breast cancer in women who have abnormal breast cancer genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2). If taking...