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Oral contraceptives increase risk for breast cancer in some women, meta-analysis finds
10-30-2006 · EurekAlert!A meta-analysis published in the October issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings indicts oral contraceptives as putting premenopausal women at significantly increased risk for breast cancer, especially women who use them prior to having a child.
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The most powerful genetic analysis of the DNA codes of over 40,000 women has uncovered five common genetic variants that increase an individual's risk for breast cancer.The five genetic variants occur more frequently among women with breast cancer than do BRCA and the other previously identified breast cancer susceptibility genes.
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- Study finds western-style 'meat-sweet' diet increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women
07-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study finds that the more "western" the diet -- marked by red meat, starches and sweets -- the greater the risk for breast cancer among postmenopausal Chinese women. According to researchers who conducted the analysis at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Harvard University, Shanghai Cancer Institute and Vanderbilt University, the findings mark the first time a specific association between a western diet and breast cancer has been identified in Asian women.
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- Breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer for women who delay childbirth
04-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Neither abortion nor miscarriage associated with breast cancer risk
04-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Neither induced abortion nor spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) appears to be associated with breast cancer risk in premenopausal women, according to a report in the April 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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- Taking the contraceptive pill may reduce the risk of developing cancer
09-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
Taking the contraceptive pill does not increase a woman's chances of developing cancer and may even reduce the risk for most women, according to a study published online today. However, there was an increased risk for women who used it for more than eight years.
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- Decline in breast cancer cases likely linked to reduced use of hormone replacement
12-14-2006 · EurekAlert!
In 2003, breast cancer incidence in the United States dropped sharply, and this decline may largely be due to the fact that millions of older women stopped using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in 2002, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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- Doctors able to predict chance of breast cancer returning
11-06-2006 · EurekAlert!
Doctors have created a first-ever computer tool to predict the risk of breast cancer returning in the same breast over a 10-year period in women who have had breast conserving surgery to remove only the cancer (lumpectomy), according to a study presented November 6, 2006, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 48th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
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