Tag Archives: Breast Cancer

Mayo Clinic Finds High Breast Density, No Lobular Involution Increase Breast Cancer Risk

October 29th, 2010 - 12:29 pm

Women with dense breast and no lobular involution were at a higher risk for developing breast cancer than those with non-dense breasts and complete involution, according to a Mayo Clinic study published online in The Journal of the National Cancer … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic to Host Breast Cancer Twitter Chat

October 13th, 2010 - 3:00 pm

Dr. Sarah McLaughlin, a breast surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida will be taking your breast cancer questions during a Twitter chat.   The hour long session will begin at noon ET on Friday, October 22nd.   To take part in … Continue reading →

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Mayo Leads Global Study on Breast Drug Side Effect

September 27th, 2010 - 8:26 pm

Mayo Clinic researchers and their international colleagues have discovered genetic variants that lead to severe arthritis for a subset of women when taking aromatase inhibitors to treat their breast cancer. This serious side effect is so painful that many women … Continue reading →

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Mayo-Led Researchers Discover Genetic Variants Modifying Breast Cancer Risk

September 13th, 2010 - 3:22 pm

Individuals with disrupting mutations in the BRCA1 gene are known to be at substantially increased risk of breast cancer throughout their lives. Now, discoveries from an international research team led by Mayo Clinic investigators show that some of those persons … Continue reading →

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Medical Experts for Media – Cancer

August 16th, 2010 - 3:50 pm

Jan Buckner, M.D. Edward Creagan, M.D. Matthew Goetz, M.D. Stephanie Hines, M.D. Amber Isley, M.D. Judith Kaur, M.D. Charles Loprinzi, M.D. Sarah A. McLaughlin, M.D. Ruben Mesa, M.D. Timothy Moynihan, M.D. Edith Perez, M.D. Sandhya Pruthi, M.D. S. Vincent Rajkumar, … Continue reading →

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Defining Cancer Risk and Development in Rare Cancer-Producing Syndrome

May 28th, 2010 - 12:00 pm

ASCO Abstract # 1510 Patients with the phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS), a rare genetic disorder that increases the risk of benign and malignant tumors, could be at a higher risk for colon cancer than once … Continue reading →

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Obese Women at risk for later-diagnosed, late-state breast cancer

May 14th, 2010 - 7:29 am

In the following video, Barbara Pockaj, M.D., a surgeon at the Breast Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, discusses a Mayo Clinic study that found that obese women (defined as those with a body mass index of 30 percent or … Continue reading →

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Ah-ha Moment Leads to New Tumor Testing Standards

April 22nd, 2010 - 9:36 am

In a front-page April 19 story, the New York Times describes the “moment of truth” that Dr. Edith Perez, a breast cancer oncologist and researcher at Mayo Clinic, Florida, had in 2001 about the quality of tests given around the … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Led Study May Change Treatment For Some Breast Cancer Patients

December 8th, 2009 - 4:08 pm

Using Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, clearly improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is regarded to be a key clinical trial … Continue reading →

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New Mammography Screening Guidelines

November 16th, 2009 - 5:20 pm

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently revised its screening recommendations for breast cancer based upon an analysis of various mammography screening schedules. Experts suggest screening every two years for average risk women ages 50 to 74 achieves most of … Continue reading →

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