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• Menopausal hormone treatment and breast cancer linked

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:20 am

  Tags: Breast Cancer, Breastcancer, Hormone Treatment, Hormonetreatment, Hrt

  under: Breast Cancer, DrugIt's estimated that nearly 180,000 U.S. women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. Outside of lung cancer, it's the leading cause of cancer-related death in U.S. women. Out of the 180,000 who are diagnosed, 40,000 will die from breast cancer.Those stats are hard to read, and may make many scurry for

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• Women with metastatic breast cancer are living longer

  Published: July 27, 2007, 6:30 am

  Tags: Advanced, Breast, Cancer, Disease, Drugs, Living, Longer, Metastasis, Metastatic, Mets, New, Therapies

  under: Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Clinical Trials, ResearchA study published in the journal Cancer says that improvements in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer are making a difference and patients are living longer with the disease. Researchers in Canada conducted a study evaluating 2,000 women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer.

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• Survivor Spotlight: Tom Batiuk, Creator of Funky Winkerbean

  Published: July 27, 2007, 3:31 am

  Tags: Breast Cancer, Breastcancer, Cancer Survival, Cancersurvival, Funky Winkerbean, Funkywinkerbean, Prostrate Cancer, Prostratecancer, Tom Batiuk, Tombatiuk

  really had.Jen: Why breast cancer and not prostate cancer or some other type of cancer? Some people feel that breast cancer gets tons of exposure in the media at the expense of other cancers. Can you address that statement?Tom Batiuk: I knew that if any character was going to deal with this it would be Lisa, and breast cancer was what

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• Internet-based breast cancer survivor support well worth the time

  Published: July 26, 2007, 9:24 am

  Tags: Breast Cancer, Breastcancer, Cancer, Cancer Support Group, Cancersupportgroup

  under: Breast Cancer, Cancer SurvivorsSupport groups are incredible when it comes to finding outlets to deal with challenges like sickness, illness, alcoholism and cancer, among many other issues. In recent times, finding support has never been easier to find if you have Internet access, and in some cases, the Internet has brought support to

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• On the hunt for vitamin D

  Published: July 26, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Board, Breast, Cancer, Dark, Dietary, Dri, Fatty, Fish, Food, Fortified, Good, Housekeeping, Intake, International, Milk, Multivitamin, Nutrition, Reference, Risk, Skin, Sun, Sunscreen, Supplement, Units, Vitamin

  under: Breast Cancer, Diets, Vitamins and nutrientsVitamin D is one of the latest, greatest hot cancer topics. Why? Well, it seems many of us women are vitamin D deficient. Such a deficiency might be linked to breast cancer risk so it's in our best interest to make sure we get a healthy dose of this vitamin. It's not as easy as adhering to

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• John Edwards, Lance Armstong bike across Iowa

  Published: July 29, 2007, 6:00 am

  Tags: Armstrong, Bike, Breast, Cancer, Candidate, Democratic, Edwards, Elizabeth, Exercise, Iowa, John, Lance, Presidential, Ragbrai, Recurrence, Survivor, Wife

  with champion cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong on the Register's Annual Great Bike Race Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). Riding at an easy pace of 10 to 12 mph from Hampton to Cedar Falls, Edwards chatted with riders about their pressing issues, including their concern for his wife Elizabeth who was diagnosed with a recurrence of breast

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• Multiple mammogram readers increase detection rates

  Published: July 28, 2007, 2:50 pm

  Tags: Breast Cancer, Breastcancer, Mammograms

  under: Breast CancerAccording to a study in the July 24 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, multiple mammogram reading improve detection rates, according to a study in The Netherlands. Lucien Duijm, M.D., Ph.D. and colleagues studied whether adding readings by two technicians to the standard exam by two radiologists

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• Don't Just Sit There, Spread the News and Information

  Published: July 29, 2007, 9:26 am

  Tags: Action, Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Activism, Health, Ibc

  familiar with inflammatory breast cancer, and tell her that you're concerned and want to come in to rule it out". "There is more than one kind of breast cancer. Inflammatory breast cancer is the most aggressive form of breast cancer out there, and early detection is critical. It's not usually detected by mammogram. It does not usually present

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• ABC's Robin Roberts has cancer

  Published: July 31, 2007, 7:30 am

  Tags: Breast Cancer, Breastcancer, Early Stage Breast Cancer, Earlystagebreastcancer, Good Morning America, Goodmorningamerica, Joel Seigel, Joelseigel, Robin Roberts, Robinroberts

  under: Breast Cancer, Celebrity cancer diagnosis, Celebrity news, SurgeryRobin Roberts of Good Morning America has shared some deeply personal news with readers and viewers alike: she has cancer. While preparing for a tribute show for her colleague and friend, Joel Seigel, the hostess discovered she had a lump in her breast. After visiting

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• Good Morning America For Robin Roberts Not So

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:25 pm

  Tags: Entertainment, Health, Celebrity Gossip, Breast Cancer, Gma Com, Good Morning America Abc, Goodmorningamerica, Goodmorningamerica Com, Robin Roberts, Stomach Cancer, Todayshow Com

  today that she was fighting breast cancer. Robin Roberts said she discovered a lump during a self breast exam the same day she had done a report on film critic Joel Siegel’s death from colon cancer. “At first I thought, ‘This can’t be. I am a young, healthy woman.’ Nevertheless, I faced my fear head on and made an

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• Sharp decline in the use of hormones shows drop in breast cancer

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:30 pm

  Tags: Breast, Cancer, Cases, Decline, Hormonal, Postmenopausal, Symtoms, Treatment

  has also seen a decline in breast cancer cases. They are not sure if this is the only reason that breast cancer rates have dropped. The researchers however think the results of the trial provide additional evidence that recent declines in breast cancer incidence may be due in part to a decline in the use of postmenopausal hormones.

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• Lower insulin levels cut breast cancer recurrence

  Published: August 1, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Activity, Bloodstream, Boston, Breast, Cancer, Dana, Death, Exercise, Farber, Hormone, Institute, Insulin, Lean, Obese, Physical, Recurrence, Risk, Sedentary

  under: Breast Cancer, Research, Daily newsResearchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston say exercise helps combat breast cancer. Not the first time we've heard this fact. But these same researchers have something new to say -- about the reason physical activity lowers the risk of breast cancer recurrence.Jennifer Ligibel, MD, of

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• Reese Witherspoon is ambassador for Avon, breast cancer

  Published: August 5, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Actress, Ambassador, Avon, Awareness, Breast, Cancer, Foundation, Global, Oscar, Products, Reese, Research, Survivor, Winning, Witherspoon

  will focus on issues of breast cancer, domestic violence, and emergency relief. "I'm very excited about working with the Avon Foundation, with many different aspects of it," Witherspoon says. "First and foremost, breast cancer research and awareness, programs that they're working on. Someone very close to me is a breast-cancer survivor. It's

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• ABC news anchor Robin Roberts has heart in the right place

  Published: August 5, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Abc, America, Breast, Cancer, Charles, Coanchor, Diane, Fears, Gibson, Good, Heart, Morning, Place, Right, Roberts, Robin, Sawyer

  under: Breast Cancer, Celebrity cancer diagnosis, Books, TelevisionABCs Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts has heart. You can read all about it in her article titled A Heart in the Right Place in the July 2007 issue of Ladies' Home Journal -- and her book From the Heart. She writes about her job, about how she was never the most

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• Destination: Cancer

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:30 am

  Tags: Breast, Cancer, Hair, Location, Noun, Pink, Sick

  such a young boy. It's clear cancer messed up our lives for awhile, took my hair, made me sick, and forever changed our outlook on the color pink. But what is cancer really, for a six-year-old? It's a noun sometimes -- "My mommy had cancer," Joey might announce. And sometimes, like today, it's a location. Yes, I had cancer. I guess I went to

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