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Title: Radioactive 'Seed' Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight breast CancerCategory: health newscreated: 12/2/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 12/2/2008

IntroductionLaboratory and epidemiologic studies have suggested a modifying effect of cardiac glycosides (e.g., digoxin and digitoxin) on cancer risk. We explored the association between digoxin treatment and invasive breast cancer incidence among postmenopausal Danish women. Methods: We used Danish registries to identify 5,565 postmenopausal women diagnosed with incident invasive breast carcinoma between 1 January 1991 and 31 December 2007, and 55,650 matched population controls. Cardiac glycoside prescriptions were ascertained from county prescription registries. All subjects had at least two years of recorded prescription drug and medical history data. We estimated the odds ratio associating digoxin use with breast cancer in conditional logistic regression models adjusted for age, county of residence, and use of anticoagulants, NSAIDs, aspirin, and hormone replacement therapy. We also explored the impact of confounding by indication and detection bias. Results: Digoxin was the sole

Once-promising drugs that were abandoned in the fight against breast cancer still could be effective in obese patients, new research suggests. In laboratory tests, hormones produced by fat cells stimulate breast cancer cells to migrate and invade surrounding tissues, scientists at Emory University School of medicine found. A class of drugs called epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors could block the stimulatory effects of the hormones.

Kerryn McCannMark Dadswell/ Getty ImagesKerryn McCann, Australian marathon gold-medalist, has finished her battle with breast cancer. McCann passed away Saturday night at home in Coledale, surrounded by her husband...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., and SAN DIEGO -- The Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF), with support from ImpediMed Ltd., is pleased to announce the launch of the Lymphedema CareLine (LCL). PAF, through its MedCare Division, is offering the national, toll-free patient/provider hotline designed to provide information and assistance to breast cancer patients who are or may be at risk for post-treatment side effects such as lymphedema (swelling due to blockage in the lymphatic system). Staffed by a dedicated team of multilingual clinical case managers with nursing and social work experience, the LCL offers personal case management services, including the dissemination of information about lymphedema, navigation through the reimbursemen...

You have many options for breast reconstruction surgery. Some methods use implants, others use tissue flaps. Talking with a plastic surgeon and other breast cancer survivors can help you choose the method of breast reconstruction that works best for you. Learn more about breast reconstruction surgery.