Mammographic breast density increases cancer risk.
Women whose breasts appear dense on mammography have a significantly higher risk of breast cancer detected by screening or between screening tests, according to a study in the Jan. 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers said that newer breast imaging technologies, including ultrasound and magnetic...

Code of Denial.
Doctors have a dispassionate language for talking to really sick patients. But it doesn't work with people they love. Three weeks after my sister, Andrea, is diagnosed with breast cancer I am running a breast cancer screening clinic. It is my first day of a new job,...

Morongo Indian Tribe Partners With Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante To Launch Breast Cancer Detection Program for Employees and Members.
BANNING, Calif., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Morongo Band of Mission Indians is unveiling a new undertaking to make breast cancer detection screenings available to employees and tribal members and is announcing its enrollment in California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante's program "Contract to Fight Breast Cancer." ...

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Approves Application for New, Expanded Memphis Affiliate.
Breast Cancer Supporters in Memphis Once Again Have Focus and Leadership for Activism DALLAS, April 20 /PRNewswire Interactive News Release/ -- The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation today announced the formation of a new Foundation Affiliate to serve the breast health and...

Matritech Begins Patient Recruitment for Clinical Study of NMP66 Blood Test for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer.
Study to be conducted at 6 sites; 1000 patients to be tested NEWTON, Mass., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Matritech, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMPS), the cancer diagnosis company, announced today that it has begun patient recruitment for a multi-center clinical study of its NMP66 blood test for...

Colorectal Cancer Screening. (Guest Editorial).
Colorectal Screening: Sixty percent of Americans aged 50 years or older don't get screened for colorectal cancer--and most of the time, it's because they believe their doctor doesn't recommend screening for this disease. More than half of adults aged 50 years and older say that they rely...

Breast cancer risk tied to long-term hormone use after menopause. (Digests).
The use of hormone replacement therapy following menopause appears to increase women's risk of developing breast cancer--in particular, a form of cancer known as a lobular tumor. Overall, results of a case-control study conducted among about 1,400 members of a managed care plan in Washington State suggest that recent,...

Surviving breast cancer: better early detection and new treatment methods are helping to lower the mortality rate from the second most deadly cancer killer of women.
Part I Lisa Schmidt had been tempted to skip the mammogram appointment. But there it was on her calendar, and she already had postponed it once. The summer had been hectic for the 45-year-old nurse and mother of two teenage girls who was trying to work full-time despite a...

Nastech Reports Positive Clinical Results Using its Proprietary Breast Disease Cytology Test Device.
Fifteen Minute Proprietary Test Intended as an Adjunct to Mammography and Physical Examination in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. (Nasdaq: NSTK) announced today results from a clinical trial that evaluated the safety and efficacy...

Nastech Submits Premarket Notification 510 (k) to FDA For Breast Disease Cytology Test Device.
Fifteen Minute Proprietary Test Intended as an Adjunct to Mammography And Physical Examination in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. (Nasdaq: NSTK) announced today that it has filed a premarket notification 510 (k) application with...