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Breast implants may delay cancer diagnosis

Breast implants may delay cancer diagnosis in women, a study says.

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Breast cancer survivor's tattoo goes viral

More than 170,000 Facebook users have "liked" and "shared" a photo of a woman's tattooed chest after the social networking site's administrators kept removing...

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Breastfeeding cuts cancer risk: study

Research by WA's Curtin University has supported the suggestion that mothers who breastfeed their babies are less likely to get ovarian cancer.

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Pig tissue used on breast patients

Breast cancer patients are being offered new reconstructive treatment which involves using tissue from pigs at a UK hospital facility.

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Ten years of drug cuts cancer deaths

The widely used breast cancer drug tamoxifen can cut the death rate from breast cancer in half if used for 10 years.

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Periods clue to breast cancer onset

Early menstruation and late menopause were both associated with a greater chance of developing lobular, rather than ductal, cancers, research has shown.

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Fatty diet linked to breast cancer

Women who eat a fatty diet when pregnant could unwittingly be increasing the risk of their daughters and granddaughters getting breast cancer, says research.

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New drug offers hope to breast cancer patients

It's the news that could offer hope to thousands of women suffering one of the deadliest types of breast cancer.

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Breast removed in cancer error

The Otago District Health Board is reviewing its cancer testing procedures after a woman had her breast removed after being wrongly diagnosed with cancer.

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Some veggies improve breast cancer rates

Improved survival rates from breast cancer have been recorded in Chinese women who ate green vegetables.

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Ultrasounds aid better breast screening

A yearly check up by women for breast cancer could be improved by adding ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to the usual mammogram.

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Breast cancer study lifts baby hope

Women with the most common form of breast cancer who fall pregnant should not fear they are increasing the risk of the disease returning, a new study says.

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Know your breasts

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we think you should mark it by getting in touch with your breasts.

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Breast cancer vaccine on the way

Women over 40 years of age could be given a jab that prevents breast cancer.

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HRT does not raise risk of breast cancer

A recent British study has found no link between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and breast cancer.

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Magic mushrooms: cancer cure?

Mushrooms make a great addition to a recipe but according to new research eating mushrooms daily could reduce the risk of breast cancer by up to two-thirds.

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