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Breast Cancer in the News
Chemotherapy effects on brain
may be a myth
April 17, 2008
Two small studies suggest that "chemobrain"
is more likely because of stress
and the emotional toll of a
breast cancer diagnosis rather
than chemotherapy.
Weekly Taxol best for
follow-up
breast cancer care
April 17, 2008
Getting Taxol (chemical name:
placlitaxel) every week seems to
have more benefits than getting
it every 3 weeks or getting
Taxotere (chemical name:
docetaxel) on either schedule.
Plastic bottle chemical may be
harmful: agency
April 16, 2008
New research prompts Congress to
ask the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration to reconsider its
safety evaluation of bisphenol
A, a compound used in plastic
containers including baby
bottles and plastic water
bottles.
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