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Study: MRI May Detect More Cases of Recurrent Breast Cancer
For anyone who has successfully battled cancer, preventing future recurrence of tumors is a top priority. And a new study of breast cancer patients shows that magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, of the breast, can be an important …
Study: More Evidence for the Harms of Hormone Replacement Therapy
In follow-up studies of the women involved in the large federally funded Women’s Health Initiative, researchers found that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) used after menopause not only increased the risk of breast cancer in …
Can mammograms increase cancer risk for some women?
As women are still struggling to make sense of the new mammogram recommendations released in November by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, research presented today at a meeting of the Radiological Society of North America suggests that, for women at high risk of developing breast cancer, who are often urged to undergo annual
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Mammogram recommendations spark controversy, confusion
As Alice Park reported for TIME, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new recommendations for breast cancer screening yesterday, suggesting that women begin routine screenings at age 50, as opposed to age 40, as long recommended by the American Cancer Society. Additionally, the group recommends that women between the ages of
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