A 22-Year-Old Woman With Pain, Tenderness and Swelling in the Breast
A 22-year-old Caucasian woman presents with a four month history of pain, tenderness and swelling in her right breast. What's your diagnosis?
Protecting Ovary Function During Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
The risk of early, sudden-onset menopause in women treated for early-stage breast cancer can be reduced with goserelin, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist.
Two New Drugs Show Promise for Endometriosis
Two new compounds, oxabicycloheptene sulfonate and chloroindazole, were successfully tested in early studies to treat endometriosis.
Breast Cancer Screening in Older Women
Physicians can help older women make informed mammography decisions by taking into account life expectancy and the harms and benefits of breast cancer screening.
Back to Basics: The Well-Woman Visit
April 17, 2014
Don’t let time constraints and large patient loads prevent you from providing a thorough well-woman visit. Are you covering all the bases?
Breast Cancer: A Growing Danger for Overweight Men and Women
August 3, 2011
Talk about breast cancer and naturally, people think of the disease that is the number one cancer among women. But the truth is that breast cancer is on the rise among both women and men, and researchers think the national obesity crisis may be to blame.
