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Strong links between weight gain and breast cancer

Women who go up a few dress sizes after their mid-20’s have a greater risk developing breast cancer after menopause, say researchers at University College London. While obesity has long been considered a risk factor for cancer, British researchers have found that a woman’s thickening waist line between the ages of 20 and 64 actually […]
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National Breast Cancer Foundation ambassador Sarah Murdoch. PHOTO: Getty.

Sarah Murdoch: Young women don’t see breast cancer coming

Each year, during the prime of their lives; and when they are establishing families and careers, about 800 young Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Facing a cancer diagnosis at a young age is difficult and this is reflected in the new report, which shows many young women feel blindsided by the illness. While […]
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Lily DeSantis (left centre) and Heather Tait (centre) with the nurses at Lautoka Hospital in June.

Prosthetic breasts for breast cancer survivors in Fiji

Similar to statistics here in Australia breast cancer is among the most prevalent forms of cancer diagnosed in Fijian women but high costs of treatment coupled with low income means many women can only pay for basic care, just enough to ensure survival and nothing more – after care just isn’t a luxury they can […]
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Aspirin may cut breast cancer recurrence

Researchers from The University of Texas in Austin looked at the records of 440 breast cancer patients and compared them with those who took nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and those who didn’t. The study, published in the journal Cancer Research, found that NSAIDs reduced the recurrence rate by 50 per cent. If the oestrogen positive cancer did recur, […]
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