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Frequently Asked Questions about Hormones and Breast Cancer

Breast cancer occurs when cells in the breast divide and grow uncontrolled. The cell cycle is the natural mechanism that regulates the growth and death of cells. When normal cell regulators malfunction and cells don’t die at the proper rate, cell growth goes unchecked and cancer can develop. Breast cancer tumors usually grow slowly. By [...]

Ovarian Cancer – Obstetrics and Gynecology New York

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Tracy E. Austin, MDTuesday, January 5, 2010 – 07:01 PMObstetricians/Gynecologists-OB-GYNs-New York
A Silent Killer of Women
Cancer is defined as a disease process in which cells grow unregulated by the body part it is inhibiting. Cancer can remain confined to that part of the body, where it starts, or it can spread (a process called metastasizing.)
Among [...]