Major study links breast cancer treatment with increased risk of ...

Women who received anthracyclines and/or trastuzumab had high risk of heart failure or cardiomyopathy, compared to women without a history of ...

New Study Links Breast Cancer Treatments, Heart Disease

Pre-existing heart risk factors, such as uncontrolled hypertension or high cholesterol that goes unchecked through their breast cancer treatment ...

Breast Cancer and the Cardiovascular Disease: A Narrative Review

A study assessing the ischemic heart disease in breast cancer patients exposed to radiation found a 16.3% increase in the first four years while ...

Some Breast Cancer Treatments Linked to Long-term ... - DCEG

Some breast cancer survivors are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease following certain treatments. A new study is one of the first to ...

Study finds common breast cancer treatments may speed aging ...

Evidence suggests that cancer treatments, like chemotherapy, can increase the risk of earlier onset of these aging-related conditions, making it ...

Breast Cancer Risk Factors - CDC

Studies have shown that risk for breast cancer is due to a combination of factors. The main factors that influence risk include being a ...

Major study links two new genetic variants to breast cancer

The increases in risk were slightly higher – 14 per cent and 11 per cent respectively – for oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer, but there ...

Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women With and Without Breast ...

High risk of heart failure and/or cardiomyopathy was also observed in women with BC with a history of radiation therapy (HR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.13 ...

Estrogen therapy (ET): Studies of the use of estrogen alone after menopause have had mixed results. Some have found a slightly higher risk, ...

Major study links two new genetic variants to breast cancer

The increases in risk were slightly higher – 14 per cent and 11 per cent respectively – for oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer, but there ...

Risk of heart disease following treatment for breast cancer - eLife

Long-term increased risks of arrhythmia and heart failure were found in breast cancer patients, while systemic adjuvant therapies including ...

Study highlights increased risk of second cancers among breast ...

Age of diagnosis was important, too – females diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 50 were 86% more likely to develop a second ...

Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk

Newer research that has followed women for a longer amount of time suggests the link between HRT and breast cancer risk is more complex than ...

Breast cancer risk | Cancer Research UK

Older age is the main risk factor for cancer. This largely reflects cell DNA damage accumulating over time. Damage can result from biological processes or ...

Major Risk Factors for Breast Cancer | BCRF

Radiation therapy, particularly when it's given to children, teens, and younger adults with cancer, can also increase a person's risk of a ...

Deciding Whether to Use Medicine to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

How high does my risk need to be? There is no single definition of a higher-than-average risk of breast cancer. But most major studies have used ...

Antipsychotic drugs may increase risk of breast cancer

While earlier studies have uncovered links between antipsychotic drug use and breast cancer risk, this is the first study to compare newer ...

Risk Factors for Breast Cancer | Penn Medicine

Studies have shown that there is an increased risk of breast cancer depending on a variety of factors. Two of the more commonly known risks include being a ...

BRCA Gene Changes: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing Fact Sheet

How much does an inherited harmful change in BRCA1 or BRCA2 increase the risks of breast and ovarian cancer? · Female breast cancer: More than 60 ...

Hormonal Contraception and Risk of Breast Cancer - ACOG

Hormonal contraception has other significant health benefits. The small increased risk of breast cancer identified in this study needs to be interpreted in ...