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Improve breast cancer screening to reduce unnecessary treatment, Letters in Print News & Top Stories
Improve breast cancer screening to reduce unnecessary treatment, Letters in Print News & Top Stories
Intuitively, and by conventional wisdom, the detection of a tumour when it is small should lead to better outcomes and survival rates ("Fighting breast cancer with better knowledge"; Sept 28).Yet, mammograms which pick up smaller and clinically non-palpable cancer tumours are also responsible for many unnecessary operations and unwarranted mental anguish.The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported that mammograms are significantly overestimated as a life-saving tool.There is now better and wider recognition that a tumour's genetic make-up and tumour-host interaction are better predictors of tumour aggression than its mere size.
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Surgery common denominator for breast cancer patients
Surgery common denominator for breast cancer patients
By Michaela Gibson MorrisDaily JournalNearly every breast cancer journey goes through the surgeon's office."Every case gets surgical input," said Tupelo surgeon Dr. Danny Sanders."We're always on the team."Women often come for that first visit post-biopsy feeling bombarded by information, scared and overwhelmed.It's a lot to take in, surgeons say.
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Think pink: Park Ridge breast cancer fundraiser helps brighten gloomy day
Think pink: Park Ridge breast cancer fundraiser helps brighten gloomy day
About 1,000 participants, most of them dressed in bright pink outfits, took part in a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event in Park Ridge.The fundraising walk took place Oct. 15 at Hodges Park.The event, in its fifth year, included Park Ridge residents, those from surrounding communities and area businesses to raise funds to support the fight against breast cancer."The event turned out great!"
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US Navy fighting breast cancer with bright pink fighter jet
US Navy fighting breast cancer with bright pink fighter jet
October is breast-cancer awareness month, and the US Navy has stepped up to the plate with a bright pink F9F-8 Cougar fighter jet, 11 Alive News reports.The USS Lexington Museum on the bay in Corpus Christi, Texas, is hosting the Cougar, which was a mainstay of the Navy's aviation fleet back when the Lexington, the last remaining World War II-era Essex-class aircraft carrier, patrolled the seas.The paint job, a vivid shade named "hellonica," is mixed with a dish-washing liquid that will wash off after October ends.The American Cancer Society states that "about 246,660 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women" and that more than 40,000 women will die from breast cancer in 2016 alone.
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Race plays role in breast cancer risk, deaths
Race plays role in breast cancer risk, deaths
Death rates are 42 percent higher in African American women than white women.That trend is expected to continue.Buy Photo [Left to right] Breast cancer survivors Barbara Allen, Ernestine Rawls, Sharon Hadden, Marion Thomas, and Karol Pittman joke around outside the home of Barbara Allen Monday before the start of a Sister2Sister meeting to plan their annual fundraiser fashion show.(Photo: Maddy Jones/mjones@citizen-times.com)Buy PhotoASHEVILLE - Barbara Allen lived most of her life under a menacing threat – the thought of getting breast cancer.
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