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The likelihood of advanced imaging (magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography) use is increased for women assigned to surgeons whose peers had the highest rate of baseline imaging use

Social Contagion Impacts Imaging Use in Breast Cancer

Higher likelihood of MRI, PET use for women assigned to surgeons whose peers had highest use
Exercising regularly

Even Small Amounts of Alcohol Can Affect Breast Cancer Risk

Small glass of wine each day can up odds of both premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer
The number of U.S. women living with metastatic breast cancer has been rising since the 1990s

More U.S. Women Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Better treatments, aging population may explain trend, researchers say
For breast cancer survivors

Tai Chi Can Help Relieve Insomnia in Breast Cancer Survivors

Study found it as effective as CBT for improving sleep and depression
For postmenopausal breast cancer patients receiving aromatase inhibitors

Osteoporosis Tx Ups Survival in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

Improved event-free survival, distant disease-free survival among postmenopausal breast CA patients
Regularly taking low-dose aspirin appears to protect women from hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer

Low-Dose Aspirin Linked to Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer

Protective link particularly significant for hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative cancer
Consuming seven or more alcoholic drinks a week appears to raise a black woman's risk of breast cancer

Alcohol Linked to Higher Risk of Breast Cancer in Black Women

Black women who have at least seven drinks/week at greater risk for nearly all subtypes of breast cancer
Breast cancer rates among Asian-Americans are steadily rising in contrast to other racial/ethnic groups

Breast Cancer Rates Increasing Among Asian-American Women

Out of 7 nationality groups studied, only Japanese women didn't have an overall increase in the disease
Women with newly-developed depression before a breast cancer diagnosis have a modestly

Mortality Up With Depression Just Before Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Newly-developed depression before diagnosis linked to higher risk of death in postmenopausal women
Close to half of breast cancer patients who choose to have a double mastectomy after genetic testing may not have the gene mutations known to raise the risk of additional cancers

Misunderstanding of BRCA Test Results Affects Mastectomy Rates

Half of average-risk patients with variants of uncertain significance may undergo bilateral mastectomy