What Doctors Don't Tell YouBreast cancer is the second biggest lady killer in the Western world, we’re told. Most experts believe the causes are almost certainly to be found in the environment - particularly with the latest disclosure that
A new British report confirms that, although women with a close relative with breast cancer have an above-average risk of developing the disease, the risk is not as great as is often feared.
One of the things I do in my job is to periodically scour the letters pages of medical journals. On more than one occasion, this arcane activity has borne amazing fruit. At those times, I am astonished to discover another of medicine’s darkest...
Avoid the following, which can cause cancer
* Radiation therapy, such as for cancer (J Natl Cancer Inst, 2001; 93: 618-29)
FATS AND BREAST CANCER: It's a big risk, it's a small risk - it just d
BREAST CANCER: Up to half of all cases may not be cancer at all
I am a 51-year-old woman diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) 10 months ago. I was told that some cells had become invasive and that - worst of all - there was no treatment option other than mastectomy, a drug regimen including tamoxifen...
As the UK National Case-Control Study Group data clearly showed, the younger women are when they start the Pill, the longer they take it and the more of them develop breast cancer. ... ...
Sometimes advice about prevention is simply wrong. Many of the things we believe are preventative may actually do more harm than good.
