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Diet and Exercise Are Winning Strategies for Breast Cancer Survivors
In a new study, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have confirmed a winning strategy or breast cancer survivors: healthy eating and exercise.
18 Mar 2021
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Dr. Mehra Golshan on the Need for Breast Cancer Screening and Warning Signs of the Disease
Dr. Mehra Golshan talks about the need for breast cancer screening and warning signs of the disease.
8 Oct 2020
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Breast Density Laws Inform Mammogram Imaging
For many of the women who are scheduling the screening mammograms that were deferred in the spring, their health care decisions are being guided in part by knowledge gleaned from 10 years of dense breast notification laws.
9 Jul 2020
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Yale Cancer Center Study Shows Immunotherapy Prior to Surgery May Help Destroy High-Risk Breast Cancer
A new study led by Yale Cancer Center (YCC) researchers shows women with high-risk HER2-negative breast cancer treated before surgery with immunotherapy, plus a PARP inhibitor with chemotherapy, have a higher rate of complete eradication of cancer from the breast and lymph nodes compared to chemotherapy alone.
27 Apr 2020
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Yale findings expand understanding of fertility after chemotherapy
Women with a fairly common type of genetic mutation face a greater risk of infertility following chemotherapy for breast cancer, according to a new study from Yale fertility expert and scientist Dr. Kutluk Oktay.
31 Mar 2020
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Breast Cancer Screening Costs High, Benefits Uncertain, for Women in 40s
There are substantial costs associated with breast cancer screenings for U.S. women in their 40s, a new Yale-led study finds, and these costs vary widely by region.
23 Mar 2020
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Geneticist Sidi Chen Receives Large Award Which Will Further His Breast Cancer Work
This Department of Defense award goes to the “best and brightest in their fields,” and recognizes “creative and innovative individuals.” Investigators are chosen for their ability “to go beyond conventional thinking” in their respective areas of expertise.
4 Mar 2020
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Breast Density Notification Laws not Effective for All Women
A new study suggests that state-mandated notifications on mammogram reports intended to inform women of the health risks related to breast density are not worded effectively.
9 Jan 2020
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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Provides no Benefit for Stage Zero Breast Cancer, Yale School of Public Health Study Finds
Older women with a very early, non-invasive breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), gain no long-term benefit from undergoing a sentinel lymph node biopsy to see if the cancer has spread, new research by the Yale School of Public Health has found.
24 Oct 2019
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Fighting for Hope: Breast Cancer Research at Yale
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, YaleNews is highlighting stories of clinical breakthroughs by Yale doctors and scientists — and of a few of the courageous women who have taken on breast cancer personally.
Source: YaleNews
14 Oct 2019
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Too Young to Screen: Breast Cancer in Younger Women
“Although breast cancer is most commonly diagnosed in postmenopausal women, it can happen in young women, too,” says Brigid Killelea, MD, chief of breast surgery at Yale Medicine. “I have patients who were diagnosed in their 20s.”
Source: Yale Medicine
2 Oct 2019
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HEALTH NOTES: Black and Hispanic Cancer Patients Are Underrepresented in Clinical Trials
A new study has shown that clinical trials for new cancer medications rarely analyze data on safety and effectiveness by race and that black and Hispanic patients are consistently underrepresented among participants.
16 Sep 2019
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Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes for African Women
For eight days in early June, Melissa Durand, MD, volunteered at the second-largest teaching hospital in Ghana, West Africa. Decades earlier, mammography technologist Judith Abaidoo of Yale New Haven Hospital’s Shoreline Medical Center became one of the first women to perform mammograms in Ghana, where the five-year breast cancer survival rate is estimated to be only 25%.
31 Jul 2019
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Do Breast Implants Raise Your Risk of Getting a Rare Cancer?
FDA requests recall of a type of textured breast implant associated with a rare cancer.
Source: Yale Medicine
30 Jul 2019
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More women in U.S. receive 3-D mammography but disparities remain
Use of 3-D mammography, an advanced form of breast cancer screening, has risen rapidly in recent years, according to Yale Cancer Center researchers in a new study. But adoption of the technology varies widely, reflecting emerging disparities in care, they said.
24 Jun 2019
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Better Science, Better Lives: Women's Health Research at Yale is Working for You
Across the country, it’s becoming clearer every day: We must study the health of women. We must study the influence of sex-and-gender differences on health. And it’s time for all aspects of medical research and practice to embrace this change.
17 Jun 2019
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Better Science, Better Lives for Women and Men: Q&A with Carolyn Mazure
WHRY Director Carolyn M. Mazure discusses how we are at a critical point, and the scientific community needs to decide if it will embrace true transformational change in science.
Source: YaleNews
6 Jun 2019
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Yale Study Identifies How Cancer Drug Inhibits DNA Repair in Cancer Cells
Yale Cancer Center researchers have found that a cancer drug thought to be of limited use possesses an unforeseen property. It is able to stop certain cancer cells from repairing their DNA in order to survive. The study suggests that combining this drug, cediranib, with other agents could potentially deliver a lethal blow in cancer that uses a specific process to create DNA repair cells.
15 May 2019
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Breast Ultrasound and Cancer Detection Increased Under New Laws
State breast density notification laws that mandate reporting of mammogram results can prompt further screening and modestly boost cancer detection rates, say researchers at Yale’s School of Public Health and School of Medicine.
21 Mar 2019
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Yale Cancer Center Receives $1 Million Grant from Gray Foundation for Breast Cancer Research
Yale Cancer Center is proud to announce the Basser BRCA Initiative grant. The $1 million, three-year gift was awarded to YCC by the Gray Foundation to advance the next generation of cancer therapies.
17 Jan 2019