Breast cancer

Lights at night tied to breast cancer - and CFC bulbs...

Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times

Abraham Haim, a University of Haifa chronobiologist involved in the study, said the findings raise questions about the push to switch to energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs, which suppress melatonin production more than incandescent bulbs. "This may be a disaster in another 20 years, and you won't be able to reverse what we did by mistake," Haim said.

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The Lump

Posted by Orato

first discovered The Lump when I was about 18 years old. It was in my left breast, over my heart. I’d recently been through a tumultuous adolescence, and so, still shaken, I was convinced I had cancer. I knew I was technically too young to have breast cancer, but the trauma of my teen years convinced me that I was one of the unlucky ones. I went to the doctor. She had trouble detecting it with her hand and said it was likely just fibrous breast tissue, which is normal...

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Key to breast cancer spread found

Posted by Jeff from BBC News

Turning off all four genes at once dramatically reduces the ability of breast tumours to spread - or metastasise - a study in mice showed.

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I Have Breast Cancer

Posted by Orato

Cancer is a most unpleasant and scary event, giving those affected unwanted intelligence in medical jargon and requiring them to be very strong through the ordeal. This is one woman's story about facing her "organized anarchist" cancer cells. As she writes this story, she is still facing her last week of radiation - Week Six.

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Controversial painkillers could slash cancer risk

Posted by Billbar from Codylyonblogolater.blogspot

A small study looking at the effects of a class of painkillers known as selective COX-2 inhibitors suggests the drugs can reduce the risk of breast cancer by up to 83%.

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Newer drug effective against early breast cancer

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

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