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Want to know what's new in breast cancer? "Breast Cancer Headlines" are provided through MedPage Today. These articles alert patients, advocates and medical professionals to breaking breast cancer medical news and provides summaries and actionable information enabling women and healthcare clinicians to better understand the implications of and act on new information in the breast cancer community.

Preventive Surgery Works for BRCA Mutation Carriers

Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 07:04 PM

Prophylactic surgery can reduce the high risk of breast and ovarian cancer among BRCA mutation carriers and can actually improve survival, researchers affirmed.

Anti-HER2 Drug Fails to Win FDA Fast Track

Friday, August 27, 2010, 06:25 PM

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration turned down a request for accelerated approval of Roche-Genentech's trastuzumab-DM1 for treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.

Alcohol's Breast Cancer Risk Traced to Subtypes

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 04:00 PM

Women who averaged one alcoholic drink a day had almost double the risk of hormone-sensitive breast cancer of nondrinkers, data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) showed.

HT Duration, Type Affect Breast Cancer Risk

Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 09:03 AM

Both the duration and composition of hormone therapy (HT) significantly influenced breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, long-term follow-up in almost 3,000 women showed.

Signs of Puberty Seen Earlier in White Girls

Monday, August 09, 2010, 12:01 AM

The number of white girls developing signs of puberty at a younger age has almost doubled since the late 1990s, researchers found.

Male Breast CA Rare, but a Worry for Families

Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:30 AM

Having a male relative with breast cancer boosts the family's perception of their own risk but doesn't help the odds that they will do something about it, analysis of national survey data showed.

Risk Predictor Works for ER Positive Breast CA

Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 09:58 AM

A risk score based on a number of uncommon genetic variants appears to predict risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer but with questionable clinical utility, researchers said.

Breast Tumors Harder to Find in Younger Women

Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 07:42 PM

Women in their 40s with breast cancer have tumors that are more difficult to detect with mammography, not faster growing tumors that manifest between screenings, a computer simulation of breast cancer suggests.

FDA Panel Nixes Bevacizumab for Breast Cancer

Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 03:14 PM

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- An advisory panel has voted 12 to 1 to recommend that the FDA remove the advanced breast cancer indication from bevacizumab (Avastin), after two large clinical trials failed to demonstrate a clinically meaningful benefit of the drug, which carries serious side effects.

New Bevacizumab Data Fails to Support Use in Advanced Breast Cancer

Saturday, July 17, 2010, 01:14 PM

WASHINGTON -- Adding bevacizumab (Avastin) to chemotherapy drugs doesn't increase survival for women with advanced breast cancer, according to FDA documents posted in advance of an advisory panel meeting on Tuesday.

Top Choice for Breast CA Is Aromatase Inhibitor

Thursday, July 15, 2010, 10:19 AM

Aromatase inhibitor therapy should be considered for all postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancers, the American Society of Clinical Oncology re-emphasized.

Fish Oil Linked to Lower Breast CA Risk

Friday, July 09, 2010, 10:30 AM

Fish oil could help prevent breast cancer, according to observational findings linking the supplements to lower breast cancer risk.

Colon Cancer Screening Improves but Not Enough

Tuesday, July 06, 2010, 02:55 PM

ATLANTA -- Universal screening for colorectal cancer could prevent 32,000 deaths a year -- but not enough people are being screened, according to a study of recent trends in screening for colon and breast cancer.

Race and Insurance Factors in Breast CA Outcome

Friday, June 25, 2010, 08:59 AM

Going uninsured or underinsured may have a bigger impact on breast cancer outcomes for black women, researchers found.

Tumor Hemoglobin May Aid Breast Imaging

Thursday, June 24, 2010, 09:45 AM

The hemoglobin content of breast masses as measured by optical tomography accurately distinguished malignant from benign lesions, suggesting the technique's potential as an adjunct to mammography, according to clinical study data.

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