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News -01-02-07 The Cruel Irony of Hormone Therapy (MSNBC News) "The recent data on breast cancer rates suggest that millions of women could have developed and even died from the disease because of excessive use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)." "How did this happen?" "A good place to look is a book called 'Feminine Forever,' by Dr. Robert A. Wilson. A best seller when it was published 40 years ago, the book helped persuade millions of physicians and their female patients that HRT was not just helpful, but necessary." 01-07 -01-17-07 Study: Dense Breasts Have Five Times Higher Risk (MSNBC News) "Cancer turns up five times more often in women with extremely dense breasts than in those with the most fatty tissue, a study shows, signaling the importance of a risk factor rarely discussed with patients." 01-07 -01-22-07 Genetic Signature Predicts Recurrence of Breast Cancer (Health.MSN.com) "A genetic 'signature' that consists of 186 genes combined together can predict the risk of breast cancer recurrence in women with the disease, a new study found." 01-07 -01-27-06 Passive Smoke Linked to Breast Cancer (USA Today) "California regulators ruled Thursday that secondhand smoke causes breast cancer in younger women, an unprecedented finding that could lead to tougher anti-smoking measures." 01-06 -03-07-08 Three Ways to Lower Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence (US News) "New research, though, suggests women may be able to lower their risk of recurrence by taking steps to reduce their estrogen levels. A study of more than 300 breast cancer patients found that those whose cancer came back within seven years had estrogen levels on average that were twice as high as those found in women who remained cancer free; this was true even for those taking tamoxifen." 03-08 -04-11-06 Chemo Cures More Breast Cancers (CNN News) "About two-thirds of breast cancer patients have hormone-fueled tumors. Typically such cancers are treated with tamoxifen and other groundbreaking hormone-blocking drugs, which have fewer side effects. These women sometimes get chemotherapy too, although the new study suggests many of them will do just as well without it." 04-06 -04-11-06 New Study on Estrogen (USA Today) "Up to seven years of postmenopausal estrogen therapy does not raise breast cancer risk in women without a uterus, says a report out Wednesday from a government-sponsored study." "The breast cancer finding for estrogen therapy is quite different than that of a parallel study of estrogen plus progestin, a second hormone given to protect the uterine lining against estrogen's cancer-causing effects. In that study, women's breast cancer risk rose over five years of hormone therapy." 04-06 -04-17-06 New Drug Prevents Breast Cancer (ABC News) "A newer drug prevents breast cancer in older, high-risk women just as well as today's standby tamoxifen — but with fewer side effects, the National Cancer Institute announced Monday." "Called raloxifene, the newer drug already is sold to treat bone-thinning osteoporosis." 04-06 -08-07-05 Tumor Size Related to Success Rate (ABC News) "Much of the improvement in breast cancer survival in recent years is because the average tumor is smaller, not just because treatments are so much better, a huge new study has found." " 'This really helps to show the importance of screening.' " 6-05 -12-15-06 Breast Cancer Rates Lowered Dramatically (ABC News) "U.S. breast cancer rates plunged an unprecedented 7 percent in 2003, the year after millions of women stopped taking menopause hormones when a study showed the pills raise the risk of tumors." 12-06 10-09-03 Cancer - Striking New Treatment (CBC News) "A major Canadian-led study has been stopped early because the drug being tested showed "striking" results in preventing breast cancer survivors from having a recurrence." In the study, women taking letrozole (also known as femara) had half as many recurrences of cancer as those women on a placebo." 10-03 Papers Breast Cancer (Healthopedia.com) Provides detailed information, listed by condition. 8-04 Breast Cancer (National Cancer Institute) Provides information on the prevention, risk factors, and treatment of breast cancer, as well as side effects of treatment. Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer for women. 1-04 Breast Cancer - AMA Calls For Yearly Mammograms (applesforhealth) The American Medical Association backs offering women over 40 yearly mammograms for the early detection of breast cancer. 07-02-99. Breast Cancer - Breast Cancer In Elderly Undertreated (applesforhealth) Doctors report that elderly women who develop breast cancer should be treated aggressively with chemotherapy and radiation because most of them die of their cancer, not some other disease of old age. 12-03-99. Breast Cancer - Breast-Cancer Risk Reduced for Women With Mutated Gene (applesforhealth) Removing both ovaries from pre-menopausal women with a mutated BRCA1 gene reduced their risk of breast cancer by 70 percent, say researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center in Philadelphia. 09-10-99. Breast Cancer - Docs Debate Transplant for Breast Cancer (applesforhealth) Researchers are predicting fewer bone marrow transplants for women with advanced breast cancer, after four studies failed to demonstrate the expensive procedure would extend a woman's life. 06-11-99. Breast Cancer - Finding Why Cancer Drug Loses Its Punch (applesforhealth) Scientists say they have figured out why the breast cancer drug tamoxifen loses its punch after a few years, allowing deadly tumors to start to grow again. 08-06-99. Breast Cancer - Grilling Meat Linked to Breast Cancer (applesforhealth) Meat cooked on an open grill or in a hot frying pan doubles the risk of breast cancer for women eating the food. 04-07-00. Breast Cancer - Hormones Raise Breast Cancer Risk (applesforhealth) A common hormone combination used to protect women against heart disease and other conditions after menopause nearly doubles the risk of breast cancer, researcher are reporting. 02-04-00. Breast Cancer - New Breast Cancer Treatments Here (applesforhealth) A drug approved just last year for the treatment of osteoporosis in women also may be the most effective way yet to prevent breast cancer in women. 10-08-99. Breast Cancer - Osteoporosis Drug Cuts Breast Cancer Risk (applesforhealth) The risk of breast cancer for some women can be cut by more than 75 percent if they are taking raloxifene, a drug now used to prevent bone loss, or osteoporosis. 06-25-99. Breast Cancer - Pollutant Link Seen in Breast Cancer (applesforhealth) Scientists at the World Conference on Breast Cancer in Ottawa have presented findings that suggest a link between the disease and pollutants in the environment, particularly pesticides. 07-30-99. Breast Cancer - Tamoxifen May Help In Genetic Cancers (applesforhealth) Dutch researchers say that the anticancer drug tamoxifen may help prevent the spread of breast cancer among women with a common genetic mutation. 12-03-99. Breast Cancer - Worry Drives Alternative Medicine Use (applesforhealth) Boston researchers say the use of herbs, acupuncture and other alternative medical therapies may be a cry for help by breast cancer patients suffering from fear and depression. 07-02-99. Breast Cancer Prevention - Breast Removal May Prevent Cancer (applesforhealth) For women with genetic mutations that put them at high risk for breast cancer, prophylactic mastectomy, surgical removal of the breasts, may prevent the disease. 04-21-00. Breast Cancer Prevention - Cancer Link Seen In Hormonal Milk (applesforhealth) A US scientist has warned that milk from cows injected with growth hormones carries the risk of causing breast cancer. 08-06-99. Breast Cancer Prevention - Cancer Screening Benefit Seen In Women (applesforhealth) Two long-term clinical trials of breast cancer screening in Britain confirm the practice reduces mortality rates and suggest it may benefit women under age 50, the standard age testing begins in Britain. 06-18-99. Breast Cancer Prevention - Exercise May reduce Breast Cancer Risk (applesforhealth) Exercising at least four hours a week for 12 years can reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer by 50 percent, a new study shows. 06-25-99. Breast Cancer Testing - Women Sought For Breast Cancer Study (applesforhealth) Researchers say they are looking for 22,000 women to participate in a study to determine whether a pill that fights bone thinning in older women will be as effective as tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer. 06-11-99. Cancer - Breast Screening Tool (applesforhealth) Provides an online breast screening tool for cancer. information related to wellness and prevention. 1-04

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