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- Women With High Breast Cancer Risk Refuse MRIs - Post Chronicle
- Sesame Street’ star dies from breast cancer at 63 - Daily Oklahoman
- 'Sesame Street's' Olivia Dies Of Cancer - Post Chronicle
- Mutations in breast cancer gene linked to infertility - Newstrack India
- GateHouse Media's Pink promotion nets $30K to fight breast cancer - Patriot Ledger
| Women With High Breast Cancer Risk Refuse MRIs - Post Chronicle Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:34 AM PST As many as 42 percent of women who are at intermediate or high risk of getting breast cancer decide not to get recommended MRI screening, even if it is offered for free, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. A quarter of the women in the study who were offered the free screening test decided not to get it because they feel claustrophobic in the tunnel-like scanners. But many also said they declined because of costs involved if the test reveals something that needs to be followed up. Some said they simply could not spare the time. "Very early on we were surprised to notice that very few women would accept that invitation, even though it would be no cost to them," said Dr. Wendie Berg, a breast imaging specialist at American Radiology Services in Lutherville, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University, whose study appears in the journal Radiology. Her team studied the reasons why high-risk women who are recommended for the more sensitive MRI breast screening test do not get it. Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, can help identify early breast cancer in high-risk women who tend to develop cancer earlier than women at average risk. For the study, they identified 1,215 women who were at intermediate or high risk for breast cancer and were taking part in larger clinical trial. All of the women were at increased risk for breast cancer, but even in a group of high risk women, who have a 25 percent greater lifetime risk of breast cancer because of they have known or suspected genetic mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, the willingness to undergo a breast MRI was limited. "About 20 percent of our patients fall into that category," Berg said. "We would have expected virtually 100 percent participation in the study." Berg said the chief reason women gave for not wanting a breast MRI was because they feel claustrophobic in the tunnel-like machines. "That has been a common issue in MRI of the breast and other areas as well. It is usually something that can be overcome with sedation but it is still an issue," she said. Of the 512 women who declined, 25.4 percent refused because of claustrophobia, 18.2 percent cited time constraints, 12 percent cited financial concerns if the tests identifies any cancers or has false-positive results, 9.2 percent said their doctor would not refer them and 7.8 percent said it was because they were not interested. Women who are at high risk for breast cancer currently are recommended to get a yearly mammogram and an MRI test. Berg said the study points to the need for alternative ways of screening high-risk women, including training more experts in breast ultrasound, a quicker, more convenient test. More than 400,000 women in the world die from breast cancer each year. (Editing by Bill Trott) Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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| 'Sesame Street's' Olivia Dies Of Cancer - Post Chronicle Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:30 AM PST Alaina Reed Hall, the actress who played Olivia on TV's "Sesame Street," has died of breast cancer in Los Angeles, her family said. She was 63. Reed's Dec. 17 death was reported Monday by WHIO Radio in Springfield, Ohio. The popular stage actress and Ohio native appeared on "Sesame Street" from to 1976 to 1988. She also had roles on "227," "Cleghorne," "Ally McBeal" and "ER." (c) UPI Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Mutations in breast cancer gene linked to infertility - Newstrack India Posted: 20 Dec 2009 01:29 AM PST
Washington, Dec 19 (ANI): A new study from New York Medical College has found a possible link between a breast cancer gene and infertility. Lead researcher Dr Kutluk Oktay, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, showed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene, which have been linked with early onset breast cancer, are also associated with an early loss of egg reserves.
This might help to explain why women who carry a mutated BRCA1 gene have greater rates of infertility as well as a greater risk for breast and ovarian cancer. During the study, researchers performed ovarian stimulation in 126 women with breast cancer for the purpose of fertility preservation by embryo or oocyte cryopreservation. Of the 82 women, who met the inclusion criteria, 47 women had undergone BRCA testing, with 14 having a mutation in BRCA genes. In BRCA mutation-positive patients, the low ovarian response rate was significantly greater than for patients who did not show BRCA gene mutations, nor for women who had not been tested for the gene at all. Oktay added if fertility drugs are not as effective in stimulating egg production in the ovaries of patients who carry BRCA1 mutations, this establishes a link between infertility and the risk of getting breast or ovarian cancer. The study is published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. (ANI) Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| GateHouse Media's Pink promotion nets $30K to fight breast cancer - Patriot Ledger Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:13 AM PST GateHouse Media New England's "Paint the Town Pink" program brought in more than $30,000 in green for the American Cancer Society – money that will help the group continue to make strides against breast cancer. "One hundred-thirteen newspapers, 100 percent in pink, I don't think it's ever been done before," said Richard Daniels, the CEO of GateHouse Media New England, which published all of its papers on pink newsprint and ran a pink background for all WickedLocal.com Web sites in early October, as Breast Cancer Awareness Month began. On Thursday, Dec. 17, Daniels presented a large pink check for $30,535.58 to Deborah Cornwall, a member of the American Cancer Society's New England division board of directors. "It's nice when everybody does something, and that includes our readers, our advertisers – how can you not feel good about this," Daniels said. "I'm a breast cancer survivor, so I particularly appreciate this," Cornwall said. "I really thank you for your support. This has been a great partnership." She added that "this kind of support is just so essential to the work that we do," including eradicating breast cancer and mobilizing survivors. Daniels also thanked Mike O'Connor of We Got Soccer, a soccer specialty store in Foxboro, for sponsoring the Paint the Town Pink program. "It's all about the cause, and we're happy to do whatever we can to support it," O'Connor said. Several representatives from both GateHouse and the American Cancer Society were on hand for the presentation. The money – generated from a portion of the proceeds of advertising packages and newsstand sales for the pink papers, and donations from credit card subscriptions during October – will go toward the society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, which benefits breast cancer research, education, advocacy and patient services. Daniels, who wore a pink tie for the occasion, said the pink newsprint might be toned down by one or two shades next year.
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