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2002 Archives

1. CAUSES AND PREVENTION- CHEMOPREVENTION OF CANCER
2.Avoid Chemicals, Foods and Herbs that Act as Estrogens
3.Integrative Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chemotherapy: Survival Data in Node-Positive and Metastatic Breast Cancer
4.Conflicting Breast Cancer Studies Creating Unsettling Uncertainties
5."Gift Of The Magi" Bears Anti-Cancer Agents, Researchers Suggest
6.Alternative Treatments Fill the Emotional Gaps for Cancer Patients
7.Chinese Folk Remedy Fights Cancer
8.Health system failing cancer patients
9.Breast cancer survivors face problems from postoperative drugs
10.Communication Gap Spurs Patients to Switch Doctors
11.Radiation expert warns of danger from overuse of medical X-rays, claiming they're responsible for many cancer and heart disease deaths
12.Breast Cancer In Men
13.Researchers Call Herbs Rich Source Of Healthy Antioxidants; Oregano Ranks Highest
14.Current Status of Education and Treatment for Breast Cancer Lymphedema
15. Study Reveals Healthy Outlook For Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors
16.Breast Cancer Facts - 2001
17.Zapping breast cancer
18.Cancer Studies May Have Bias
19.Vitamin C's Anticancer Activity
20.Biological Therapies: Using the Immune System To Treat Cancer
21.Hormone Replacement Therapy in Relation to Breast Cancer
22.Toxic Heavy Metals and Undeclared Drugs in Asian Herbal Medicines
23.Reducing Medical Errors in Cancer
24.Rethinking Breast Cancer-New detection techniques and treatments are exciting—and confusing.
25.Vitamin C prevents cancer but apple chemical works even better
26.Women urged to consider mammograms' hidden risks
27.Breast tumor risk and insulin
28.Breast Cancer Chemotherapy and Respecting Biological Rhythms
29.Very Young Women With Breast Cancer Offer Treatment Challenge
30.Cancer Patients' Emotional Needs Often Undetected by Oncologists
31.Despite clamor, fallout study still unreleased
32.Saliva Test to Detect Breast Cancer Under Study
33.Hebrew University Research Finds Why Chemotherapy Might Lead To Cancer
34.Second Opinion Often Shifts Breast Cancer Care
35.Thyroid cancer therapy may up breast cancer risk
36.High Prevalence Of Lymphedema In Breast Cancer Survivors 20 Years After Diagnosis
37.New Light Shines on Breast Cancer
38. "Surgeons Don't Offer Breast Cancer Patients Choices Of Treatment As Often As They Could"
39. St John’s Wort: a natural plant remedy in the fight against cancer
40.Biopsies of Internal Mammary Sentinel Nodes may Improve Patient Survival in Breast Cancer
41.Correct Position Helps Mammogram Detect Cancer
42.Web Site Gives Breast Cancer Patients a Voice
43.Early puberty linked to shampoos
44.Test Proves Fruitless, Fueling New Debate on Cancer Screening
45.Doctor-Patient Talks May Impact Breast Cancer Care
46.Treatments in the Wings: New Drugs Could Replace Even Tamoxifen
47.PCBs Increase Breast Cancer Risk
48.CANCER SURGERY AT HIGH-VOLUME HOSPITALS LEADS TO LOWER RATES OF OPERATIVE MORTALITY
49.Make-Up Holds Hidden Danger of Cancer
50.Hormone Therapy May Provide Greater Gains Than Chemotherapy In Breast Cancer Treatments
51.Study Supports Power of Praying for Sick
52.Area Around Breast Tumor Can Predict Recurrence
53.The Glass That's Half Full: optimism and longevity
54.Cancer drugs of the not-too-distant future
55.Troubling side effects mount
56.Comprehensive Training May Produce More Empathic Doctors
57.'Booby jacuzzi' helps treat breast cancer
58. Isoflavone Genistein May Negate Effect Of Common Breast Cancer Drug
59.Pesticides found on organic produce
60.Enrolling in a study? Most Don't Ask Key Questions
61.Cancer-Fighting Drug May Work In Prevention And Treatment
62.Surgery can prevent breast, ovarian cancer
63.Expanding Horizons, and Expectations, in Cancer Care
64.Reality Of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea And Vomiting (CINV) Among Cancer Patients Is Different Than What Physicians Perceive
65.Sunlight Actually Prevents Cancer
66.EPA: Toxic Chemicals Are Cancer Risk
67.Grapes' Anti-Fungal Agent May Fight Cancer
68.Clinical Trials Web Sites Don't Disclose Study Risks
69.Prep Session Helps Cancer Patients Talk to Docs
70.Breast Cancer Blood Test Sought
71.Beauty Aids Contaminating Waterways
72.Researchers Developing Technology To Outsmart Metastasized Cancers
73.Timing of Breast Cancer Drugs Vital, Study Finds
74.Diindolylmethane: The Better Choice For Estrogen Metabolism
75.Docs Quick to Dismiss Breast Cancer Without Biopsy
76.Doctors, Women Urged to Discuss Breast Cancer Drugs
77.Mayo Clinic Researchers Develop A New Imaging Test For Diagnosing Breast Cancer
78.Plastic Wrap Toxins
79.Hormone Trial Halted Due to Cancer, Heart Risk
80.DIM and I3C: The Real Facts on Safety
81.Xenoestrogens and Breast Cancer: Nowhere to Run
82.Many US Breast Cancer Survivors Use Alternatives to HRT
83.Most in U.S. unaware of cancer-obesity link
84.Chemotherapy May Not Help Some Breast Cancer
85.Mammogram Team Learns From Its Errors
86.Phthalates are Poison!
87.Research finds some depression drugs raise cancer risk
88.Data Flaw May Inflate Cancer Therapy
89.Listening to Your Symptoms
90.Alternative breast-cancer treatment much quicker than traditional radiation
91.Causes of Cancer-by W. John Diamond, M.D., and W. Lee Cowden, M.D., with Burton Goldberg
92.Cosmic Forces Against Cancer: Vitamin D
93.To help others, men with breast cancer go public
94.Breast Cancer News- Grouchy? Type A? It Won't Affect Breast Cancer Risk
95.Coping With the Fear of Cancer Recurrence
96.Stress may increase breast cancer risk in daughters of breast cancer patients
97.Breast imaging tech may reduce biopsies
98. In a World of Hazards, Worries Are Often Misplaced/What If Proof Is Elusive?
99.Diet, Weight May Affect Breast Cancer
100.Cancer Patients Use Complementary Therapies
101.Findings Support Shorter Course of Radiation Therapy After Breast Lumpectomy
102.Boost Your Immune System- Exercise
103.Eating Soy During Adolescence May Reduce Breast Cancer
104.Mastectomies: More Is Not Better
105.Mammograms Don't Cut Deaths in Women in Their 40s
106.How Well Tested Are the New Cancer Drugs?
107.Breast Cancer Gene Risk May Be Overstated
108.Doctors freezing away tumors
109.Precautionary breast removal works
110.Centuries - Old Detoxification Procedure
111.Effect Of Breast Cancer Chemotherapy On Bone Loss
112.Combining Hyperthermia With the Major Cancer Therapies
113.New Breast Cancer Study Starts Saturday
114.'Exotic mushrooms could provide cancer medicines'
115.Weighing Breast Self-Exam's Impact on Survival
116.Teenage Smoking Increases Breast Cancer Risk
117.Detecting Breast Cancer Before It Starts
118.Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Use May Slow Breast Cancer Tumour Growth, Prevent Distant Metastasis
119.Common Spice May Protect Skin During Radiation Therapy For Cancer
120.Cancer survival statistics
121.Expertise key to mammogram’s value
122.Lumpectomy Is Seen as Equal in Benefit to Removing Breast
123.Group: 'Pink' promotions unequal in giving
124.Calling All Sisters of Women With Breast Cancer Risk
125.Radiotherapy breakthrough for breast cancer patients
126.Being Too Cautious on Breast Cancer
127.High Doses of Antioxidants Including Vitamin C Do Not Decrease the Efficacy of Chemotherapy
128.Inherited mammographic density and breast-cancer risk
129.New primary tumors have more favorable outcomes than true local disease recurrences
130.New primary tumors have more favorable outcomes than true local disease recurrences
131.Bras and Breast Cancer
132.Is radiotherapy needed after breast conservation for small invasive breast cancers?
133.COX-2 Inhibitors Tackle Cancer
134.Protein may predict cancer survival
135.Conjugated Linoleic Acid Slows Tumor Growth
136.Drug Based on Mistletoe in Trials Against Cancer
137.Alcohol, Hormones May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
138.Theanine Enhances Chemotherapy and Reduces Side Effects
139.Stress Hormone Levels Predict Breast Cancer Survival
140.Do women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and consulting surgeon assess decision-making equally?
141.Herbal Dietary Supplement Alters Metabolism of Chemotherapy Drug
142.Keeping Diary May Help Breast Cancer Patients
143.New machine to 'zap' cancer
144.Cancer study offers guide to alternative treatments
145.Short Chemo Intervals Cut Breast Cancer Recurrence
146.New technique reveals drug resistance in breast cancer tumors
147.New Federal "Report on Carcinogens" Lists Steroidal Estrogens Used in Estrogen Replacement Therapy to List of Known Human Carcinogens
148.Ductal Lavage May Offer Breast Cancer Detection
149.Debunking the myth: Breast cancer and antiperspirant use
150.Copper Reduction May Induce Tumor Regression

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