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American Family Physician August 1, 2000	Screening Yourself for Breast Cancer Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. Women more than 20 years of age should know the signs of breast cancer and the best ways to find it early. How do I perform a breast self-exam? When should I have my mammogram? Clinical Breast Exam. Ultrasound exam. Breast Biopsies.
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Lecia M. Apantaku	Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening Statistics on breast cancer risk, symptoms and recommended tests.
American Family Physician December 15, 2002 Randhawa & Fink	Screening for Breast Cancer A case study and question-and-answer group on screening for breast cancer, based on the recommendations of the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Managed Care January 2005 Sharon Baker	Breast Cancer Screening: Some Plans Do Better Than Others Some of the nation's best health plans are coming up with creative ways to encourage women to get mammograms.
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Catherine Arnst	If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer.
American Family Physician October 1, 2000	Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: What Does It Mean to Me? What causes breast cancer?... What genes can cause breast cancer to be inherited?... What clues in my family history might show I've inherited a risk of breast cancer?... Does everyone who has family members with breast cancer have these mutated genes?... What should I do?...
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BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Michael Arndt	Fine-Tuning the Attack on Breast Cancer Genentech's Herceptin, the first drug approved for a specific group, helps patients who are genetically susceptible to a virulent form of the disease.
Health March 2008 Hallie Levine Sklar	Your 30s Your breast-cancer risk is still very low when you are in your 30s, but there are things you can do now to help your girls.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Prostate Cancer Symptoms, Screening & Diagnosis Despite the facts that prostate cancer is the No. 1 cancer occurring in men (aside from skin cancers) and the second leading cause of cancer death (behind lung cancer), many men are still unfamiliar with this highly treatable disease.
Salon.com June 20, 2000 Naomi Mendelsohn	Choosing the knife Healthy women at high risk for breast cancer are choosing to have both breasts removed, even while doctors are advocating less invasive treatments for those who are already sick
AskMen.com Sabrina Rogers	Can Men Get Breat Cancer? Breast cancer isn't just a chick thing. Although it is about 100 times more common among women and is a rare cause of death in men, the American Cancer Society estimates that, in 2004, approximately 1,450 American men will be diagnosed with this disease.
American Family Physician March 15, 2001	Cancer Screening Guidelines Faced with the broad, and sometimes conflicting, range of recommendations for cancer screening, family physicians must determine the most reasonable and up-to-date method of screening...
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Catherine Arnst	A Ton Of Prevention The pros and cons of two drugs that may halve your risk of breast cancer.
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Catherine Arnst	Better Odds Against Breast Cancer New treatments for breast cancer are more effective, and easier to live with
Popular Mechanics February 2009 Amber Fields	Sonar and Cancer Detection: An Unlikely Marriage in Tech A powerful form of sonar has provided the unlikely inspiration for a new way to identify breast cancer. Specialized sonar signals sent through dense breast tissue may give us a glimpse of the future of the mammogram.
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Wolff & Wilson	Putting Prevention into Practice Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility.
AskMen.com September 30, 2000 Joshua Levine	Male Breast Cancer Breast cancer is traditionally thought of as a female-related problem. Men, however, are as susceptible to the disease as women are. In many ways, the disease appears similarly in both sexes...
American Family Physician February 1, 2001 Thomas J. Gates	Screening for Cancer: Evaluating the Evidence This article reviews the kind of evidence required to justify screening tests for cancer, with the goal of guiding family physicians through current and future screening controversies...
Salon.com November 10, 2000 Laurie Tarkan	The business of breast cancer Big medicine is making big bucks on the disease, but we're still far from a cure...
Knowledge@Wharton February 26, 2003	The Mammogram Experiment: How Emotions Can Affect High-Stakes Decision-Making A breast cancer scare that turns out to be a false alarm is cause for relief, but may also trigger delays in future mammogram screenings, according to new Wharton research.
Salon.com October 12, 1999 Damien Cave	Male mastectomy Not many men get breast cancer, but too few are aware of the risk.
AskMen.com	Good Health Care News New advice from the American Cancer Society puts a sharper focus on the risks of prostate cancer screening, emphasizing that annual testing can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more harm than good.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Sunga et al.	Care of Cancer Survivors Cancer survivors are at increased risk for recurrence of their original malignancy. Surveillance following curative cancer treatment generally includes interval history and physical examinations every six months for five years.
BusinessWeek October 17, 2005 Catherine Arnst	Nancy G. Brinker: Promise Keeper Nancy G. Brinker's Race for the Cure has been key to funding advances in breast cancer research.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005	Health Care After Cancer Treatment An informative patient hand-out on follow-up cancer care.
American Family Physician December 15, 2002	Breast-Conserving Surgery What is breast-conserving surgery?... How does my doctor know if my lump is cancer?... Why does my doctor check my lymph nodes?... What if I cannot have breast-conserving surgery?...
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American Family Physician March 15, 2004	Breast Cancer Risk Related to Type of Hormone Therapy Although several studies have demonstrated an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women taking oral hormone therapy, the risk related to each of the various forms of therapy is less clear.
ifeminists October 29, 2002 Rondi Adamson	Re-Evaluating the Risk of Breast Cancer As breast cancer became a poster disease for feminism in the 1980s, the attention it began to receive took on unreasonable proportions. In short, the intensity of funding, publicity and research around breast cancer is not based on need. It is based on politics.
Salon.com July 14, 2000 Arthur Allen	The cancer study bombshell that wasn't Were the New York Times and the Washington Post writing about the same New England Journal of Medicine article?
Health March 2008 Hallie Levine Sklar	Your 40s Had a mammo yet? You're 40. Now get one every year.
American Journal of Nursing October 2010 Eileen Thomas	Men's Awareness and Knowledge of Male Breast Cancer This article reports on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the awareness and knowledge of male breast cancer among English-speaking men.
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Catherine Arnst	Genentech's Lessons For Big Pharma The biotech company focuses on science -- not marketing, acquisitions, or patents.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Men's Health Screening Guide Use this men's health screening schedule to stay in top health.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Brian Orelli	Investing Against Breast Cancer Many companies are interested in both a cure and a large lucrative market. Which are the best investments now in this sector?
American Family Physician May 1, 2005 Susan Klein	Evaluation of Palpable Breast Masses Palpable breast masses are common and usually benign, but efficient evaluation and prompt diagnosis are necessary to rule out malignancy.
Managed Care August 2007 Thomas Morrow	Gene Expression Microarray Improves Prediction of Breast Cancer Outcomes Flash-frozen samples of surgically removed breast cancer tissue are the key to measuring a patient's risk of metastasis.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Prostate Cancer Overview Everything you wanted to know and more about prostate cancer in this three-part prostate cancer guide.
Nurse Practitioner December 2008 Darlene P. Peters	Colon Cancer Screening: Recommendations and Barriers to Patient Participation Advanced practice nurses and nurse researchers can play a vital role in improving colon cancer screening among patients.
AFP eWire February 24, 2006	Secrets of Success from a Nonprofit Pioneer Nancy Brinker, founder and self-described veteran volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation shared her secrets of success: Harness the power of one... Go for grassroots... Change the culture... etc.
BusinessWeek October 17, 2005	The Laughter Cure Monique Spencer couldn't find what she wanted in books about breast cancer. So she wrote her own - and made it funny.
Managed Care March 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails.
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American Journal of Nursing October 2010 Amy M. Collins	'Men Get Breast Cancer, Too!' Theron Bell has made raising public awareness of male breast cancer his life's work.
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Morgen E. Peck	Untangling a New Breast Cancer Screening Technology An Australian company takes on a controversial technique to screen for breast cancer: X-raying hair.