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Chest radiation to treat childhood cancer increases patients’ risk of developing breast cancer
A new study has found that patients who received chest radiation for Wilms tumour, a…
Video: Is that double mastectomy really necessary?
When Angeline Vuong, 27,was diagnosed with cancer in one breast earlier this year, her first…
Genomic sequencing more efficient in predicting breast cancer risk than previously thought
Using genomic sequencing data on all currently known genetic alterations in breast cancer, it is…
New treatment target identified for aggressive breast cancer
One of the first-known oncogenes has a protein partner that helps breast cancer proliferate and…
UK pharmacists streamline experimental cancer trials
A new way of conducting technical pharmacy reviews that cuts down on the bureaucracy of…
Review: Inaugural Australasian Breast Congress
By Dr Daniel de Viana. Almost 300 delegates attended the Inaugural Australasian Breast Congress held at…
Link between breast implants and cancer under investigation
An international research group including Viennese pathologist Lukas Kenner has reviewed cases of possible association…
Getting on and getting it on: good sex isn’t just for the young
By Jane Ussher, University of Western Sydney Research tells us that women’s sexual functioning declines…
Breast cancer awareness is a quiet mutation, not a barrage of pink ribbons
By Nell Boeschenstein – The Guardian. Nothing wakes up a woman to the implications of her…
What causes breast cancer? Sorting fact from fiction
By Allyson Thomson, Curtin University. Breast cancer accounts for one in four female cancers diagnosed…