www.medscape.com/womenshealthhome

<Last year, >200,000 women in the US were diagnosed with breast cancer.
Screening and detection are
highlighted this week with studies on age and racial disparity in
mammography, management of women with hereditary breast cancer risk, and
ductal lavage. In related news, hormone-receptor positive disease is on
the rise in the US, the in utero environment may be a factor in
premenopausal breast cancer, and--some hopeful news--a novel gene may aid
early detection. >

<BREAST AND GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
Birth Size Directly Related to Premenopausal Breast Cancer Risk
Birth size, as determined by birth length and head circumference, is
directly related to the risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer,
European researchers reported.
Reuters Health Information 2003>

<Duct Ectasia Linked to Mastalgia Severity
The degree of duct dilation is associated with the intensity of pain, and
the site of duct dilation is positively correlated with the site of pain.
Medscape Medical News 2003>


Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio

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