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Fact File

Breast cancer

Health: Library - 01 September 2005
Breast cancer is the biggest cause of cancer-related deaths amongst women. About one woman in 11 in Australia will get the condition in her lifetime, but a diagnosis is not a death sentence.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, womens-health

Drugs to prevent breast cancer

Health Minutes - 07 July 2008
A newer, safer drug is more cost-effective than the current medication for preventing breast cancer in high-risk women.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, pharmaceuticals, womens-health

Breast cancer calculator

Health Minutes - 06 November 2007
The National Breast Cancer Centre has released an online calculator to help women get an idea of their risk of developing breast cancer.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, womens-health

Breast asymmetry and cancer risk

Health Minutes - 02 October 2007
Women whose breasts are different sizes may be at increased risk of subsequently developing breast cancer according to a recent study.

Tags: breast-cancer, womens-health

Exercise reduces breast cancer risk

Health Minutes - 02 October 2007
The evidence suggests that if a woman exercises for an average of four hours per week throughout her life then her risk of getting breast cancer falls by around a half.

Tags: exercise-and-fitness, breast-cancer, cancer, womens-health

Diet and breast cancer survival

Health Minutes - 21 August 2007
Diet doesn't seem to have an effect on survival rates after breast cancer, says a new report.

Tags: diet-and-nutrition, breast-cancer

New gene risk for breast cancer

Health Minutes - 18 July 2007
Australian researchers have discovered a new gene linked to a raised risk of breast cancer.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, womens-health, genetics

Folate and breast cancer

Health Minutes - 26 June 2007
Alcohol is a risk factor for breast cancer - but folate may have a role in reducing the risk.

Tags: breast-cancer, pharmaceuticals, womens-health, alcohol

Dense breasts risk for cancer

Health Minutes - 31 May 2007
Women with high breast density as shown by mammogram are at increased risk of breast cancer.

Tags: breast-cancer, medical-procedures, womens-health

Surviving survival: Life after breast cancer

Health: Your Stories - 03 May 2007
Until recently, the psychological side of cancer recovery was largely ignored, as Jane Gillespie learned - the hard way.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, mental-health

Dense breasts risk for cancer

Health Minutes - 06 March 2007
Women with high breast density as shown by mammogram are at increased risk of breast cancer.

Tags: breast-cancer, medical-procedures, womens-health

Breast asymmetry and cancer risk

Health Minutes - 01 January 2007
Women whose breasts are different sizes may be at increased risk of subsequently developing breast cancer according to a recent study.

Tags: breast-cancer, womens-health

Exercise reduces breast cancer risk

Health Minutes - 01 January 2007
The evidence suggests that if a woman exercises for an average of four hours per week throughout her life then her risk of getting breast cancer falls by around a half.

Tags: exercise-and-fitness, breast-cancer, cancer, womens-health

New gene risk for breast cancer

Health Minutes - 19 July 2006
Australian researchers have discovered a new gene linked to a raised risk of breast cancer.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, womens-health, genetics

Folate and breast cancer

Health Minutes - 10 July 2006
Alcohol is a risk factor for breast cancer - but folate may have a role in reducing the risk.

Tags: breast-cancer, pharmaceuticals, womens-health, alcohol

New gene risk for breast cancer

Health Minutes - 21 October 2005
Australian researchers have discovered a new gene linked to a raised risk of breast cancer.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, environmental-health, womens-health

Folate and breast cancer

Health Minutes - 12 October 2005
Alcohol is a risk factor for breast cancer - but folate may have a role in reducing the risk.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, pharmaceuticals, womens-health

More stress, less breast cancer?

Health Minutes - 19 September 2005
An 18-year study of 6500 Danish women found that the more stress a woman suffered, the less her risk of breast cancer appeared to be.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, mental-health, womens-health

Exercise aids breast cancer survival

Health Minutes - 12 September 2005
A large study strongly suggests that exercise - walking at a moderate pace for about 30 minutes a day or more - can improve breast cancer survival and reduce recurrence.

Tags: exercise-and-fitness, breast-cancer, cancer

Benign breast lumps - cancer causing?

Health Minutes - 27 July 2005
Benign lumps in the breast may indicate increased cancer risk - but it depends on the pathology of the lump, according to a US study.

Tags: breast-cancer, cancer, womens-health

Body shape and breast cancer risk

Health Minutes - 30 November 2004
There's some evidence that body shape is related to a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.

Tags: breast-cancer, womens-health

Breast cancer prognosis

Health Minutes - 16 September 2004
A test that detects tumour cells in the bloodstream may one day offer a better way of assessing a woman's prognosis with breast cancer and allow better decisions to be made about her treatment.

Tags: breast-cancer, medical-procedures, womens-health

Could aspirin prevent breast cancer?

Health Minutes - 10 June 2004
A US study compared women with breast cancer to healthy women, and found that women who had ever used aspirin had a 20 per cent reduced risk. The protection was only against hormone receptor-positive (or oestrogen-sensitive) tumours.

Tags: breast-cancer, pharmaceuticals, womens-health

Terminations don't increase risk of breast cancer

Health Minutes - 21 April 2004
There's been a debate for quite a few years about whether or not having a pregnancy termination increases the risk of breast cancer. But the information from studies hasn't often given a clear answer - until now.

Tags: breast-cancer, abortion, pregnancy-and-childbirth

Should antibiotics be linked to breast cancer?

Health Minutes - 17 March 2004
Recently, there was another bout of moral panic over breast cancer. This time the culprits were antibiotics.

Tags: breast-cancer, pharmaceuticals, womens-health

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