Breast Cancer
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<ѻý>ASCO Breast: Gamma Imaging Tops Breast Ultrasoundѻý>
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) outperformed breast ultrasound for evaluating patients with indeterminate mammograms in a retrospective comparison of the two imaging techniques, researchers reported here.
Oct 03, 2010
<ѻý>ASCO: Five Years of Arimidex Causes Bone Lossѻý>
ATLANTA — Five years of breast cancer adjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor, can lead to a 6% to 7% loss of bone mineral density, a trigger for osteoporosis for women who are borderline osteopenic when they begin treatment, investigators reported here.
Jun 04, 2006
<ѻý>Estrogen Alone Does Not Increase Risk of Breast Cancer
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STANFORD, Calif. - Post-menopausal women who took estrogen alone for more than seven years did not have an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a study of more than 10,000 women ages 50 to 79. The data were dramatically different from a sister study stopped in 2002 of estrogen plus progestin.
Apr 11, 2006