1.   Aromatase inhibitors, like tamoxifen, are directed at the hormone estrogen, which is known to stimulate tumor growth in most breast cancer patients.

2.   As a result, some doctors are advising breast cancer patients against eating too much soy for fear it could promote tumor growth.

3.   At North Shore Cancer Center in Peabody, Mass., Dr. Joel Schwartz said that neither he nor his colleagues recalled breast cancer patients complaining of mental problems.

4.   Before the home opener this spring, Ripken was introduced to a breast cancer patient.

5.   A breast cancer patient in Boston is seven times as likely to have a lumpectomy as her counterpart in much of the South.

6.   A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society to help breast cancer patients.

7.   Breast cancer patients got on the bandwagon.

8.   Breast cancer patients often complain of debilitating hot flashes from early menopause induced by chemotherapy.

9.   But the drug has been criticized by many advocates of breast cancer patients because of the side effects caused by the medication.

10.   Doctors are looking for an easy way to determine which breast cancer patients are cured after surgery, and which are at higher risk and need chemotherapy or radiation.