Cancer Found More Often in Dense Breasts

January 18, 2007

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(AP) -- Cancer turns up five times more often in women with extremely dense breasts than in those with the most fatty tissue, a study shows, signaling the importance of a risk factor rarely discussed with patients.

On mammograms, fat looks dark, but dense tissue is light, like tumors, so it can hide the cancers. But this study confirms that cancers are also more frequent - not just hidden - in women with dense breasts. That means that density is a true risk factor, along with other strong predictors like age and the genes BRCA1 and 2. Yet specialists say that breast density is rarely considered with other risk factors in discussions between doctors and patients. "It's been ignored to an absolutely unbelievable degree," said study leader Dr. Norman Boyd at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. The Canadian study by cancer centers in Toronto and Vancouver focuses on how and when cancers were found over eight years in existing records of 1,112 women collected between 1981 and last year. It is being reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. Breast density comes from the presence of more connective, duct-lining and milk-gland tissue than fat. But a woman can't judge her own density; it is routinely evaluated from a mammogram. Previous studies had linked breast density to a higher rate of cancer, pointing to both masking and a separate biological risk. In this study, women with at least 75 percent dense breasts showed five times more likelihood of cancer than women with less than 10 percent density. The researchers went further by calculating just how many more cancers were found at screening, within the next year, and in the years afterward. Cancers found within a year were considered likely to be present, but masked, during the earlier mammogram. But a true biological risk was seen in cancers discovered by mammogram or long afterward. In this study, cancers were 18 times more likely in women with the densest breasts within the first year after mammograms - the masking effect. However, cancers in women with the densest breasts were also more than three times more likely to turn up at the time of screening and after the first year following a mammogram. That confirms and helps quantify the true biological link between density and cancer. "I think the masking thing is important, and it does happen, but the most important thing is that this is an incredible risk factor," said Dr. Karla Kerlikowske, of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco, who wrote an accompanying editorial. "This probably counts for a large percentage of the cancer that's occurring."

Breast cancers are the second most lethal kind after lung cancers in women. About one in eight women will get invasive breast cancer during her lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. Last year, roughly 41,000 U.S. women died of it. Worldwide, it kills about 370,000 women each year. In this study, density of more than 50 percent accounted for 16 percent of all cancers and a quarter in women under age 56. Robert Smith, a screening expert at the American Cancer Society, said this study and its predecessors will encourage a rethinking of cancer screening. For now, women can ask their doctor about their breast density based on a mammogram and how it might affect their risk. However, experts say it's too soon for doctors to provide solid advice to individual patients. For one thing, quicker, more accurate tools are needed to measure density. Some experts believe that ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging or computerized mammograms may ultimately prove better at finding tumors in very dense breasts, but it's still unclear how much value each might yield for its cost. "In a perfect world, I would have my wife do an ultrasound, MRI, and a digital mammogram," said Dr. Gary J. Whitman, a radiologist at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He was not involved in the study. Some believe lifestyle changes or even preventive drugs may one day be recommended to women with this risk factor. Meanwhile, specialists hope to identify genes that promote density, because they might act as targets for cancer drugs. In another study in the same journal, a research team at the University of Michigan described a newly identified set of 186 genes that appears to predict whether a breast tumor will spread. Other so-called gene signatures have been discovered for breast cancer, but this one is also linked to survival in lung, prostate and brain cancers. --- By JEFF DONN, Associated Press Writer

January 23, 2007

The safest most effective way to prevent any breast cancer is to apply

daily, the essential oils of Frankincense and Lavender...both are

anti-tumoral, Frankincense is anti-cancerous, both are immune system

stimulants and both carry O2 into the cell[ cancer can't live in an

oxygenated environment or an alkaline environment] The oils MUST be

therapeutic, grade A essential oils, processed at low temperature and low

pressure or you get the smell and none of the good stuff! Both of these

oils do a number of other good things for the body...because they carry O2

to the cells, that makes them anti-depressants and are anti-bacterial! To

further protect my lady, i would add the most powerful immune system

modulator on the planet, Beta- 1, 3D Glucan [visit

transferpoint.com], Olive Leaf extract would also provide powerful immune

system support, and Grape seed extract would be a great preventative as

well! If you were already dealing with breast cancer [or any type of

cancer] the above would be totally appropriate, even if you were to be

foolish enough to use conventional chemo! [ poison] your results would

appear to be magical! There is no known contra-intravention! Peace

be with you, Kraig

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January 26, 2007

Kraig, Can you reccomend a place to get theraoutic grade A essential oils? Thanks, Keith The Havens <thehavens wrote: The safest most effective way to prevent any breast cancer is to apply daily, the essential oils of Frankincense and Lavender...both are anti-tumoral, Frankincense is anti-cancerous, both are immune system stimulants and both carry O2 into the cell[ cancer can't live in an oxygenated

environment or an alkaline environment] The oils MUST be therapeutic, grade A essential oils, processed at low temperature and low pressure or you get the smell and none of the good stuff! Both of these oils do a number of other good things for the body...because they carry O2 to the cells, that makes them anti-depressants and are anti-bacterial! To further protect my lady, i would add the most powerful immune system modulator on the planet, Beta- 1, 3D Glucan [visit transferpoint.com], Olive Leaf extract would also provide powerful immune system support, and Grape seed extract would be a great preventative as well! If you were already dealing with breast cancer [or any type of cancer] the above would be totally appropriate, even if you were to be foolish enough to use conventional chemo! [ poison] your results would appear to be magical! There is no known contra-intravention! Peace be with you, Kraig

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January 27, 2007

Thanks for asking Keith, ancientwisdom.com is where i get mine...Don Held

is the president and very knowledgeable and helpful!! There are other

places, but Don has the best prices and most importantly , the quality is

there! If you are new to Aromatherapy, i'd be happy to share the basics of

" how to " ! Kraig

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February 1, 2007

Kraig, Thanks for your advice and offer to help me with the "how to"'s of aromatherapy. Anything that will help relieve the asthma I've been dealing would be welcome. I tried to bring up Don Held's website, but it didn't come up. I also tried to do a search for the company and his name. Was it the correct web address?. Thanks again, KeithThe Havens <thehavens wrote: Thanks for asking Keith, ancientwisdom.com is

where i get mine...Don Held is the president and very knowledgeable and helpful!! There are other places, but Don has the best prices and most importantly , the quality is there! If you are new to Aromatherapy, i'd be happy to share the basics of "how to"! Kraig---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.859 /

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