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AT SLEEP 2014 MINNEAPOLIS -- Both cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia and mindfulness-based stress reduction training reduced insomnia in a group of cancer survivors, although the former works faster, new data [...]

A group-based behavioral weight loss program supplemented with personal contact and support was effective in helping overweight or obese breast cancer survivors lose a clinically meaningful amount of weight, according [...]

EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM SABCS 2014 SAN ANTONIO -- Though breast cancer survivors have a two- to sixfold higher risk of developing a second primary cancer compared with women in the [...]

EXPERT ANALYSIS THE SAN ANTONIO BREAST CANCER SYMPOSIUM SAN ANTONIO--Women with breast cancer shouldn't have to relinquish the life-affirming power of sexual intimacy. Breast cancer brings many challenges that can [...]

The current study findings raise questions as to why survival improved even though there was no evidence of an antitumor effect. 'It is hard to understand how the natural history [...]

Nearly half of women with breast cancer report persistent pain, and 58% report sensory disturbances up to 3 years after surgery, according to Dr. Rune Gartner of the University of [...]

A home-based diet and exercise program reduced the rate of functional decline in a study of more than 600 overweight and older cancer survivors, according to a trial involving more [...]

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. -- Cure rates for locally advanced lung cancer are increasing, but obtaining good follow-up care remains a challenge for the growing number of lung cancer survivors, Dr. Mark [...]

ATLANTA -- Transdermal testosterone was no better than placebo for improving libido in female cancer survivors after 4 weeks, according to results of a randomized, blinded, crossover study presented at [...]

NAPLES, FLA. -- In the last year, Michael B. Morgan, M.D., has seen four cases of angiosarcoma on the breast of women who previously underwent radiation therapy for breast cancer. [...]

ORLANDO, FLA. -- African Americans with breast or prostate cancer had significantly worse survival rates than patients of other races in several of the major phase III-treatment trials done in [...]

NEW 0RLEANS -- Pregnancy should not be discouraged in women who have undergone cancer therapy because they have a low risk of cancer recurrence and pregnancy complications, Dr. Elyce Cardonick [...]

Breast cancer survivors are subject to both sleep disturbances and hot flashes, and the two symptoms are related, Janet S. Carpenter, Ph.D., reported at the annual meeting of the Society [...]

SAN ANTONIO -- Breast cancer has a worse impact on psychosocial status and functional capacity than other forms of cancer in women, according to a huge national survey. Other studies [...]

PHILADELPHIA -- Young breast cancer survivors have issues and needs that are unique to their age and not found in older women, presenters said at a meeting sponsored by Living [...]