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Pregnant With Breast Cancer: Tough Choices, New Hope (Watch ...

Zoila Leiva was 4 ½ months pregnant with twins when her doctor delivered the devastating news: She had breast cancer. And it was advanced. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Ten months earlier, Leiva was [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy joy for cancer patient Emma

MUM-TO-BE Emma Doyle is looking forward to welcoming her first baby into the world. But unlike most mothers, the 26-year-old does not know how long she will be around to see her child grow up. At the age of 20 the former care assistant wa [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnant mother with 'timebomb' tumour endured three week wa...

Susannah McKenzie's condition, called a myxoma, is thought to be the first of its kind to be treated in the UK, and only the fifth in the world. Susannah, 32, was pregnant with her second child - who was due on Christmas Day - when sh [...]

Posted On : Dec, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Why Pregnancy, Cancer Create Dangerous Duo

During pregnancy a decline in the number of natural killer cells, which are a type of immune system cell, ripens conditions in the body for existing tumors to spread to new locations, a new study shows. The finding may explain why re [...]

Posted On : Jun, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy 'safe' in breast cancer patients

Scientists from Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Greece, Italy and the US collaborated on a literature review of 14 past studies involving 1,244 breast cancer patients. They found that women who conceived a child after cancer diagnosis were 41% [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy After Radiation for Breast Cancer Does Not Increas...

Women with early-stage breast cancer who are treated with radiation therapy and subsequently become pregnant do not appear to increase their risk that the cancer will recur, researchers reported here at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Ame [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

CT tests in pregnancy don't raise kids' cancer risk

CT scans and other nuclear medicine diagnostic tests during a woman's pregnancy do not increase her baby's risk of cancer, new data suggest. In about one out of every 160 pregnancies, a CT scan or other nuclear medicine diag [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

High Fat Diet during Pregnancy Places you at Risk of Cancer

A high fat diet during pregnancy can increase your chances of getting breast cancer which may be then passed on for several generations, so say scientists. Pregnant women who eat junk food may unknowingly be risking the future health of [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy-related breast cancer clues found

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago claim to have explained the reason behind the aggressiveness and frequency of pregnancy-associated breast cancer. According to the new research, expression of inflammatory-related gene [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Breast Cancer and Pregnancy

WHEN you're pregnant the last thing you probably want to be told is that you have breast cancer - as if carrying a baby isn't overwhelming enough, the news of breast cancer just adds to the immense emotional load and health fears. There are [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy and cancer collide, creating agonizing choices for...

When Sarah Joanis found out she was pregnant, she was so thrilled -- and surprised -- that she took 12 home pregnancy tests in a row and photographed the positive results. Three months later, however, Sarah, a former Michigander, and her h [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy has no impact on breast cancer survival

Women who develop breast cancer during their pregnancy have no difference in rates of local recurrence, distant metastases, and overall survival as compared to other young women with the disease, according to a new study. The largest single [...]