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Medical care costs hard for young cancer survivors
Young cancer survivors often skip needed follow-up care because of cost, a new study shows. The study, which is published in the journal Cancer, found that cancer survivors between the ages of 20 and 39 were 67% more likely than young adults without a previous cancer diagnosis to forgo medical ...
Breast cancer radiation for older women?
Radiation may benefit some older women after lumpectomy for early breast cancers, contrary to national treatment guidelines. That finding comes from a new study of nearly 7,500 older women with early stage, estrogen-sensitive breast cancer. The study shows that women who got radiation after a lumpectomy were about half as likely as other women to ...
Obesity may affect breast cancer recovery
Extra pounds may raise the risk for recurrence among women with the most common kind of breast cancer, a new study shows. Prior studies have found that being overweight or obese increases the risk of getting a number of cancers, including breast cancer. And smaller studies have noted that obese ...
Wins in war on cancer highlighted in new report
Seven-year-old Brooke Mulford and her family just returned to their Salisbury, Md., home after an action-packed West Coast tour, which included visits to Disneyland, Sea World, and the San Diego Zoo. Brooke has visited the Magic Kingdom many times over the years, but this trip was even more special than ...
DNC Chair: 'This Election Is Personal'
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a breast cancer survivor, praised President Barack Obama for passing health care reform and said this election is 'personal.' (Sept. 6)
Can breast cancer be overtreated?
A study in Norway fuels the debate over whether breast cancer can be overtreated. Melinda Beck on The News Hub discusses the debate over the concept of too much breast cancer treatment.
New vaccine fights breast cancer recurrence
Putting breast cancer down for the count! What's helping women who've fought it once, from fighting it again.
Do false-positive mammograms predict cancer risk?
More than half of women in the U.S. who get annual mammograms will have at least one false-positive reading after 10 years of screening, and now new research suggests that these women may be at increased risk for breast cancer. Women in a Danish study who had at least one ...
Half of cancer survivors die from other conditions
Many people fear that a cancer diagnosis carries an almost certain death sentence. But a new national study shows nearly half of cancer survivors die from other conditions. There are now nearly 12 million cancer survivors in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute. That's up from 3 million ...
Estrogen after hysterectomy lowers cancer risk?
There’s good news for women with hysterectomies who are considering taking the hormone estrogen to ease hot flashes and other menopausal complaints. New results from a long-running government study of the effect of hormones on women’s health show that estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy appears to cut a woman’s risk of getting ...
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