Psychological Intervention Provides Enduring Health Benefits For Women With Breast Cancer

Stress-reducing psychological intervention helps to increase survival and quality of life among women with recurrent breast cancer over the long-term, according to results of a Phase III study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research…

Link Between Obesity And Poor Colon Cancer Prognosis

Obese patients with colon cancer are at greater risk for death or recurrent disease compared to those who are within a normal weight range, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research…

Study Finds Possible Explanation For The Link Between Infertility And Breast/Ovarian Cancer Risks

In a study published online this week in the leading cancer journal, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Westchester Medical Center Physician Dr. Kutluk Oktay, MD, Director, Division of Reproductive Medicine & Infertility concluded that mutations in the BRCA1 gene (gene associated with early onset breast cancer) are associated with early diminishment of egg reserve…

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Real Concerns And False Alarms

In recent years, a series of highly publicized reports have warned of increases in breast cancer and other health problems in postmenopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT). But a closer look at the data suggests that those reports were often “distorted, oversimplified, or wrong,” according to a paper in the March/April issue of The Cancer Journal: The Journal of Principles & Practice of Oncology.