October is breast cancer awareness month, and thankfully it seems quite a few Americans are aware of it. Mortality from breast cancer has dropped by 43% over the past 30 years, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society (acs). This is largely thanks to earlier detection and...
I recently donated some money to breast cancer research. My grandmother, who died five years ago, survived breast cancer but I don't think anyone else in my family had it.
The Impact of Screening and Surgery on Life Expectancy in Breast Cancer - A Mathematical Model Case Study in the European Uniondoi:10.21614/chirurgia.2023.v.118.i.6.p.624Pantelimon, IulianaPlaton, VictorGales, Laurentia NicoletaMinciuna, Corina-Elena...
Life Expectancy Gains From Secondary Cancer-Prevention Strategies for BRCA1- and BRCA2-Positive Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer* Impact of Variation in Base-Case Probabilities on Life Expectancy Gains for 30-Year-Old Women With Moderate-Penetrance BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations and Node-Negative ...
Patients 18 years and older with histologically confirmed recurrent and/or metastatic breast cancer not amenable to local treatment were eligible for enrollment on the study. Additional requirements for study entry included having a life expectancy of 4 months or longer and an ECOG performance ...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- An American study suggests regular exercise could add to the life expectancy of breast cancer survivors because it lowers their heightened risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and possibly breast cancer recurrence. ...
Breast and prostate cancer screening were more frequent among patients on hemodialysis waitlisted for kidney transplant.Among patients not waitlisted for transplant, we found that screening rates were generally higher among patients with higher predicted 5-year survival.Among patients not waitlisted for ...
Women with BRCA1- or BRCA2-associated breast cancer are at increased risk for contralateral breast cancer and ovarian cancer and therefore may consider secondary cancer prevention strategies, such as prophylactic surgery and tamoxifen therapy. It is not proven to what extent these strategies reduce ri...
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women, accounting for about 270,000 cases a year. The average woman has about a 12% chance of developing breast cancer.
This modeling study uses Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network models and national data on breast cancer incidence, mammography