Posts Tagged ‘ breast cancer ’

Postmenopausal Women Should Exercise To Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

November 2, 2010

Tweet Research carried out by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has concluded that moderate exercise can help reduce rick if developing postmenopausal breast cancer. In a study of 95,396 women there were 4782 cases of invasive breast cancer during 20 years from 1986 to 2006. Breast cancer risk...

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Breast Cancer Vaccine Hope on the Horizon

May 31, 2010

Tweet Possible breast cancer vaccine has been developed. So far only tested on mice, but in the tests all mice given the vaccine did not develop breast cancer. Scientists in America from the Cleveland Clinic Learner Research Institute have published their research in Nature Medicine. They are now planning human trials. There is obviously still a lot of work...

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Breast Cancer Self Examination

November 11, 2008
Breast Cancer Self Examination

Tweet Breast self-examination(BSE) is an easy but slightly unreliable method for finding possible breast cancer. The purpose is to identify changes in the breast structure, especially lumps. Self examination can only help to detect some forms of breast cancer, there is no guarantee that it will always successfully detect cancerous growth. It is recommended that women over the age...

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How to Detect and Treat Breast Cancer

November 11, 2008

TweetIt can be very helpful to know more about how to detect breast cancer because when it is diagnosed early it can be treated more effectively. The breast is composed of a group of glands and ducts protected by a fatty tissue. When cancer occurs the cells start to divide and multiply quickly growing in an abnormal pace. It...

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