You are here : health.am > Cancer Health Center > Breast Cancer news Breast Cancer news Breast cancer survival tips offered • Breast Cancer news • Oct 28 10 A U.S. biobehavioral scientist advises breast cancer patients to create a plan, reduce risks, seek support, address fear, get active and manage symptoms. Karen Syrjala of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center… Portable breast scanner allows cancer detection in the blink of an eye • Breast Cancer news • Oct 27 10 Professor Zhipeng Wu has invented a portable scanner based on radio frequency technology, which is able to show in a second the presence of tumours… Brisk walkers have lower breast cancer risk • Breast Cancer news • Oct 27 10 Women who take brisk walks regularly have a lower risk of developing breast cancer after menopause - and it’s never too late to start, new study findings suggest. Reviewing… New Way of Expanding Cancer Screening for Minority Women • Breast Cancer news • Oct 25 10 Minority patients have a significantly decreased survival from colon cancer compared to white patients, most often as a result of a late diagnosis. To help address this problem,… BUSM study shows patient navigations improve mammography rates in minority women • Breast Cancer news • Oct 21 10 A new research study conducted by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that patient navigation services significantly improve biennial mammography screening rates among inner city… New Data Shows Chicago Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality Continue to Be Significantly Higher than National Average • Breast Cancer news • Oct 21 10 Disparities in breast cancer mortality continued to be unacceptably high in Chicago and significantly larger than the national average… Hormone therapy use by postmenopausal women may increase incidence of more advanced breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Oct 19 10 Follow-up of about 11 years of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative finds that among postmenopausal women, use of estrogen plus progestin is… Removing 2mm around breast cancer tumors prevents residual disease in 98 percent of patients • Breast Cancer news • Oct 18 10 Removing an extra two millimetres around an area of invasive breast cancer is sufficient to minimise any residual disease in 98 per cent… 10 Tips for Breast Cancer Patients During Treatment • Breast Cancer news • Oct 15 10 Throughout October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, experts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and its clinical care partner, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, are offering a series… Fox Chase researchers uncover Achilles’ heel in aggressive breast tumors • Breast Cancer news • Oct 13 10 In an unexpected twist, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers find that the loss of a single protein, Nedd9, initially slows cancer formation but then makes the tumors… Even women with a family history can control breast cancer risk • Breast Cancer news • Oct 12 10 Having a family history of breast cancer can lead some women to wonder if the risk is out of their control. However, a study of more… Erbitux may help fight breast cancer, claims study • Breast Cancer news • Oct 11 10 An established targeted therapy for bowel cancer may also help women with an aggressive form of breast cancer, a mid-stage clinical study revealed on Monday, opening up a potential… Insurance and socioeconomic status do not explain racial disparities in breast cancer care • Breast Cancer news • Oct 11 10 Racial disparities in the receipt of breast cancer care persist despite accounting for patients’ insurance and social and economic status. That is the conclusion… AACR to Honor Leading Researchers at Breast Cancer Symposium • Breast Cancer news • Oct 11 10 The 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium will honor two leading breast cancer researchers during its meeting, which will be held Dec. 8-12 in the Henry… University of Arkansas to Host National Breast Cancer Workshop • Breast Cancer news • Oct 08 10 Leading national researchers in the fight against breast cancer will convene Oct. 26-29 for the 2010 Advances in Breast Cancer Research Workshop at the University of Arkansas. More… Breast Density Linked to Increased Risk of Subsequent Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Oct 07 10 Researchers at Kaiser Permanente have found that patients with a very early form of breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ or DCIS) who have higher mammographic… Scientists Discover New Therapeutic Target for Some Breast Cancers • Breast Cancer news • Oct 05 10 A protein that pumps calcium out of cells also moonlights as a signal to get massive quantities of the stuff to flow in, according to Johns Hopkins… Breast Cancer Diagnostic Delay Depended More on Race/Ethnicity than Insurance • Breast Cancer news • Oct 04 10 Race and ethnicity appeared to affect diagnostic delay more than insurance status for women with breast abnormalities, as revealed by data presented at the Third American Association… Decreased Survival for Puerto Rican Women with “Triple-Negative” Breast Cancer Subtype • Breast Cancer news • Oct 04 10 Puerto Rican women who had breast cancer that lacked estrogen and progesterone receptors and did not overexpress the HER2neu protein (triple-negative) had worse survival than those… Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Treatment Persist, Despite Similar Economics • Breast Cancer news • Oct 02 10 African-American women with breast cancer living in Washington, D.C., are more likely to experience delays in treatment regardless of insurance type, socioeconomic status and cancer characteristics such… Age 50 as Mammography Screening Threshold Proven Unfounded • Breast Cancer news • Oct 01 10 The landmark breast cancer screening study of women 40-49, published online in Cancer, has proven that annual mammography screening of women in their 40s reduces the breast cancer… Women with Both Triple Negative Breast Cancer and BRCA Mutations Have Lower Risk of Recurrence • Breast Cancer news • Sep 29 10 Patients with triple negative breast cancer that also have mutations in the BRCA gene appear to have a lower risk of recurrence,… Women Treated for Breast Cancer While Pregnant Have Improved Survival • Breast Cancer news • Sep 29 10 Long associated with a worse outcome, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that women treated for breast cancer while pregnant, in… Signs that bone drug may block breast tumors • Breast Cancer news • Sep 29 10 The same mechanism that makes Amgen’s new bone drug denosumab an effective treatment for osteoporosis may also mean it could help prevent breast cancer, scientists said on Wednesday. In… Mammograms saved lives of women under 50: study • Breast Cancer news • Sep 29 10 In a study likely to add to the debate over when and how often to screen for breast cancer, Swedish researchers said on Wednesday that women aged 40-49… Page 32 of 69 pages « First < 30 31 32 33 34 > Last » << Back to main
