Breast Cancer Risk Misinformation

LoneLaugher · Sep 1, 2012

I just heard a dude on a radio talk show claim that having an abortion is considered a risk factor when it comes to breast cancer. He stated it as fact and went into a bit of detail regarding hormones and breast milk.

This was a religious program and was focused on "pro-life" content.

Why do christians put up with lies like this?

AmyNation · Sep 1, 2012

There is a state( mississippi I think) that forces abortion doctors to tell their patients that abortion leads to a higher risk of cancer, even if the doctor doesn't believe it's true. The "science" behind that nonsense is laughably bad.

waltky · Sep 22, 2012

Breast cancer early diet link...

Early Life Diet May Contribute to Breast Cancer
September 21, 2012 - Researchers have found evidence that a young girl's diet could affect her risk of developing breast cancer later in life.

The evidence linking a woman's breast cancer risk to her diet as a youth comes from mouse studies at the University of California Davis. Lead researcher Russ Hovey says investigators worked with female rodents whose estrogen production had been blocked. The female reproductive hormone is responsible for the development of sexual characteristics, including breast growth. Circulating estrogen from the ovaries has also been implicated in breast tumors. But the hormone's influence was eliminated in the subject mice. The mice were then fed a calorie-rich diet containing a fatty acid known as 10, 12 CLA. It led to a pre-diabetic state called metabolic syndrome, marked by rising blood sugar levels, weight gain, elevated cholesterol levels and high blood pressure.

The fatty diet also stimulated breast growth in some mice, even though they lacked estrogen, according to Hovey. What weve shown is that when we fed a diet that was supplemented with this particular type of fat, it then led to metabolic changes. But the thing that surprised us most was in fact that the breasts developed in these mice even though they had no ovaries and even though we used other methods to remove estrogen from their system, he said. The researchers found that the diet-induced breast growth also resulted in the development of tumors in some of the mice.

Hovey says not all of the mice fed the fatty diet developed tumors - suggesting that there may also be a genetic component contributing to breast cancer. The take-home message, according to Hovey, is that the diets of young girls should be monitored to reduce the kinds of fats that can trigger cancer and other diseases. Like obesity for example, [or] Type 2 diabetes, [and] that might also be able to substitute or stimulate breast development, independent of estrogen, explained Hover.

As Type 2 diabetes becomes more common around the world, the studys findings suggest an epidemic of breast cancer might not be far behind. An article on diet and breast tumor development is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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waltky · Sep 27, 2012

4 types of breast cancer found...

Researchers Find Four Distinct Types of Breast Cancer
September 27, 2012 - A new genetic analysis of breast cancer has found four distinct types of the deadly disease, which experts say explains why drug therapy for one form of breast cancer may not work to cure another form. The findings are the latest fruits of a massive cancer-gene mapping project offering hope of more effective treatments for breast cancer, with already-available drugs.

Perhaps the most intriguing discovery yet by the U.S. government-funded Cancer Genome Atlas is that some breast cancer tumors are similar, genetically, to cancer cells that invade other parts of the body, so existing therapies might be repurposed to successfully treat cancers of the breast. Scientists studying the DNA in breast cancer tumors from more than 800 patients found that cells in one of the breast cancer types resemble the basal-type cells found in ovarian cancer tumors. Its possible, the researchers say, that the tumor might respond well to cisplatin-based drugs typically used for the gynecological cancer. Newer ovarian cancer drugs might also be beneficial against the breast tumors.

Jeff Boyd is senior vice president for Molecular Medicine at Temple University's Foxchase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all treatment for breast cancer, says Boyd. What we are learning is that weve got to get beyond treat[ing] every breast cancer the same. Do a lumpectomy, treat with these three drugs, irradiate locally and cross your fingers," he explained. "We now know, as we are beginning to learn for many cancer types, that there are multiple molecular cancer genetics that essentially render them separate diseases.

Two other cancer types identified in the genomic study, called luminal A and B, are triggered into mutating by a gene called HER2. A drug called Herceptin can block that gene, stem its growth and improve the prognosis for women with these types of cancer. Herceptin has been approved for use to treat all breast cancers, yet not every tumor responds to the drug, and now researchers have a better understanding why. Mathew Ellis is a cancer researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, who has collaborated on the Cancer Genome Atlas. Ellis hopes targeted therapies for the different types of breast cancer will soon become available to help his patients.

Now we have to fast-forward to a day -- hopefully in the next year or two -- where at least in clinical studies the information is flowing forward to the patients and doctors. And critically that data flow includes access to the drugs, Ellis stated. The project funded by the U.S. National Cancer Institute began in 2006 with the goal of trying to identify the biomolecular underpinnings of more than 200 human cancers. The research involving breast cancer initially identified the genetic signatures of tumors that led researchers to conclude there was probably more than one breast-cancer type. The latest findings, published in the journal Nature, offer that proof.

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waltky · Oct 10, 2012

Granny says, "Take yer hormones ladies...

HRT reduces risk of heart attack, study suggests
9 October 2012 - Long-term use of HRT has been debated over the last decade

Women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may cut their risk of heart problems, a study suggests, but experts are still cautious about long-term safety risks. Published in the journal BMJ, the study also found HRT is not associated with an increased risk of cancer or stroke - but past studies have shown a link. The Department of Health advises women to only use it on a short-term basis. The researchers traced 1,000 women over 10 years - half of them were on HRT.

Talking about their findings, the paper's authors said: "HRT had significantly reduced risk of mortality, heart failure, or heart attack, without any apparent increase of cancer, deep vein thrombosis or stroke." However, they stressed that "due to the potential time lag, longer time may be necessary to take more definite conclusions". Safety concerns about the long-term use of the therapy has been debated by academics over the past decade.

Cancer findings

The women in the study were aged between 45-58 years old and recently menopausal - those on treatment started it soon after menopausal symptoms began. HRT replaces female hormones that are no longer produced during the menopause and can help with hot flushes, insomnia, headaches and irritability. After 10 years, 33 women in the group that had not taken HRT had died or suffered from heart failure or a heart attack, compared with just 16 women who were taking the treatment. Thirty-six women in the HRT group were treated for cancer compared to 39 who had not taken HRT - of which 17 cases were breast cancer compared to 10 in the HRT group. They also found that after stopping the therapy, the women continued to see health benefits for six years.

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine said: "This is a very significant piece of research and should reassure the millions of women who turn to hormone therapy for relief of their menopausal symptoms. "Although the study was not large, the long-term follow-up of 16 years is reassuring as there was no increase in adverse events including cancer. "This should not be considered the last word on the effects of hormone therapy. More research is needed." A series of previous studies has linked HRT with a higher risk of breast cancer and heart attack. A large study which initiated the discussion and looked at a million women, suggested taking it for several years doubled a women's risk of developing breast cancer. Weighing up the evidence from numerous past studies, some experts warn this new BMJ study does not mean that HRT can now be considered safe.

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waltky · Oct 18, 2012

Granny gonna get her one o' dem new breast cancer detecting bras...

New 'smart' bra could detect breast cancer
October 18, 2012 - It looks like a regular sports bra but its meant to help women detect early signs of breast cancer, FOX 5 reported.

Lifeline Biotechnologies has developed the First Warning System, or a smart bra, after years of research. According to FOX 5, the concept is called thermography, which relies on precisely detecting heat or abnormal heat signatures from tumors versus normal tissue.

Dr. Siavash Jabbari of Sharp Barnhart Cancer Center in Chula Vista, Calif., said the device is an encouraging sign in the fight against cancer, and it will give hope to the one in eight American women who develop the disease in their lifetime.

The bra is still in a trial stage, but its showing good results. The company hopes the device will be available in the U.S. within the next two years. There are plenty of investigators currently working on bio-censors that can be implanted under the skin, then feed diagnostic information about the patient, Jabbari said.

Read more: New 'smart' bra could detect breast cancer | Fox News
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Mad Scientist · Oct 18, 2012

Don't listen to them backwards religious types. Wearing pink ribbons and "walking for the cure" should be good enough.

rorystyris · Nov 26, 2012

Now a days we can see many number of people, those who are suffered with the breast cancer. In those people especially women are having high range, it can also get rid of by consulting the best specialist doctors in best clinics.

editec · Nov 26, 2012

Has there been a causational study that established any strong correlation between abortions and breast cancer?

I've read that there's a study that shows a modest correlation between never having had children and breast cancer.

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