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| Does hormone replacement therapy increase the risk of breast cancer I have a very simple question. Does hormone replacement therapy increase the risk of breast cancer? Carolyn Vachani RN, MSN, AOCN, OncoLink's Nurse Educator, responds: Hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) has been an issue for women's health since its introduction in the mid-1970s. HRT's proposed benefits included menopause symptom |
| The impact of new chemotherapeutic and hormonal agents on the survival of women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in a population based cohort. Presenter: S.K.L.ChiaPresenter's Affiliation: British Columbia Cancer AgencyType of Session: ScientificBackground Metastatic Breast Cancer is an extremely prevalent diagnosis. Median OS for these patients has historically been 12-24 months. No studies have shown population based data indicating improved survival with newer chemotherapeutic agents |
| A Phase II multicenter, randomized trial to compare anastrazole plus gefitinib with anastrazole plus placebo in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) metastatic breast cancer (MBC) Presenter: M. CristofanilliPresenter's Affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer CenterType of Session: ScientificBackground It is well known that hormonal receptor status is an important prognostic factor in metastatic breast cancer patients and has clinical implications for hormonal therapies. 55% of metastatic breast cancer patients are |
| Is hormone replacement therapy (HRT) following risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in BRCA1 (B1)- and BRCA2 (B2)-mutation carriers associated with an increased risk of breast cancer? Presenter: S. Domchek Presenter’s Institution: U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Background Research has shown that women who carry the BRCA mutations benefit from risk-reduction procedures to reduce their risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. The best risk-reduction strategy appears to be surgical removal of the |
| Soy and Breast Cancer: Should breast cancer survivors eat soy foods? What are soy foods? Examples of soy foods include: soybeans (also called edamame), soybean sprouts, tofu, soymilk and fermented soybeans (also called tempeh). These traditional soy foods have been used in many cultures as good sources of protein for thousands of years. More recently, processed soy protein has been added to a variety of foods, |
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