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Researchers develop comprehensive new way to predict breast cancer risk
model incorporating genetic and nongenetic risk factors. Genetics in Medicine 2019. doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0406-9 Breast and...
For breast cancer patients, never too late to quit smoking
The authors controlled for several important risk factors that could impact survival, including alcohol consumption and body mass...
False-positive mammograms may indicate increased risk of breast cancer later
to be a useful tool in the context of other risk factors and assessing overall breast cancer risk. “Our next steps are to consider h...
Benefits of mammography screening outweigh adverse effects for women aged 50–69 years
which has a poor prognosis [5]. Established risk factors for breast cancer include age, a family or personal history of breast cancer...
Genetic screening could improve breast cancer prevention
test for a wide range of genetic risk factors could improve doctors’ ability to work out which women are at increased risk o... genetic testing for a large number of genetic risk factors in identifying women at elevated risk of developing breast cancer. This type...
Most types of cancer not due to “bad luck”, says IARC
in prevention measures for those cancers where risk factors are known. This is particularly important in the most deprived areas of the...
Cancer prevention
consists in the reduction or even elimination of risk factors which have a demonstrable and direct impact on the development of malignant... primary prevention, secondary prevention, risk factors...
Number of risky lifestyle factors is associated with an increased risk of some types of breast cancer
index (BMI), and menopausal hormone therapy are risk factors for breast cancer, whereas physical activity is a protective factor for breast...
Global cancer burden rises to 14.1 million new cases in 2012: Marked increase in breast cancers must be addressed
with reproductive, dietary, and hormonal risk factors. Incidence has been increasing in most regions of the world, but there are...
Scientists find sex hormones and breast cancer link in women under 50
some sex hormones and certain breast cancer risk factors, such as alcohol intake. Around 10,000 women under 50 are diagnosed with...
Study examines outcomes of screening mammography for age, breast density, hormone therapy
did not consider the influence of breast cancer risk factors beyond age, according to the study background. Karla Kerlikowske, M.D., of...
Heart disease risk after breast cancer radiotherapy smaller than previously thought
heart and assessing the woman’s other cardiac risk factors. This study was supported by funding to the Oxford University Clinical...
The Lancet publishes largest ever study on global burden of disease
array of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors... expanded, with more diseases, injuries, and risk factors evaluated than ever before, and for the first time, data have been generated...
World’s largest cancer and lifestyle database revealed
the CUP has produced clear evidence about the risk factors for breast and bowel cancer – the two of the most common cancers in the w...
Breast cancer patients with high density mammograms do not have increased risk of death
breast density, one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer, was not related to risk of death from breast cancer or...
Adolescent alcohol consumption and breast cancer
team that investigated childhood and adolescent risk factors for benign breast disease among girls with a family history of breast...
Weight has strongest influence on breast cancer hormones in post menopausal women
might explain the association of established risk factors such as obesity with breast cancer risk. Other studies have found that weight...
The future of breast cancer prevention
breast density is one of the leading risk factors for breast cancer and early trial results suggest that where tamoxifen is...
World Cancer Day 2011: New physical activity guidance can help prevent breast, colon cancers
of WHO, is leading efforts into studying cancer risk factors, including physical inactivity. Professor Chris Wild, Director of IARC,...
Scientists identify avoidable breast cancer risk factors
identify avoidable breast cancer risk factors... credit: shutterstock.com Many risk factors for breast cancer are well studied and documented. Thus, scientists are sure... cancer, avoidable risk factors...
High-fat diet during puberty linked to breast cancer risk later in life
via awareness and avoidance of environmental risk factors. To that end, the Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition and colleagues in MSU's... diet, environmental risk factors, breast...
Study finds isolation and stress may increase breast cancer risk in rats
reduce cancer and its psychological and social risk factors," said McClintock, the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service...