Topic: Breast Cancer Treatment
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-08 18:19:29
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study provides more evidence that acupuncture can help ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer who are being treated with the "anti-estrogen" drug tamoxifen. Acupuncture, researchers found, is free of side effects and has a side benefit for some women: an increased sex drive.</p> ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-05 21:11:52
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enzyme-blocking chemicals in pomegranates may reduce the risk of estrogen-fueled breast cancers, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>An acid found in pomegranates appears to block aromatase, an enzyme that converts androgen to estrogen, a hormone that plays a role in the development of breast cancer ...
ArticlesBase | 2010-01-04 00:10:35
Author: Vanessa A. Doctor
I was diagnosed more than a decade ago with infiltrating intraductal breast cancer and I turned down all conventional treatment including chemotherapy, radiation and surgery and chose an alternative route. Avon Breast Cancer Walk Nyc No single or double mastectomy either. And I'm still in excellent health today.
The trend is alarming as more and ...
BusinessWeek | 2009-12-29 06:05:07
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It took more than four years, a double mastectomy, and multiple other surgeries -- as well as radiation treatments and bad reactions to ineffective chemotherapy drugs -- before Christine Hanson's breast cancer was brought under control by Dr. Mark Fesen in Hutchinson, Kan. By then, cancer had spread to her lungs, liver, and brain.< ...
