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Are fertility drugs linked with increase risk of developing breast or ovarian cancers? by Susan Wadia-Ells Posted Sun 27 Dec 2009 8:53am I am collecting individual and researched-based information on any links between using fertility drugs during the past few decades and an increased incidence of breast or ovarian cancers. Please contact me at susan.we@verizon.net with information or suggestions for this research. Thanks so much, Susan S Wadia-Ells PhD founding director Read on »

Colon cancer? Breast cancer? C… by Matthew Z. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 12 Apr 2010 3:50pm Colon cancer? Breast cancer? Colon cancer? Breast cancer? What is the lesser of two evils? # stupidcancer Read on »

Texas Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Breast Implants by Dr. John D. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 27 Nov 2009 12:00am

2 Comments Aol Health features a story about Trista Lathern, a 24-year-old woman in Texas who claimed she had breast cancer. At least $10,000 was raised to help Trista Lathern after she announced she was battling breast cancer. But investigators say it was all a scam and that she planned to use the money to get breast implants. Lathern’s story Read on »

Vitamin D supplementation linked with reduced risk of cancer including breast cancer by Dr. John B. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 16 Apr 2010 5:48am There’s an old adage in medicine: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I couldn’t agree more. The problem with a lot of truly preventive medicine is this: there’s not much money in it. The real money (for, say, drug companies) is in treatment. To an extent there can be money too [...] Read on »

Cosmetic Safety On The Line: New Book Links Chemicals To Breast Cancer by Colette Bouchez Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 22 Jun 2009 12:21am , from pesticides to household cleaners. “In our race for a cure for breast cancer, we have ignored the overwhelming body of evidence that demonstrates a link between products... with experts from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute compiled a report on what we know thus far about the environmental links to breast cancer. Moreover, Gray explains Read on »

Breast Density Not Linked to ER-PR- Breast Cancer Risk by Aaron Tabor Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 19 Jan 2011 10:37am %) and ER-PR- tumors (29%). A 10% increase in mammographic breast density was linked to a 26% increased risk for ER+PR+ breast cancer and a 23% increased risk for ER+PR-/ER-PR... that different breast cancer subtypes have different risk factors and determining which risk factors are linked to which types of breast cancer is an important part of our fight against Read on »

Scientists Identify Markers on Human Breast Cancer Cells Linked to Development of an Aggressive, But Less Common Form of Breast by Cancer.gov Posted Mon 17 May 2010 9:00pm Scientists Identify Markers on Human Breast Cancer Cells Linked to Development of an Aggressive, But Less Common Form of Breast Cancer Scientists have identified a group of surface markers on cells linked to an aggressive type of breast cancer called estrogen receptor-negative cancer. In this preliminary study, estrogen-negative breast Read on »

Breast Density, Weight Gain Linked to Breast Cancer by Denise Reynolds RD LDN Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Apr 2010 8:16pm In research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, two studies have added to the knowledge of how body changes over time can affect a woman’s risk for being diagnosed with breast cancer. Read on »

ER-Negative Breast Cancer Linked To Greater Recurrence Risk by Aaron Tabor Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 25 Oct 2010 7:23am of developing a second breast cancer, which was strongly linked to a dramatic, 8-fold increased risk of the second breast cancer being ER-. Breast cancer patients with a family history...-estrogen treatment was linked to a reduced risk of second ER+ breast cancer, but the risk of a second ER- breast cancer was not reduced. The results of this large study clearly Read on »