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  • Cancer screening debate points to the political power of the breast 25 Nov 2009 01:03 GMT
    ... routine mammogram last year picked up something suspicious. The Tampa woman had a bilateral mastectomy and gets her last round of the cancer drug Herceptin on Christmas Eve. "I ...

  • TX Senator Calls For Mammogram Explanation Hearing 24 Nov 2009 23:33 GMT
    ... is a breast cancer survivor. She was diagnosed 10 years ago and after a mastectomy and chemotherapy she's now cancer-free. Sheppard gets a mammogram every year to make sure ...

  • $34.3 million awarded in hormone therapy lawsuit [Chicago Tribune] 24 Nov 2009 20:50 GMT
    ... was diagnosed with invasive ductal breast cancer. By December 2003, she had undergone two mastectomies, followed by reconstruction surgery on both breasts, chemotherapy and radiation. The law firm said ...

  • Cancer Screening Guidelines Are Difficult To Accept 24 Nov 2009 19:56 GMT
    ... multiple biopsies and my own breast disease, ultimately led me to choose a preventive mastectomy in 2007. Family history is a big risk factor, but it only counts for ...

  • Stefanie Spielman remembered for courage, community activism 24 Nov 2009 19:16 GMT
    ... she had breast cancer at age 30 while performing a self-exam. She underwent a mastectomy and was treated with chemotherapy. While battling the disease, she established the Stephanie Spielman ...

  • Nip/Tuck: Season Five, Part Two 24 Nov 2009 18:28 GMT
    ... By Robert Bell Underneath the shock value of self-mastectomies, furniture fetishes and infant collagen injections there is an overwhelming sense of sadness throughout ...

  • $34M Hit for Pfizer: Two Huge Hormone Replacement Therapy Verdicts 24 Nov 2009 18:21 GMT
    ... system and there is a 75 percent chance of recurrence, Littlepage said. Kendall had mastectomies to remove both of her breasts in 2002 following her diagnosis with breast cancer, ...

  • Prempro Lawsuits Result in Big Punitive Damages for Pfizer 24 Nov 2009 16:53 GMT
    ... made by Pfizer's Upjohn unit. As we reported yesterday, the plaintiff had a double mastectomy in 2002 after taking the hormone-replacement drugs for 11 years. The verdict, which was ...

  • $34.3 million awarded in hormone therapy lawsuit 24 Nov 2009 15:56 GMT
    ... was diagnosed with invasive ductal breast cancer. By December 2003, she had undergone two mastectomies, followed by reconstruction surgery on both breasts, chemotherapy and radiation. The law firm said ...

  • My Medical Care and Yours 24 Nov 2009 15:30 GMT
    ... a small number of cases, women are subjected to cancer treatment or even a mastectomy they didn't need. This harm, the task force reasoned, outweighs the benefits of discovering ...

  • Reconstruction After Breast Cancer Surgery Not Likely Among Certain Races 24 Nov 2009 12:52 GMT
    ... Less-acculturated Latinas with breast cancer are less likely to have reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy, say researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Amy Alderman, MD, MPH, ...

  • Many Women Opt for Removal of Noncancerous Breast After Diagnosis 24 Nov 2009 12:52 GMT
    ... Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print]). In a study of the frequency of prophylactic mastectomy, the removal of a noncancerous breast, researchers identified 6275 patients who underwent prophylactic mastectomies, ...

  • Breast Cancer Chat Online Today 24 Nov 2009 12:12 GMT
    ... Pendas directs the breast program at Lakeland Regional Cancer Center. Lesley Chambers had a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery done by Watson Clinic physicians after being diagnosed with breast cancer ...

  • New mammogram recommendations stir strong reaction 24 Nov 2009 12:11 GMT
    ... they are trying to do.” “I am a 46-year-old woman who recently underwent a mastectomy and reconstruction. I did not need chemo and/or radiation because the cancer was found ...

  • ROBINSON: All health care politics is personal 24 Nov 2009 11:13 GMT
    ... a small number of cases, women are subjected to cancer treatment or even a mastectomy they didn’t need. This harm, the task force reasoned, outweighs the benefits of discovering ...


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