Test Frequency Blood pressure measurements every 1-2 years Breast Exams monthly SELF-exams; annual physician Mammography after age 40, every 1-2 years; check with your doctor for your personal risk needs Cholesterol...
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Breast Cancer Glossary
General Information Note: Separate PDQ summaries on Screening for Breast Cancer; Prevention of Breast Cancer; and Male Breast Cancer Treatment are also available. What is breast cancer? Breast cancer, a common cancer in...
Colorectal Cancer: Who’s at Risk?
Risk Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Age Diet Polyps Personal History Family History Ulcerative Colitis The exact causes of colorectal cancer are not known. However, studies show that the following risk...
Electroacupuncture Trial is NCCAM’s First Intramural Study
June 12, 2002 The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has launched a clinical trial of electroacupuncture to determine if it reduces the delayed nausea experienced by cancer patients...
Monthly Breast Self-Examinations
The American Cancer Society suggests all women over the age of 20 should examine their breasts once a month. The best way for women to discover a lump early is to take the time to know her own breasts and to examine...
Researchers Examine Bio-Magnetic Sensors
Doctors in the future might be able to diagnose breast and ovarian cancer or Alzheimer’s disease using magnetism and microscopic particles of iron oxide bound to the type of cells being traced. A team led by Dr...
Cervical Cancer
Q. What is cervical cancer? A. Cervical cancer is a serious disease in which some cells in your cervix become abnormal (unhealthy), multiply out of control, and can damage healthy parts of your body. The cervix is the...
Study confirms breast cancer risk in continuous combined hormone therapy
Risk begins to return to normal after women stop taking hormones Researchers confirmed that a daily, combined dose of estrogen and progestin increases breast cancer risk in post menopausal women, but added that this...
HHS Approves Nine State Plans to Extend Medicaid Coverage to Women with Breast, Cervical Cancer
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today approved nine new states’ requests to extend Medicaid benefits to uninsured women who are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer through a federal screening program...
DDT, PCBs Not Linked to Higher Rates of Breast Cancer, an Analysis Concludes
Scientists who combined data from five large breast cancer studies have found no link to the pesticide DDT or to PCBs, a widespread industrial chemical. Both were suspect because they are chemicals in the environment...
