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	from Pam Stephan Estrogen-driven breast cancer is the most common form of the disease in the U.S., and with a 50% stoppage of hormone replacement therapy use, 2003 saw a dramatic drop in new cases of breast cancer. That and much other good news was presented at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, an important event at which researchers, oncologists, patient advocates, and the public meet to share the latest information in the field.

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Estrogen-Fueled Breast Cancer Rates Fall 7 Percent
Hormone Replacement Therapy Decline Credited
The most significant drop in the rate breast cancer in the U.S. since 1998 appears to be due to a decline in use of hormone replacement therapy...read more

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Canadian Researchers to Create Nano-devices to Detect Breast
Dr. Jamal Deen, photo courtesy of McMaster UniversityImagine this, five years in the future: your doctor gives you a pill, which contains sub-microscopic devices. These nano-devices could...read more

Swish, Spit, and Screen for Breast Cancer
Charles Streckfus, dentist and researcher at the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston believes that saliva contains biomarkers for breast cancer and other cancers, which one day may prove...read more

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