Topic: United States
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A common, nonmalignant tumor of the breast called ductal carcinoma in-situ or DCIS may need a name change because the word " carcinoma" scares so many women, a U.S. panel of experts said on Thursday.They said the term carcinoma ...
What is cancer of the lung? Cancer of the lung, like all cancers, results from an abnormality in the body's basic unit of life, the cell. Normally, the body maintains a system of checks and balances on cell growth so that cells ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The amount of carbohydrates a woman eats, as well as the overall " glycemic load" of her diet, impact her chances of developing breast cancer, Swedish researchers report.The concept of glycemic load is based on the fact ...
Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died at age 57.Her husband, Thomas FitzGerald, said she died Tuesday at their home in Southwick, Mass. She had no choice ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetic mutations can show which breast cancer patients will be helped by a certain type of chemotherapy, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.They found patients with two versions of the SOD2 fared worse when taking the chemotherapy drug cyclophosphamide than ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After age 30, exercising for more than an hour a week may help cut a woman's chances of developing breast cancer, according to a study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's annual meeting in Seattle.In ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gene that is highly active in up to 20 percent of breast cancer cases might be blocked by a generically available blood pressure drug, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.The gene, called AGTR1, caused normal breast cells to behave ...
The World Health Organization has named a former American ambassador and friend of former President George W. Bush as the public face of its fight against cancer.WHO said Tuesday that Nancy Brinker, the State Department's former protocol chief and top envoy to ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Despite having insurance, many poor women with breast cancer do not take hormone pills needed to keep their cancer in check, raising their risks that the cancer will return, U.S. researchers said on Monday.The study of women in North ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Older breast cancer patients who got Roche AG's drug Xeloda all by itself were almost twice as likely to relapse and die than women who got standard chemotherapy, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.Although the drug works well against breast ...
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