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Drinking alcohol is normalized in American society. But the ubiquity of alcohol consumption hides its serious health risks, including cancer.
Early detection is crucial in the fight against breast cancer. Yet the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care’s new guidelines do not endorse breast cancer screening for women in their 40s.
Stopping cells from dividing into new cells is one way to fight cancer. This is how the drug abemaciclib works.
Olivia Munn recently shared on Instagram that she’d had a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer.
Identifying proteins that are only present in bodily fluids when a patient has breast cancer could provide a way to screen healthy people for the disease.
Corporate medicine is hijacking feminist narratives around empowerment and women’s rights to market technologies, tests and treatments that aren’t backed by evidence.
Some states, especially in the Southeastern US, have large disparities in breastfeeding among racial groups, making clear the need to lower barriers for breastfeeding in the workplace and elsewhere.
Parliamentarians have paid tribute to the Labor MP who has died from cancer aged 50.
Anastrozole was already approved for use in the UK to treat breast cancer.
Being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer means ongoing treatment to live as long, and as well, as possible. It also creates considerable need for emotional and practical support.
Family history may be the most important thing to take into account when it comes to breast cancer risk.
Since 1990, there’s been a nearly 80% increase in the number of under-50s being diagnosed with cancer globally.
Mammograms are usually analysed by two doctors. But a new study found using one doctor with AI assistance detected 20% more cancers and reduced the workload by 44%.
Alcohol use contributes to over 200 different diseases, injuries, and conditions. It is also a risk factor for gender-based violence and violent crime.
Dense breast tissue is common and normal, but it can make cancer more difficult to detect. FDA requirements going into effect in September 2024 will dictate that patients be better informed about it.
It was previously thought that only combined hormonal contraceptives carried an elevated breast cancer risk.
There’s a long history in our society of period pain being played down, or just considered “normal”. But there’s plenty of evidence in the historical records that women have always experienced it.
There are personal, environmental and structural factors that influence a patient’s ability to adhere to treatment.
Services such as chemotherapy are only available in tertiary hospitals located in the country’s urban centres. Transport to these hospitals can be a barrier to care.
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Professor of Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences,, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor & Deputy Director, Women's Health Program, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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James Stewart Chair Of Surgery, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation in the School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Jane E. McArthur is a Friend of The Conversation.
Ph.D., Sociology/Social Justice, University of Windsor
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Medical Oncologist and Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Professor School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Oncology, Head of the RMH Familial Cancer Centre and Joint Head, Breast Cancer Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
