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Breast Cancer Drug Shows Promise for Ovarian Cancer Treatment

Published on January 23, 2012 By Breast News Girl

Avastin, a cancer drug that was a hopeful for breast cancer treatment when it got in its more advanced stages, is apparently showing promise for another type of female cancer.  Ovarian cancer patients saw about four months added to the time it usually takes for ovarian cancer to progress into very serious territory. Basically, the drug [...]

Drinking Alcohol May Halt Spread of Breast Cancer?

Published on December 6, 2011 By Breast News Girl

Huh? Wait what?  That was how I looked at the headline that suggested that drinking alcohol, something that has long been linked to increasing the risk of developing breast cancer in women, may actually help to prevent the spread of the deadly disease. I though I was either reading it incorrectly or that it may [...]