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breast

[brest] / brɛst /




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Richardson said that the use of breast cancer risk assessment scores and new screening protocols has saved lives, but that the wealth of information has downsides, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“There are numerous potential long-term, postsurgical factors to consider for higher-risk patients without known breast cancer when deciding on double mastectomy,” Singh added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

More recently, actress Olivia Munn documented her bilateral mastectomy on social media, following her diagnosis of Luminal B breast cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In the full study population, women taking GLP-1 medications had 35.1 percent lower odds of developing breast cancer.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

It was a barbed arrow-head in my breast; it tore me when I tried to extract it; it sickened me when remembrance thrust it farther in.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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