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Breast Cancer Rates

What Needs to Be Done About the Rising Rate of Advanced Breast Cancer in Young Women

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 05.01.2013 | Healthy Living
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Dr. Elaine Schattner

For young women with breast cancer, the stakes of treatment are greater -- in terms of potential for life-years saved, and in terms of the risks of therapy

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Breast Cancer Risk Rises For One Age Group

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 04.28.2013 | Women
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CHICAGO -- Advanced breast cancer has increased slightly among young women, a 34-year analysis suggests. The disease is still uncommon among women you...

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Why Does The Bay Area Have Higher Breast Cancer Rates?

The Contra Costa Times | Sandy Kleffman | Posted 01.27.2013 | San Francisco
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Two Bay Area regions are among four in California with substantially higher than average rates of invasive breast cancer, researchers revealed Monday....

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Women: A Year in Review (2011)

Christine Bork | Posted 02.11.2012 | Chicago
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Christine Bork

As we reflect on this year's events, let's celebrate women's progress, recognize what needs to be improved and take the next steps -- together -- into the New Year.

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Catherine Pearson

Breast Cancer Deaths Down, But Decline Slower For Poor Women

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 12.03.2011 | Healthy Living
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Breast cancer deaths have dropped steadily since 1990, but they have declined at slower rates among women living in poor areas, according to a new rep...

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Most Common Breast Cancer Increasing In U.S.

MyHealthNewsDaily | Posted 09.27.2011 | Healthy Living
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A new study shows that the hard-to-treat, estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer (ER-negative) has been declining steadily since 1992. However, rate...

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