You are here : health.am > Cancer Health Center > Breast Cancer news Breast Cancer news In breast cancer metastasis, researchers identify possible drug target • Breast Cancer news • Jan 28 13 The spread of breast cancer to distant organs within the body, an event that often leads to death, appears in many cases to involve the loss of a… MD Anderson study finds qigong improves quality of life for breast cancer patients • Breast Cancer news • Jan 26 13 Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found qigong, an ancient mind-body practice, reduces depressive symptoms and improves quality of… New method identifies genes that can predict prognoses of cancer patients • Breast Cancer news • Jan 26 13 In recent years, it has been thought that select sets of genes might reveal cancer patients’ prognoses. However, a study published last year examining breast… Researchers discover promising prognostic marker for aggressive breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jan 24 13 A team of researchers led by Goutham Narla, MD, PhD, at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and collaborators at… LSUHSC research provides new drug target for Her-2 related breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jan 22 13 Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, the Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S.… Vitamin D Holds Promise in Battling a Deadly Breast Cancer, SLU Researchers Say • Breast Cancer news • Jan 22 13 In research published in the Jan. 17 issue of The Journal of Cell Biology, a team led by Susana Gonzalo, Ph.D., assistant professor of… Breast cancer mortality has not declined in women over 85 • Breast Cancer news • Jan 16 13 Since 1992 the number of deaths linked to breast cancer in Spain has decreased among young and middle aged patients but not among the elderly. Spanish researchers… Fox Chase Researchers Discover Novel Role of the NEDD9 Gene in Early Stages of Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jan 14 13 Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States. Many of these deaths occur… Spin and bias in published studies of breast cancer trials • Breast Cancer news • Jan 10 13 Spin and bias exist in a high proportion of published studies of the outcomes and adverse side-effects of phase III clinical trials of breast cancer treatments, according… Among Breast Cancer Screens, Pricey Isn’t Always Better • Breast Cancer news • Jan 08 13 For older women, cheaper methods of detecting breast cancer may be as good as more expensive ones, according to the latest research. Medicare spending on breast cancer screenings like… High Cost of Breast Cancer Screenings • Breast Cancer news • Jan 08 13 Medicare spends almost as much money screening for breast cancer as it does treating it, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Breast cancer screenings cost Medicare $1.08… PET/CT Shows Clear Advantages over Conventional Staging for Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jan 03 13 New research published in the January issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that 18F-fludeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT)… The factor that could influence future breast cancer treatment • Breast Cancer news • Dec 30 12 Australian scientists have shown in the laboratory how a ‘transcription factor’ causes breast cancer cells to develop an aggressive subtype that lacks sensitivity to estrogen and does not… Study links milk-producing protein to aggressive breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Dec 28 12 The discovery that a protein which triggers milk production in women may also be responsible for making breast cancers aggressive could open up new opportunities for treatment of the… miR-205 can be responsible for breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Dec 21 12 Over the past couple of years research into miRNAs has become increasingly diversified and attracted a great number of research articles across genetics and medicine. This should hardly come as… Changes in progenitor cell population in breast may be overlooked factor in breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Dec 17 12 The DNA mutations that accumulate over time as women age are not the sole contributor to the higher frequency of breast cancer in… Roche wins EU nod for breast cancer drug Perjeta • Breast Cancer news • Dec 14 12 European health regulators recommended Roche’s breast cancer drug Perjeta for approval on Friday, cementing the company’s hopes that the drug will become the standard of care for an… Eating more fruits and vegetables linked to lower breast cancer risk • Breast Cancer news • Dec 12 12 Women who have higher levels of nutrients commonly found in vegetables may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer, say researchers at Brigham & Women’s… More Bad News for Avastin in Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Dec 12 12 A randomized trial found bevacizumab (Avastin) failed to improve outcomes in combination with chemotherapy in early triple-negative breast cancer, adding to the string of failures for the drug. Invasive… Vitamin D Tied to Breast Cancer Outcome • Breast Cancer news • Dec 12 12 Vitamin D levels may be part of the reason some women saw a benefit from adding a bone drug to standard breast cancer chemotherapy regimens, a researcher said. Postmenopausal women… To fight incurable metastatic breast cancer, resistance must be broken • Breast Cancer news • Dec 11 12 One of the most frustrating truths about cancer is that even when a treatment works, it often doesn’t work for long because cancer cells find ways to… Existing Breast Cancer Drugs May Help More Women • Breast Cancer news • Dec 10 12 Current screening tests may miss as many as 1 in 50 women with breast cancer who would benefit from treatment with highly effective breast cancer drugs. At issue is… Weekly challenge: think orange and red vegetables to reduce breast cancer risk • Breast Cancer news • Dec 10 12 While pink is usually the color most associated with breast cancer advocacy, women may want to think red and orange if they’re looking to lower… Existing drugs may help more breast cancer patients • Breast Cancer news • Dec 09 12 More patients can benefit from highly effective breast cancer drugs that are already available, according to DNA sequencing studies by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.… Researchers develop novel 3-D culture system for inflammatory breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Dec 09 12 Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a very rare and aggressive disease that progresses rapidly and is associated with a very low survival rate. To understand how this… Page 13 of 69 pages « First < 11 12 13 14 15 > Last » << Back to main
