BCF Singapore: Are you obsessed with the right things?

Are you obsessed with the right things? ask the new print ads of Breast Cancer Foundation of Singapore. But it is not the words but the images used in these ads that draw attention and require a double take. Using Kryolan body paint and Daler Rowney Expression angled brushes and sponges, illustrator Andy Yang Soo painted a model's body and photographer Allan Ng took the pictures for the ads that suggest that perhaps women should focus on health and have their breasts checked rather than obsess about their big butts, pimples and bad hair days.

Mumbai hospital's new tech helps 'predict' breast cancer

MUMBAI: A city hospital just might change the way breast cancer is treated and managed. It detects cancerous cells in their primitive avatar and even predicts future tumours. Called ductoscopy, the endoscopic technique, allows doctors access to cells that line the milk duct of the breast, where about 85-90% of cancers originate.

In a five-year long study conducted by the P D Hinduja Hospital at Mahim, doctors were able to detect and map cancerous changes in patients with nipple discharge. All the women had been given a clean chit by standard protocols like clinical examination and mammography. The doctors even managed to pick up preliminary changes in cells that could possibly turn cancerous after a decade or more. Surgical oncologist Dr Vinay Deshmane, who made the findings, said that ductoscopy can pick up early genetic changes occurring in the cells before any symptoms of breast cancer actually develop.

Breast cancer to overtake cervical cancer

By 2020, breast cancer will overtake cervical cancer, which is now the most reported cancer among women in India, the Rajya Sabha (India's upper house of Parliament) was informed.

In a written reply, Minister of State for Health S. Gandhiselvan said that by 2020, it is expected that breast cancer will overtake cervical cancer at the current rate of increase in cancer cases. But at the moment, cervical cancer tops the list of cancers detected among Indian women as it's symptoms are not easily detected.

Air travel safe for breast cancer survivors

Women who have survived breast cancer can fly without any worries, says a new study.

University of Alberta researcher Margie McNeely said that the theory that breast cancer survivors are at a risk of lymphedema, is outdated.

Women have often been warned that post breast cancer, pressure changes in an airplane cabin could trigger lymphedema, chronic swelling in the arm

Yoga for breast cancer survivors boost recovery

A research has found that the new specialized Iyengar yoga program for breast cancer survivors and those undergoing breast cancer treatment affects the recovery positively.

For two years groups of study participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire about their physical and mental health at the beginning of a 10-week session of Iyengar yoga and again at the end.

After analyzing the data that was collected, Amy Speed-Andrews of University of Alberta found that after the yoga 94 per cent said they had improvements in their quality of life; 88 per cent felt better physically; 87 per cent reported being happier and 80 per cent were less tired.

Europe breast cancer deaths fall, Britain down third: study

Breast cancer deaths dropped by more than 20 percent across 15 European countries over the last two decades, with a fall of nearly a third in Britain, according to a study published Thursday.

At the same time, the level of breast cancer mortality in eastern Europe was described as "catastrophic".

Western lifestyle behind breast cancer

Western lifestyle that encourages women to over-eat, drink too much and exercise too little is responsible for high number of breast cancer cases, say new figures.

According to data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the breast cancer rate in Britain is more than four times higher than in eastern Africa, which has the lowest in the world, reports the Daily Mail .

Cancer patients' support group highlights tales of hope

BANGALORE: They are leaders in their professions, family persons and unique personalities in their own way. But what makes them even more special is that they have braved cancer and bad days without losing control. The first anniversary of the `Pink Hope Patient Support Group', an informal support group for cancer patients, was observed with two experiences of courageous patients at the HealthCare Global.