You are here : health.am > Cancer Health Center > Breast Cancer news Breast Cancer news Beta-blockers help reduce metastasis and improve survival in breast cancer patients • Breast Cancer news • Mar 29 10 Treatment with beta-blockers can help reduce the spread of cancer in patients with breast tumours, a researcher will tell the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7)… New studies on surgical options in inherited breast cancer show drastic treatment is not always best • Breast Cancer news • Mar 29 10 Two studies to be presented at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday), shed… Survival in metastatic breast cancer patients is improving: targeted therapies have contributed • Breast Cancer news • Mar 29 10 Trends indicate that survival is improving in patients with metastatic breast cancer, especially in those patients whose tumours are described as being HER2 (human epidermal… Patients requesting prophylactic mastectomies overestimate their breast cancer risk • Breast Cancer news • Mar 25 10 Barcelona, Spain: Women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer believe the risk of the disease occurring in their unaffected breast is as much as ten times higher… Gene test helps select breast cancer chemotherapy • Breast Cancer news • Mar 25 10 Scientists have found a new and simple way to identify breast cancer patients who are likely to respond well to treatment with a common class of chemotherapy drugs, and predict… Recurrence of breast cancer after more than 10 years is an important indicator of survival • Breast Cancer news • Mar 24 10 Barcelona, Spain: Recurrence of breast cancer in the same area as the original tumour remains the strongest, independent prognostic factor for subsequent… What should be the goal of treatment in metastatic breast cancer? • Breast Cancer news • Mar 24 10 Barcelona, Spain: Many patients with metastatic breast cancer believe that the primary goal in survival with new treatment should be to prolong life by at least… Fertility issues in young women with breast cancer must be addressed • Breast Cancer news • Mar 24 10 Barcelona, Spain: At a time when more and more young women are surviving breast cancer and delaying childbirth, it is important to take their needs and… Breast cancer screens don’t save lives: Nordic study • Breast Cancer news • Mar 24 10 Nordic scientists said on Wednesday they had found no evidence that screening women for breast cancer has any effect on death rates, adding to an already fierce international debate… Tests for genes don’t predict breast cancer better • Breast Cancer news • Mar 19 10 Studying genes linked to breast cancer may someday lead to better treatments, but they do little to improve a doctor’s ability to predict who is likely to develop… Breast cancer study aims to speed drugs, cooperation • Breast Cancer news • Mar 18 10 Researchers launched a unique collaboration aimed at getting cancer drugs to the market more quickly on Wednesday - one in which three companies will cooperate with government and… ‘Microtentacles’ on tumor cells appear to play role in how breast cancer spreads • Breast Cancer news • Mar 12 10 Researchers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center have discovered that “microtentacles,” or extensions of the plasma membrane of breast… Breast Cancer Incidence Among Iraqi Women Profiled • Breast Cancer news • Mar 11 10 Breast cancer continues to rise in Iraq, and scientists have established the Iraqi National Cancer Research Program to better understand the underlying molecular and environmental causes in an effort… Experiment seeks blood test for breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Mar 10 10 An experimental approach that looks for the DNA leaking out from dead and dying cells may provide a route to a blood test for breast cancer, U.S. researchers reported on… Plant-focused diet may curb breast cancer risk • Breast Cancer news • Mar 04 10 Diets high in vegetables, fruits and soy might cut the risk of developing breast cancer by 30 percent, new research suggests. In a study, Dr. Lesley M. Butler, of Colorado… Acupuncture May Relieve Joint Pain Caused by Some Breast Cancer Treatments • Breast Cancer news • Mar 04 10 A new study, led by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, demonstrates that acupuncture may be an effective… Radiotherapy delay ups risk of breast cancer return • Breast Cancer news • Mar 03 10 The longer women wait for radiotherapy after breast cancer surgery, the greater the risk their disease will come back, scientists said on Wednesday, in a study likely to pressure… New Subtype of Breast Cancer Responds to Targeted Drug • Breast Cancer news • Mar 01 10 A newly identified cancer biomarker could define a new subtype of breast cancer as well as offer a potential way to treat it, say researchers at Washington University… Prevennia Supplement Blocks the Initiation of Breast Cell Mutations by Estrogens • Breast Cancer news • Feb 25 10 Every 13 minutes a woman loses her battle with breast cancer and in 2009 alone more than 27,000 men died from prostate cancer. These powerful… Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Associated with Survival in Select Group of Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Feb 25 10 Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Associated with Survival in Select Group of Breast Cancer Patients Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM), a preventive procedure to remove the unaffected… Bitter melon extract attacks breast cancer cells • Breast Cancer news • Feb 23 10 The extract from a vegetable that is common in India and China shows promise in triggering a chain of events that kills breast cancer cells and prevents them from multiplying,… Scott & White Healthcare pathologist is co-investigator on breast cancer study • Breast Cancer news • Feb 23 10 In a laboratory study published in the journal Cancer Research, Scott & White Healthcare anatomic pathologist Arundhati Rao, M.D. is a co-investigator looking at the ways… New United States mammogram guidelines ignite debate • Breast Cancer news • Feb 20 10 Changes to mammogram guidelines in the United States have earned praise from some cancer advocacy groups, attracted scorn from others and appear to have confused much of the public. On… Full Field Digital Mammography: A New Breast Cancer Screening Tool • Breast Cancer news • Feb 20 10 A new type of mammography equipment called full-field digital mammography has generated a good deal of press during its first year of availability in the United States.… Mango Effective In Preventing, Stopping Certain Colon, Breast Cancer Cells • Breast Cancer news • Feb 20 10 Mango. If you know little about this fruit, understand this: It’s been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast cancer cells in the lab. That’s… Page 37 of 69 pages « First < 35 36 37 38 39 > Last » << Back to main
