You are here : health.am > Cancer Health Center > Breast Cancer news Breast Cancer news Few women take tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Feb 08 10 Researchers with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that the prevalence of tamoxifen use for the prevention of breast cancer among women without a personal history of breast… Cancer study backs Herceptin with chemo • Breast Cancer news • Feb 01 10 The cancer drug Herceptin combined with chemotherapy works better than chemotherapy alone in patients with a certain type of advanced or inflammatory breast cancer, doctors said on Friday. They said the… Case Western Reserve Receives $2.8M for Breast Cancer Research • Breast Cancer news • Jan 27 10 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded six Department of Defense (DOD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) grants for innovative medical research. The… Genes Linked to Breast Cancer Drug Resistance Could Guide Future Treatment • Breast Cancer news • Jan 26 10 Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered a gene activity signature that predicts a high risk of cancer recurrence in certain breast tumors that have been… Gene discovery may help guide breast cancer care • Breast Cancer news • Jan 26 10 An abnormality in two genes can make a common class of chemotherapy drugs used to fight breast cancer less effective, U.S. researchers said on Sunday in a finding that… Exercise, green tea may lessen breast cancer blues • Breast Cancer news • Jan 22 10 Depression is a major health issue for breast cancer survivors, but new research hints that regular exercise and drinking green tea may help. Exercising regularly and drinking green tea… Cell of Origin Identified for Common Type of Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jan 19 10 A study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine, the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts, and Tufts Medical Center improves our current understanding… Testing for Breast Cancer Gene: No Simple Answers • Breast Cancer news • Jan 14 10 A genetic mutation can significantly increases a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. But does that mean everyone should be tested? A new direct-to-consumer advertising campaign… 10 Years of Providing Support, Information and Hope to Young Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Jan 14 10 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the only international conference dedicated to the critical issues of young breast cancer survivors and those… FDA Broadens Clearance For Agendia’s MammaPrint(R) • Breast Cancer news • Dec 25 09 Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared its MammaPrint breast cancer recurrence test for all ages. MammaPrint is the only… Broken genomes behind breast cancers • Breast Cancer news • Dec 23 09 The first detailed search of breast cancer genomes to uncover genomic rearrangements is published today. The team characterised the ways in which the human genome is broken and put back together in… Elevated-risk women refuse MRI breast cancer screening • Breast Cancer news • Dec 22 09 In a new study published in the January issue of Radiology, 42 percent of women eligible for breast cancer screening with MRI declined to undergo the procedure. “Given that MRI… Researchers Identify Possible Imaging Method to Stratify Breast Cancer Without Biopsy • Breast Cancer news • Dec 17 09 Scientists from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have discovered a possible way for malignant breast tumors to be identified, without the need for a biopsy.… Racial Disparities Exist in Radiation Therapy Rates for Early Stage Breast Cancer • Breast Cancer news • Dec 14 09 Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer,… Management and Prognosis: How Best to Treat Breast Cancer Patients • Breast Cancer news • Dec 14 09 As therapies for breast cancer continue to emerge, the issues of how to best monitor success and gauge prognosis remain important questions. At the CTRC-AACR Annual San… Study Questions True Favorability of Rare Breast Cancer Type • Breast Cancer news • Dec 14 09 In a large review of breast cancer patients with mucinous carcinoma, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have identified an association between this… New Treatment Paradigms for Breast Cancer: Managing the Flow of New Data • Breast Cancer news • Dec 14 09 As scientists and clinicians continue to uncover new information about breast cancer, the landscape of acceptable treatment and management continues to shift. Leading researchers will… Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes • Breast Cancer news • Dec 11 09 Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk… Alcohol may raise chances of breast cancer return • Breast Cancer news • Dec 11 09 Post-menopausal women who have three to four alcoholic beverages a week of any sort have a significantly higher risk that their breast cancer will come back, U.S. researchers said… Chemotherapy boosts breast cancer survival: study • Breast Cancer news • Dec 11 09 Chemotherapy helps improve breast cancer survival in post-menopausal women, adding to a long-standing debate about how best to treat these women, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. A gene-based test called Oncotype… Women With Breast Cancer Who Consume Soy Food Have Lower Risk of Cancer Recurrence • Breast Cancer news • Dec 09 09 Although there is a concern regarding the safety of soy food consumption among breast cancer survivors, researchers have found that women in… Soy Food Linked to Decreased Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence and Death • Breast Cancer news • Dec 09 09 Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, led by Xiao Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Medicine, have found that a higher intake of soy foods was… Lonely rats more prone to breast cancer • Breast Cancer news • Dec 08 09 Lonely, stressed-out rats were far more likely to develop breast tumors than rats living in a social group, a finding that suggests loneliness can have a profound effect on health,… Decline in Breast Cancer: Not Just Because of Hormone Therapy • Breast Cancer news • Dec 08 09 Between 2002 and 2003, American women experienced a 7 percent decline in breast cancer incidence, which scientists attribute to the publicity surrounding results of the Women’s Health… Potential New “Twist” in Breast Cancer Detection • Breast Cancer news • Dec 06 09 Working with mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins publishing in the December issue of Neoplasia have shown that a protein made by a gene called “Twist” may be the proverbial red… Page 38 of 69 pages « First < 36 37 38 39 40 > Last » << Back to main
