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Anchor lead: Family histories don’t rule when it comes to breast cancer prognosis, Elizabeth Tracey reports Do women who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer need to worry about what’s happened to relatives with the disease? No, a study of several …
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This week’s topics include stents versus CABG, screening people without symptoms for heart disease, agreement about breast biopsies, and imaging for low back pain in older folks. Program notes: 0:47 CABG versus stents 1:49 Second generation drug-eluting stents 2:47 Stents …
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Anchor lead: There really are differences in breast cancer diagnosis and course depending on ethnicity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Women of different ethnicities are first diagnosed at different stages of breast cancer, and even when they all have stage one, more …
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This week's topics include successful community-based intervention for cardiovascular disease, ethnicity and breast cancer, overuse of aspirin, and overuse of tight blood sugar control. Program notes: 0:32 Community based intervention for cardiovascular disease risk reduction 1:31 Hypertension, cholesterol, smoking 2:32 …
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Anchor lead: Can a new genetic test predict which breast cancers will resist treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports Tamoxifen is a success story for many women with breast cancer, keeping the disease at bay after surgery and additional treatments. But not …
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Anchor lead: Could a new technique help identify who needs additional treatment for breast cancer and who doesn’t? Elizabeth Tracey reports Overtreatment is a buzz word in cancer circles these days, with some experts saying that at least with early …
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Anchor lead: Should you have a new imaging technique to screen for breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Tomosynthesis is a new imaging technique for breast cancer screening that’s been much in the news after a study using this technique along …
