More than 1 million women given unnecessary and invasive treatment for breast cancer, study finds

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2237864/More-1-million-women-given-unnecessary-invasive-treatment-breast-cancer-study-finds.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 13:00 EST, 24 November 2012 | UPDATED: 13:12 EST, 24 November 2012 Since mammograms became standard, millions of American women have been subjected to unnecessary and invasive medical treatments for harmless tumors, a new study finds. The results could further add doubt to what’s already a controversial screening tool […]

The woman who says she is beating breast cancer thanks to low fat diet: Vicky is eating turmeric instead of taking powerful drug

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2164034/Vicky-Sewart-The-woman-says-beating-breast-cancer-thanks-low-fat-diet-including-curry-spices–claiming-make-cancer-cells-commit-suicide.html Miss Sewart’s diet bans dairy and meat and contains frozen berries, vegetables and spices such as garlic, turmeric and ginger She says turmeric ‘makes cancer cells commit suicide’ Worried about the side effects of cancer recovery drug Tamoxifen and chose to change her diet and exercise routines instead By Luke Salkeld and Fiona Macrae […]

Breast cancer ‘returns in one in five women’ as experts reveal odds of relapse for the first time

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2157923/Breast-cancer-returns-women-experts-reveal-odds-relapse-time.html Research showed 95 per cent of the women whose cancer returned were not alive ten years later By Sophie Borland PUBLISHED: 18:50 EST, 11 June 2012 | UPDATED: 18:51 EST, 11 June 2012 One in five women with breast cancer will have their illness return following treatment, according to experts. It is the first […]

Losing half a stone could halve a woman’s risk of getting breast cancer, researchers claim

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2147855/Losing-half-stone-halve-womans-risk-getting-breast-cancer-researchers-claim.html By Sophie Borland PUBLISHED: 18:01 EST, 21 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:02 EST, 21 May 2012 Losing just over half a stone could dramatically lower the chance of developing breast cancer. Research shows that overweight women who shed 5 per cent of their body weight are up to 50 per cent less likely to […]

Women with high-risk breast protein ‘more likely to develop cancer if they drink too much’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2134085/Women-high-risk-breast-protein-likely-develop-cancer-drink-much.html Alcohol link to disease was not clear until now By Simon Tomlinson PUBLISHED: 14:34 EST, 23 April 2012 | UPDATED: 14:36 EST, 23 April 2012 A protein has been identified that plays a key role in the link between drinking alcohol and breast cancer. Women with higher levels of the molecule in their breasts […]

Landmark British study that could revolutionise breast cancer treatment: It turns out it’s actually TEN different diseases

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2131616/Breast-cancer-treatment-British-study-classifies-disease-10-different-types.html By Fiona Macrae PUBLISHED: 12:00 EST, 18 April 2012 | UPDATED: 08:36 EST, 19 April 2012 Breast cancer is effectively ten different diseases, according to breakthrough research that could revolutionise treatment. The biggest study of its kind in the world has classified the country’s most common cancer into ten separate types. The finding brings […]

Chemical found in deodorants, face cream and food products is discovered in tumours of ALL breast cancer patients

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2085585/Parabens-Chemical-everyday-items-needs-investigation-scientists-discover-tumours-ALL-breast-cancer-patients.html Parabens are a chemical compound found in everyday toiletry products ‘The fact that parabens were present in so many of the breast tissue samples does justify further investigation,’ say study leaders By Claire Bates Last updated at 3:09 PM on 12th January 2012 A chemical widely used as a preservative in cosmetics, food products […]