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2001 Archives

1.The Breast Cancer Fund-Why Does TBCF Use Chlorine-Free Paper?

2.Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment

3.Researching Doctors and Hospitals & Health Insurance Information

4.Dry Cleaning Dangers-Wet Cleaning Information

5.What's In Your Green Tea?

6.High Pesticide Levels Seen in U.S. Food

7.Cancer not caused by genes alone

8.Alternative Therapies Used by Women With Breast Cancer in 4 Ethnic

Populations

9.Second Breast Tumor Linked to First

10.Precision Radiation

11.Two ways tea seems to fight breast cancer

12.Preventing Cancer Recurrence

13.Modified Citrus Pectin

14.Waist Circumference A Risk Factor For Breast Cancer

15.CANOLA OIL - Deadly for the Human Body!

16.Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Risk in Women Aged 20-54 Years

17.Acupuncture eases nausea caused by cancer therapy

18.THE LIFE EXTENSION FOUNDATION-BREAST CANCER ABSTRACTS

19.Does Mammography Result in Overtreatment?

20.Health Effects of Microwave Radiation

21.Smart Probe" for Breast Cancer Detects Malignant Tumors Instantly

22.Repairing The Damage

23.Radiation Damage- How to Minimize Damage

24.Stress and Immunity

25.DO YOU USE THESE PRODUCTS?

26.GLUTAMINE PROTECTS GUT AGAINST CHEMOTHERAPY TOXICITY

27.The benefits of including a low carbohydrate diet in the treatment

 plan of cancer patients.

28.Scientists Find Link Between Pre-1970s Diagnostic X-rays for

Scoliosis and Breast Cancer Mortality

29.Experts Concerned About  Soy and Breast Cancer

30.Antioxidants and Cancer III: Quercetin

31.Use Of Essential Oils and Natural Extracts to Help Counter

Side Effects of Radiation During Cancer Treatment

32.Herbal Formula Offers Relief  From Chemotherapy Ills

33.COQ10 and Breast Cancer

34.Involving Patients In Their Own Care

35.Mistletoe Extract Judged Ineffective for Cancer

36.Melatonin and Tamoxifen

37.Women Battling Breast Cancer Should Stay in Fighting Shape

Exercise Important During Breast Cancer Treatment

38.Boosting Immunity With Herbs

39. The Gonzalez - Isaacs Cancer Program(An overview and 3 stories)

40. Antioxident use during chemotherapy & radiation, green tea

41.Viruses Find a Useful Purpose: Fighting Cancer Promising New

Approach Could Help When Cancer Recurs

42. Alternative Cancer Therapies- Part 1- An Overview

43. Alternative Cancer Therapies- Part 2- An overview

44. Calcium D-Glucarate 2

45.Women Who Work at Night Have an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

46.CT scans: 'A very high-dose' diagnosis

47.Therapeutic Considerations of L-Glutamine: A Review of the Literature

48.Choosing a Mammography Facility

49.The Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer

50.Scientists Increase Understanding of How Breast Cancer Spreads to Other Organs

51.Fluorescent Marker And Hand-Held Sensor Can Detect Breast Malignancy

52.In Defiance of Breast Cancer...pursuing prevention as a possible defense

against breast cancer.

53. BREAST CANCER RESOURCES ONLINE

54.Tumor Size, Nodal Status Significant Prognostic Indicators For T1 Breast Cancer

55.Breast cancer vaccine may extend life

56.Non Toxic Cleaning Annie Berthold Bond

57.Ultrasound used to assess cancer drug resistance

58.Ellagic Acid: Miracle Under Our Nose

59.Novel pill cripples cancer cells

60.Discovery of cancer cell structure offers new targets for treatment

61.Cancers Linked To Fat, Inactivity

62.St. John's Wort and Chemotherapy

63.Husbands Stress About Wives' Breast Cancer

64.Low Bone Mineral Density Associated With Decreased Risk of Breast Cancer

65.Suzanne Somers Tries Alternative Therapy to Treat Breast Cancer, Studies

Show She's Not Alone

66.Better breast cancer tests on the horizon

67.Cancer Cookbook: Making It Nutritious & Delicious-Part 1

68.Cancer Cookbook: Making It Nutritious & Delicious-Part 2

69.Indole-3-Carbinol- A Powerful Anticarcinogen

70.Correcting Estrogen Imbalance

71.Local Recurrence of Breast Cancer in the Stereotactic Core Needle Biopsy Site

72.Double mammogram reading finds more cancers

73. A SHOPPER'S GUIDE TO PESTICIDES IN PRODUCE

74.Consumer groups file lawsuits asserting collusion in breast cancer drug pricing

75.Clinical breast exam vs. mammography

76.Femara Showed Significant Improvement in Efficacy over Tamoxifen as First-Line

Treatment in Postmenopausal Women with Advanced Breast Cancer.

77.WHAT CAUSES BREAST CANCER?  Janette Sherman MD

78.Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment-The Hidden Pitfalls of Cancer Screening

79.Don't Go Overboard With the Soy Foods

80.Drinking Plus Low Folate Linked to Breast Cancer

81.I3C Indole 3 carbinol- The Tamoxifen Substitute

82.Immune System Appears to Prevent Tumors: Study

83.For Whom the Cells Toll:How Promising is Ductal Lavage?

84.Cancer declines overall, but some types increase

85.Informed Choice in Cancer Screening

86.Risk Of Breast Cancer Mutations Is Half Previous Estimate

87.New Guidelines Discuss Botanical Alternatives to Hormone Replacement Therapy

for Relieving Menopausal Symptoms

88.Are X-Ray Procedures Equivalent, in Extra Radiation Dose, To Taking an

Airplane Trip?

89.Endocrine Treatment Reduces Long-Term Sexual Side Effects for Breast Cancer

Patients

90.New tool helps pinpoint cancer

91.How low can they go? The Vitamin C debate

92.Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast - among factors predicting for

recurrence, distance from the nipple is important

93.Thermography

94.Canadian Group Advises Against Breast Self-Examination by Middle-Aged Women

95.Tamoxifen Gets Mixed Review in Study 

96.THE ROLE OF COPPER IN THE ANGIOGENESIS PROCESS

97.Who Should be Tested for the BRCA Gene Mutations?

98.The Promise in Life: A Vaccine to Prevent Recurrence of Breast Cancer and

(Perhaps) A True Early Detection Method

99.Substantial Bone Loss Associated With Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

100.Detoxification: The key to longevity- Leo Galland, M.D.

101.Battling Back Against Cancer-Induced Bone Metastasis and Pain-Clodronate

102.COFFEE ENEMA-A LIVER CLEANSER

103.Folate Reduces Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk Related to Alcohol

Consumption

104.ESTROGEN METABOLISM LINKED TO CANCER

105.Cancer cluster mysteries need focused research

106.18 STEPS TO THE PREVENTION  OF LYMPHEDEMA

107.MRI Vs. Mammography In The Fight Against Breast Cancer

108.Cancer Fighters in Your Spice Rack

109.Promising results from new cancer vaccine

110.Soy Protein Suppresses Breast Cancer Hormones

111.Increased risk of soft tissue sarcoma after radiotherapy in women with breast carcinoma

112.Heredity Does Not Determine Breast Cancer Survival

113.Placenta's condition linked to breast cancer risk

114."Side Effects of Breast Cancer Treatments Not Properly Recorded"

115.FATIGUE FROM CHEMOTHERAPY CONQUERED WITH EXERCISE

116.Acupuncture in Cancer Treatment

117.Incense burning releases cancer-causing  chemicals

118.Informed and shared decision-making: the crux of patient-centred care

119.Pomegranate Oil Kills Cancer Cells

120.Living Safely in a Polluted World: Your Home Should be a Haven

121.Infection kills cancer-Virus exploits cancer's common tag

122.Is that study really necessary?

123."Positron Emission Tomography Scan Results in Management Changes for Majority of Breast Cancer Patients"

124.Blood Test to Detect Several Types of Cancer Available in US

125.Chinese herb may have cancer-fighting properties

126.Flaxseed for Breast Cancer

127.Effect of Progesterone on the Invasive Properties and Tumor Growth of Progesterone Receptor-transfected Breast Cancer Cells

128.Patient Expectations and Costs of Immediate Reporting of Screening Mammography -Talk Isn't Cheap

129.Use of Alternative Therapy Not a Rejection of MDs

130.Nasa develops space probe for cancer

131.Cancer diagnosis may depend on second opinion

132.Green Tea Linked to Reduced Breast Cancer Risk

133.Letrozole Superior to Tamoxifen For Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer

134.LOW DOSE FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTATION INHIBITS TUMOR GROWTH

135.Self-hypnosis may cut stress, boost immune system

136.Alternative drugs may cause trouble for cancer patients

137.Exposure To Gasoline And Increased Risk Of Male Breast Cancer

138.Potential Application of Ganoderma Polysaccharides in the Immune Surveillance and Chemoprevention of Cancer

139.Researchers Establish Standard of Care for Elderly Patients with Breast Cancer

140.Breast Cancer and Vitamin A

141.Cochrane review on screening for breast cancer with mammography 

142.Night Shift Linked to Breast Cancer

143.Cancer Survivors' Prognosis Improves Every Year

144.Cancer Patients Weigh Survival, Therapy Effects

145.IICPH AND BCREF SUPPORT Breast Self Examination & Clinical Breast Examination

146.Few Women With Breast Cancer Have Afflicted First Degree Relative

147.Australian Test Catches Breath for Chemotherapy

148.CHEMOTHERAPY FOR EARLY STAGE CANCER OFTEN TRIGGERS OVARIAN FAILURE

AND RAPID BONE THINNING

149.Tiny Camera Could Boost Breast Cancer Treatment

150.Risk of Breast Cancer Decreased in Blind Women

151.Researchers Study Which Breast Cancer Patients Truly Need Chemotherapy After Surgery

152.CTI Unveils Interactive Demonstration of Breast Imaging System at Major Medical Meeting

153.Breast Cancer Research and Patient Education Haven't Gone Far Enough

154.Magnetic Fields Depress Nocturnal Rise in Melatonin in Some Women

155.Suramin Plus Chemotherapy Regimens Appear To Give Cancer-Fighting Drugs Greater Impact

156.Complementary Approaches to Breast Cancer Treatment

157.Researchers cast doubt on placebo effect

158.Informed Consent in Cancer Trials Found a  Misnomer for Many Patients

159.First do no harm: extending the debate on the provision of preventive tamoxifen

160.Ancient Chinese Folk Remedy May Hold Key To Non-Toxic Cancer Treatment 

161.High Insulin Associated with Breast Cancer

162.Your Body Clock and Mammogram Results

163.Study sparks debate over mammograms' value

164.Primary Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Breast-Conserving Therapy and Tamoxifen: Do They Always Require Radiotherapy?

165.Dose-Intense Chemotherapy Regimen Reduces Toxicity

166.New Breast Cancer Drug Femara (Letrozole) Shrinks Tumors More Effectively Than Tamoxifen

167.Patient Alert: Update on Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Breast

168.Docs Not Insulted When Patients Scour Health News + response from the Health Sciences Institute

169.Coffee Does Not Cause Breast Cancer, Scientist Says

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