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Many Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip the Chemo
Many Breast Cancer
Patients Can Skip the Chemo
NEW STUDY
Jun 3, 2018 7:43 AM CDT

Many Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip the Chemo

Up to 70K Americans per year could be spared treatment, massive study finds

(Newser) - Most women with the most common form of early-stage breast cancer can safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of beating the disease, doctors are reporting in a landmark study that used genetic testing to gauge each patient's risk. The study is the largest ever done of breast cancer...

Is Your Cell Phone Trying to Kill You? New Study Says 'Maybe'

Study links blue-light emission with two kinds of cancer

(Newser) - Love that blue light? You might want to back away, according to a sobering new study . An international team of researchers led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health has found that exposure to blue light at night may increase your risk of developing breast or prostate cancer, reports Science ...

Study Links Food Compound to Spread of Cancer

Asparagus may be cancer's favorite vegetable

(Newser) - Making big changes to your diet could deprive cancer of a nutrient that it needs to spread throughout the body, researchers say. A study published in the journal Nature links asparagine—an amino acid found in many foods, including asparagus, beef, poultry, nuts, and potatoes—to the spread of secondary...

Woman Dies Just Hours After Getting Married

Heather Mosher succumbed to breast cancer after a hospital ceremony

(Newser) - Just a few days before Christmas a young woman in Hartford, Conn., passed away from breast cancer, but not before marrying the man of her dreams. Heather Mosher married David Mosher on Dec. 22 during a small ceremony at St. Francis Hospital, where Heather was being treated for triple-negative breast...

Blood Test Could Tell Women if Breast Cancer Will Return

Study holds promising results for an early warning of relapse

(Newser) - A blood test five years after breast cancer treatment helped identify some women who were more likely to relapse, long before a lump or other signs appeared, a preliminary study found. It was the largest experiment so far to use these tests, called liquid biopsies, for breast cancer. Results suggest...

The Pill, IUDs Raise Risk of Breast Cancer
The Pill, IUDs
Raise Risk of
Breast Cancer
NEW STUDY
Dec 7, 2017 7:44 AM CST

The Pill, IUDs Raise Risk of Breast Cancer

Especially after prolonged use, say Danish researchers

(Newser) - For years, birth control pills have been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, though newer drugs containing smaller doses of estrogen and progestin were assumed to be safer. A new study suggests they aren't. Researchers in Denmark reviewed public health records for 1.8 million women, using...

A 'Miracle' Times 2 for Woman With Stage 4 Cancer

Diane Bishop's cancer finally started responding to chemo—and she just won a $1.2M jackpot

(Newser) - Diane Bishop has stage 4 breast cancer, but she now feels like she has a new lease on life. That's because the Canadian woman not only recently started responding to chemo for the first time—she also just won a $1.2 million lottery jackpot, the CBC reports. The...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gives Profanity-Laced Cancer Update

'We are NOT f---ing around' when it comes to chemo, she says

(Newser) - Julia Louis-Dreyfus has finished her second round of chemotherapy for breast cancer, and the actress appears to be in good spirits about it. "Chemo #2: finito. We are NOT f---ing around here. 'I’ve got the eye of the tiger. The Fighter dancing through the fire cuz I...

Mindy Cohn: I Fought Cancer for 5 Years

'Facts of Life' star reveals she's now cancer-free

(Newser) - Mindy Cohn has been keeping a "secret for a long time," the Facts of Life star tells People : She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. She launched what she calls a "siege" on the disease, getting a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. "I've always...

Report Reveals Good News on the Breast Cancer Front

Deaths have plummeted—but there's still a disparity based on race

(Newser) - Some good news to share this week: Deaths from breast cancer have plummeted over a 26-year period. A report released Tuesday by the American Cancer Society shows a 39% decline in breast cancer-related deaths between 1989 and 2015, reports the Washington Post . The report notes 322,600 deaths were prevented...

Biden Has a Message for Julia Louis-Dreyfus

'We Veeps stick together,' he tweeted Thursday

(Newser) - Support for Julia Louis-Dreyfus is pouring in after the actress revealed she has breast cancer . One person to show his support: Joe Biden. "We Veeps stick together. Jill and I, and all of the Bidens, are with you, Julia," Biden tweeted Thursday, alongside a photo of the pair...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: I Have Breast Cancer

'Let's fight all cancers and make universal health care a reality'

(Newser) - Julia Louis-Dreyfus has breast cancer, she wrote on Twitter Thursday. "[One] in 8 women get breast cancer. Today, I'm the one," she wrote . "The good news is I have the most glorious group of supportive and caring family and friends, and fantastic insurance through my union....

Adultery, Burglary Could Have Derailed a Brilliant Scientist

But the kindness of strangers kept Mary-Claire King on her path

(Newser) - It's a story of devastating loss followed by one of incredible kindness, and it's a story that belongs to Dr. Mary-Claire King . Part of The Moth's latest book , it's reprinted by the HuffPost UK and takes place in April 1981, just days before King was scheduled...

Shannen Doherty Shows Off New Hair After Cancer Remission

Her locks are getting curly

(Newser) - Shannen Doherty's hair is growing back following chemotherapy for breast cancer , and the actress has been showing it off on Instagram . "I think my husband and I are morphing into each other..... #twins #curlyhairdontcare," she said in one recent post highlighting the similarity of her locks and...

Red Onions May Have Knack for Fighting Cancer
Potential Cancer Fighter
in the Pantry: Red Onions
new study
Jun 13, 2017 11:16 AM CDT

Potential Cancer Fighter in the Pantry: Red Onions

Especially ones from Ontario, suggests new study

(Newser) - Have an appetite for onions? Your body could be benefitting in ways scientists are just beginning to understand. In the latest study on what may well be a superfood, scientists at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, report in the journal Food Research International that red onions in particular...

Olivia Newton-John: Back Pain Was Actually Cancer

Reveals breast cancer diagnosis, cancels tour

(Newser) - Olivia Newton-John says she has breast cancer and is canceling her June tour. The 68-year-old singer said Tuesday she initially thought she was suffering from back pain, but learned it was "breast cancer that has metastasized to the sacrum." Newton-John said she will complete "a short course...

Even One Drink a Day Can Up Breast Cancer Risk
Even One Drink a Day Can
Up Breast Cancer Risk
NEW STUDY
May 23, 2017 9:45 AM CDT

Even One Drink a Day Can Up Breast Cancer Risk

Regular physical activity, on the other hand, may have the opposite effect

(Newser) - Just one alcoholic drink per day—even a teeny one—may not bode well for women on the breast cancer front, reports the Washington Post . That's the conclusion of a large-scale review by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research fund that took a closer...

Removal of Healthy Breast Increasing in Cancer Patients

And it's unclear exactly why

(Newser) - In 2004, one in 10 American women under the age of 45 with cancer in one breast opted to have the second, healthy breast removed as well. Just eight years later, it had increased to one in three women, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery . When looking...

Lawsuit: Tiffany Pushed Out Worker With Cancer Mutation

She lost her job after having breast, ovaries removed

(Newser) - A former employee of Tiffany & Co. says the jewelry maker pushed her out after she had her breasts and ovaries removed to avoid getting cancer. Lisa O'Rourke alleges in a federal lawsuit that the company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at...

Studies: Cooling Caps Help Chemo Patients Keep Hair

Up to two-thirds of breast cancer patients kept more than half their hair

(Newser) - Cooling caps are massively popular with European chemo patients and have been making inroads into the US , but two studies published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association offer some of the first clinical proof of their effectiveness. In one study , approximately two-thirds of breast cancer patients lost...

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