1. MRI Finds Tumors in Second Breast
(Communities/MRI)

... is scanned for tumors with MRI, compared to premenopausal women, They found that 3.8 percent of 425 women had breast cancer in the undiagnosed breast that had not been found with a clinical or mammographic ...

2. FDA Admits Radiation Risks, Ignore Mammography Risks
(Modalities/Mammography)

... risk." However, says Dr. Epstein, "the FDA remains strangely unaware that radiation from routine premenopausal mammography poses significant and cumulative risks of breast cancer." This warning is ...

3. Digital Mammography Delivers Lesser Radiation
(Modalities/Mammography)

... 49,528 women and found that digital mammography detected significantly (up to 28 percent) more cancers than film mammography in women younger than 50 years of age, premenopausal and preimenopausal women, ...

4. Blood Test Reduces Repeat Breast MRI Scans
(Organizations/American Roentgen Ray Society)

A simple blood test corresponding to the follicular phase of a normal menstrual cycle can aid in optimal scheduling of breast MRI exams in premenopausal women with irregular cycles. A simple blood test ...

5. Risks of Mammography Hidden Role of the ACS
(Modalities/Mammography)

... a woman follows the current guidelines for premenopausal screening, over a 10 year period she would receive a total dosage of about 5 rads. This approximates the level of exposure to radiation of a Japanese ...

6. Time Breast MRI by Progesterone Level
(Communities/MRI)

A small retrospective study finds measurement of serum progesterone concentrations can aid in scheduling breast MRI in premenopausal women who do not have regular menses. A report in the December issue ...

7. Density, Risk Factors Predict Postmenopausal Breast Cancer
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... said. Genetic counseling for those who are tested for family history may also be warranted. There were a few other limitations to the study. The findings can't be applied to premenopausal women, and they ...

8. Ovarian Cancer May be Linked With Obesity
(Newsflash/Breaking News)

... only in premenopausal women – although this particular group of women is already at a very low risk to begin with. Although these studies have provided more information in the research of ovarian cancer, ...

9. Novel Imaging Improves Cancer Detection in Dense Breasts and the Newly Diagnosed
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2008)

... were aged 29 to 93 years, mean 54 years, with a single biopsy proven cancer. Of these women, 39% were premenopausal and 61% were postmenopausal. Regarding history of breast cancer: 12% personal history ...

10. MR spectroscopy identifies breast cancer, reduces biopsies
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... to the radiologist when evaluating the breast for the presence of cancer, especially in premenopausal women," Dr. Bartella said. "Potentially, the use of proton MR spectroscopy may help decrease the number ...

11. American Cancer Society report finds breast cancer death rate continues to drop
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... tumor size at diagnosis is associated with decreased survival.) The report details the major modifiable factors associated with breast cancer. Obesity increases risk of postmenopausal (but not premenopausal) ...

12. Digital mammogram best for younger women
(Imported/Imported)

...  Digital test for pre-, perimenopausal women Women in the study were considered premenopausal or perimenopausal if they had a menstrual period with 12 months of their mammograms. Women typically enter ...

13. Breast cancer drug effective for fibroids in women
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

In premenopausal women with fibroids, the breast cancer drug anastrozole (Arimidex) reduces fibroid size and improves bothersome symptoms, according to results of a prospective study conducted at the Aristotle ...

14. Self-administered misoprostol ripens cervix prior to hysteroscopy
(Imported/Imported)

Self-administered vaginal misoprostol is safe and effective for cervical ripening in non-pregnant premenopausal women undergoing operative hysteroscopy, clinicians from Norway report. "We would recommend ...

15. Girls, young women can cut risk of early breast cancer through regular exercise
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... In the largest and most detailed analysis to date of the effects of exercise on premenopausal breast cancer, the study of nearly 65,000 women found that those who were physically active had a 23 per cent ...

16. African American women face higher death risk from metastatic breast cancer
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... two large multicenter metastatic breast cancer trials. African American women were more likely than white women to be receiving second line therapy, to be younger and premenopausal, and to have estrogen ...

17. Relapse risk "substantial" after five years of adjuvant therapy for early breast cancer
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... premenopausal women who have completed five years of tamoxifen therapy. "The magnitudes of the residual risk of recurrence for pre- and postmenopausal patients were within the range (eight per cent to ...

18. Zoledronate prevents bone loss during endocrine treatment for breast cancer
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... the bisphosphonate zoledronic acid prevents the bone loss associated with adjuvant endocrine therapy for early-stage breast cancer in premenopausal women, investigators report in the September issue of ...

19. Weight maintenance may be linked to decreased bone density in menopausal women
(Communities/Musculoskeletal )

... Women's Healthy Lifestyle Project, a five-year study of 535 premenopausal women in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The project goal was to determine if lifestyle interventions could control cholesterol ...

20. Weight loss during menopause linked to bone loss
(Imported/Imported)

... diet (control group). They now report bone mineral density and weight measurements among the 373 non-obese premenopausal women, aged 44 to 50 years, followed for up to 78 months. Over the 54-month active ...