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France ponders removing risky breast implants

French health authorities are considering whether to suggest that an estimated 30,000 women in France get their breast implants removed, amid warnings by leading doctors about the risks of rupture and possible cancer....

 

FDA Did the Right Thing in Pulling Avastin for Breast Cancer

FDA Did the Right Thing in Pulling Avastin for Breast Cancer

If you want the FDA to approve more innovative, new drugs based on promising but early clinical results, you have to give the FDA a way to revoke those approvals later on, should larger trials prove that those drugs aren't as safe or effective as they first seemed. This is why the FDA should be congratulated for the way it has handled the Avastin breast cancer saga, and why I hope we will see the FDA handle more cases like this one, not less.

 

Light drinking linked to slight breast cancer risk

Light drinking linked to slight breast cancer risk

Whether sipping beer, wine or whiskey, women who drink just three alcoholic beverages a week face slightly higher chances for developing breast cancer compared with teetotalers, a study of more than 100,000 U.S. nurses found.

Senh: What is a "teetotaler?"

 

After uproar, man with breast cancer OK’d for coverage

After uproar, man with breast cancer OK’d for coverage

Raymond Johnson was due for some good news. Earlier this month, he was denied Medicaid coverage after being diagnosed with breast cancer. But he just got the call he was waiting for: South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services is granting him coverage, after all.

 

Breast cancer drug raises risk of heart problems in older women

The breast cancer drug Herceptin increases the risk of heart problems in elderly patients, especially those with a history of heart disease and/or ...

 

FDA questions safety of experimental diabetes drug

Federal health regulators have concerns about bladder and breast cancer seen in patients taking an experimental diabetes pill from Bristol-Myers ...

 

FDA to hear appeal on breast cancer drug Avastin

The best-selling cancer drug in the world comes under federal scrutiny as drugmaker Roche makes a last-ditch effort to keep Avastin approved ...

 

Mammograms can cut deaths by a third

The longest-running breast cancer screening study ever conducted has shown that regular mammograms prevent deaths from breast cancer, and the number of lives saved increases over time, an international research team said on Tuesday.

 

Drug treats, prevents breast cancer

Doctors and patients have a new tool to prevent breast cancer: A drug that is already approved for the treatment of the disease.

 

Breast milk cells may someday predict cancer

Examining cells from a woman's breast milk may help evaluate future breast health, new research suggests.

 

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