Breast Health News http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/ If you have been diagnosed with breast cancer or are worried you might have breast problems this website is for you. This blog is managed by SafeTouch™ Breast Lump Relocation Marker Sheet. For more info please visit www.safetouchsheets.com en Copyright 2008 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:07:18 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Vitamin D Decreased Breast Cancer Risk 1. The Annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research reported on a meta analysis of 2,274 wonmen with breast cancer and 2,268 women without breast cancer.
2. The meta-analysis included 4 studies.

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/07/vitamin_d_decreased_breast_can.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/07/vitamin_d_decreased_breast_can.html Breast Cancer Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:07:18 -0600 New DVD on Breast Self Examination now available A new Breast Self Examination video on DVD, incorporating actors and animation, now available at www.safetouchsheets.com

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/06/new_dvd_on_breast_self_examina.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/06/new_dvd_on_breast_self_examina.html Breast Cancer Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:25:48 -0600 Vaccine Reduces Recurrence, Death in Patient with HER2 Breast Cancer 1. Reported at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/05/vaccine_reduces_recurrence_dea.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/05/vaccine_reduces_recurrence_dea.html Breast Cancer Wed, 21 May 2008 18:06:08 -0600 Surgery without Irradiation now an option for DCIS A. Results reported at the annual conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
B. The previous guidelines distinguished between the majority of women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and the small subset of women with very small DCIS (<.5cm), unicentric, and of low grade.
C.The women with very small DCIS were treated with lumpectomy alone without irradiation. All other women with DCIS were treated with total mastectomy without lymph node disection or by lumpectomy plus irradiation.

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/05/surgery_without_irradiation_no.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/05/surgery_without_irradiation_no.html Breast Cancer Wed, 21 May 2008 17:42:57 -0600 Vitamin D May Prove Protective Against Breast Cancer 1. Meta-analyasis of 3 observational studies presented to a med conference in San Diego, CA
2. "A serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level of 30 mg/mL or higher was associated with at least a 50% lowering of breast cancer." (Dr. Cedric Garland)
3. Study authors suggest that women should have their Vitamin D levels checked yearly
4. "We're confident that we can prevent half of the breast cancer in women in the United States, if we raise the serum vitamin D levels to 32 ng/mL."
5. To reach a level of 32 ng/mL, it would take 2,000 IU/day in New York and probably 1,000 IU/day in San Diego.

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/05/vitamin_d_may_prove_protective.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/05/vitamin_d_may_prove_protective.html Breast Cancer Sun, 18 May 2008 12:42:24 -0600 Breast Cancer Leads Mortality Drop in the US and Britian From the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
1. Through a series of modest gains in breast cancer screening plus advances in endocrine therapy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy breast cancer mortality in women 35-69yrs has been almost halved in the US and Britian.
2. Although each improvement in breast cancer care has added only a small improvement in survival, taken together, the improvement has been remarkable.
3. The data show that chemotherapy is equally effective in women with and without estrogen receptor positive breast cancer.

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/05/breast_cancer_leads_mortality.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/05/breast_cancer_leads_mortality.html Breast Cancer Sun, 04 May 2008 19:56:31 -0600 Treatment Pearl for Common Breast Cancer Related Symptoms The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
With the decline in breast cancer deaths has come the increase in treatment related symptoms
The focus of the talk was evidence based treatments of the 5 most common breast cancer related issue;
Vaginal dryness
Fatigue
Chemotherapy related neuropathy
Diminished libido
Hot Flashes

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/04/treatment_pearl_for_common_bre.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/04/treatment_pearl_for_common_bre.html Breast Cancer Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:34:56 -0600 Lifetime Cancer Risk is High in Unaffected BRCA Carriers 1. As reported in Family Practice News, Jan 15, 2008.

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/02/lifetime_cancer_risk_is_high_i.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/02/lifetime_cancer_risk_is_high_i.html Breast Cancer Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:59:23 -0600 BRCA1 Carriers May Require More Frequent Imaging 1. As reported in Family Practice News, January 15,2008
2. Midterm report of the Dutch MRI Screening Study, as reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
3. A radomized study of the utility of mammography and MRI in screening women at increased risk breast cancer, involving 2,177 Dutch women, begun in 1999. Median follow up at the time of this report is 5.3 yrs.
4. The protocol is for clinical breast examination every 6 months with yearly MRI and mammography at the same visit. The participants were encouraged to perform self breast examinations.


]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/02/brca1_carriers_may_require_mor.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/02/brca1_carriers_may_require_mor.html Breast Cancer Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:17:56 -0600 Genetic Mutation Less of a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer than once thought A. From the Journal of the American Medical Association as reported in the Wall Street Journal
B. The study was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute.
C. Researchers interviewed and tested 1,400 women with cancer in one breast and 700 women with cancer in both breasts, who carried the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes.

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/genetic_mutation_less_of_a_ris.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/genetic_mutation_less_of_a_ris.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:17:54 -0600 Breast Cancer Deaths decrease by half from 1990 1. From San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
2. A report of the Oxford based Early Breast Cancer Trialist's Collaboration (EBCTCG) which reported on 350,000 women in over 400 randomized clinical trials.
3. Early breast cancer in women from 35 to 69 yrs has decreased by half since 1990.
4. Credit for the decline has been given to breast cancer screening, endocrine therapy, chemotherapy, and irradiation.

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/breast_cancer_deaths_decrease.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/breast_cancer_deaths_decrease.html Breast Cancer Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:03:07 -0600 Ultrasound Breast Cancer Screening, Not ready for Prime Time A Report from the Radiological Society of North America on the Amer College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN)6666 study;
1. A multicenter study of 2,637 women at high risk for breast cancer.
2. High risk was defined as a personal history of breast cancer (53%), familial high risk (42%), prior atypical ductal hyperplasia, atypical lobualr hyperplasia, lobular carcinoma in situ, or atypical papilloma (3%), BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations (1%), or prior mediastinal/chest radiation therapy (1%)

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/ultrasound_breast_cancer_scree.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/ultrasound_breast_cancer_scree.html Breast Cancer Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:53:37 -0600 Ultrasound Breast Cancer Screening, Not ready for Prime Time A Report from the Radiological Society of North America on the Amer College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN)6666 study;
1. A multicenter study of 2,637 women at high risk for breast cancer.
2. High risk was defined as a personal history of breast cancer (53%), familial high risk (42%), prior atypical ductal hyperplasia, atypical lobualr hyperplasia, lobular carcinoma in situ, or atypical papilloma (3%), BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations (1%), or prior mediastinal/chest radiation therapy (1%)

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/ultrasound_breast_cancer_scree_1.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/ultrasound_breast_cancer_scree_1.html Breast Cancer Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:53:37 -0600 Ultrasound Breast Cancer Screening, Not ready for Prime Time A Report from the Radiological Society of North America on the Amer College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN)6666 study;
1. A multicenter study of 2,637 women at high risk for breast cancer.
2. High risk was defined as a personal history of breast cancer (53%), familial high risk (42%), prior atypical ductal hyperplasia, atypical lobualr hyperplasia, lobular carcinoma in situ, or atypical papilloma (3%), BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations (1%), or prior mediastinal/chest radiation therapy (1%)

]]> http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/ultrasound_breast_cancer_scree_2.html http://WWW.safetouchsheets.com/blog/2008/01/ultrasound_breast_cancer_scree_2.html Breast Cancer Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:53:37 -0600 Breast-Conserving Therapy is as Effective as Mastectomy in DCIS A retrospective study from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program Database;
1. DCIS, Ductal Carcinoma in Situ, is often considered a precancer that has the potential to become an invasive cancer over time.
2. The two treatments for this condition have been;
a. Total mastectomy sometimes followed by tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor for women who are not considered candidates for radiation therapy
b. Breast conserving surgery followed by irradiation with or without tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor.
3. The data base, for this study, included 27,728 women who underwent total mastectomy and 25,240 women who underwent breast conserving surgery.

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