Mammography may be beneficial to all womenAccording to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, mammography, the gold-standard for breast cancer screening and early detection, has shown to significantly reduce the risk of being diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in women over the age of 80, an age group currently without clear guidelines recommending regular screenings.
The study, published online today (April 21) in the Journal of Clinical........Go to the Main (Added on 4/21/2008 7:35:05 PM)
lapatinib shrinks breast cancer tumors in6 weeksA drug that targets the cell surface receptors that play an important role in many types of cancer can bring about significant tumour regression in breast cancer after only six weeks of use, a scientist told the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6). Dr. Angel Rodriguez, from the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, said that the work demonstrated for the first time that the tyrosine kinase........Go to the Main (Added on 4/17/2008 4:01:15 AM)
High levels of estrogen associated with breast cancer recurrenceWomen whose breast cancer came back after therapy had almost twice as much estrogen in their blood than did women who remained cancer-free despite therapy with anti-estrogen drugs in a majority of the women as per scientists as per a research findings reported in the recent issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
The findings suggest that high levels of estrogen........Go to the Main (Added on 3/7/2008 5:34:31 AM)
Breast cancer diagnosis comes lateWomen who live in Chicago's gentrifying neighborhoods are more apt to receive a late diagnosis of breast cancer than women who live in poverty-stricken neighborhoods, University of Illinois at Chicago scientists have found.
The surprising finding is as per a research findings reported in the recent issue of the Annals of Epidemiology.
"There's been a lot of social change in American cities since 1990, but we know very little about how........Go to the Main (Added on 1/31/2008 11:01:21 PM)
Reducing Symptoms In Breast Cancer PatientsPsychological interventions for cancer patients do more than just ease emotional distress - they directly improve health, new research suggests.
A study of 227 patients with breast cancer observed that those who participated in a psychological intervention program were rated as having better health by a research nurse a full year after the program started.
One especially important result was that patients who exercised received a higher........Go to the Main (Added on 1/28/2008 10:40:17 PM)
Choosing overly aggressive treatments for breast cancerDespite a 1990 consensus recommendation from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that lumpectomy plus radiation was the therapy of choice for early stage breast cancer, the United States continues to have the highest rate of mastectomy surgery among industrialized countries. Why would a person knowingly undertake a far more severe form of therapy when a lesser one would suffice? A recent survey shows that only 74 percent of women diagnosed........Go to the Main (Added on 1/8/2008 9:22:22 PM)
CT faster more accurate than mammographyCone-beam breast CT provides exceptional tissue contrast and can potentially reduce examination time with comparable radiation dose to conventional 2D mammography, as per a new study by a team of scientists from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Cone-beam breast CT employs a large area x-ray beam in conjunction with a flat panel x-ray detector to scan and generate 3D images of the breast. The scanner is placed........Go to the Main (Added on 12/28/2007 8:07:22 AM)
Stem cell transplant for breast cancerHigh-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation, the controversial, arduous, yet once-popular combination therapy that fell out of favor as a treatment for breast cancer, has proven not to be beneficial as an adjuvant treatment for women with node-positive disease, as per an expansive analysis conducted by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
In a review of 15 randomized high-dose chemotherapy........Go to the Main (Added on 12/13/2007 9:58:59 PM)
Stereo Mammography Improves Cancer DetectionA new radiological diagnostic tool called stereo mammography allows clinicians to detect more lesions and could significantly reduce the number of women who are recalled for additional tests following routine screening mammography.
The findings from a clinical trial underway at Emory University were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America held in Chicago.
In the study, stereoscopic digital........Go to the Main (Added on 11/28/2007 10:02:46 PM)
Similarities In Dog, Human Breast CancerPre-cancerous mammary lesions in dogs and humans display a number of of the same characteristics, a discovery that could lead to better understanding of breast cancer progression and prevention for people and pets, said a Purdue University scientist from the School of Veterinary Medicine.
A group of researchers including Sulma Mohammed have found similarities between non-malignant lesions that are considered to carry risk for developing........Go to the Main (Added on 11/15/2007 9:59:15 PM)
Extracts of catfish caught in polluted watersExposing estrogen-sensitive breast cancer cells to extracts of channel catfish caught in areas with heavy sewer and industrial waste causes the cells to multiply, as per a University of Pittsburgh study being presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Washington, D.C. The abstract, number 159141, will be presented at a special session on Contaminants in Freshwater Fish: Toxicity, Sources and Risk........Go to the Main (Added on 11/7/2007 8:59:34 PM)
IMRT: Less dermatitis with breast cancer treatmentAll women treated with radiation treatment for breast cancer are at risk of developing dermatitisa sometimes-painful skin condition caused by radiation as it makes its way through the skin to the tumor area and tissue within the breast. But scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center say women being treated with IMRT (intensity-modulated radiation treatment) are less likely to have serious dermatitis. The research was presented today at the........Go to the Main (Added on 10/28/2007 2:13:25 PM)
Breast cancer awareness for cardiovascular awarenessWomen who overcome breast cancer have every reason to celebrate. But a heart filled with joy may also be a heart damaged by life-saving cancer therapies, a growing body of research shows.
Most breast cancer therapies today including new therapys still under development increase long-term risk of cardiovascular disease, said Lee W. Jones, Ph.D., an exercise physiologist and assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Duke University........Go to the Main (Added on 10/11/2007 10:34:56 PM)
New methods of beating breast cancerUniversity of Manchester scientists will reveal new ways of controlling and treating breast cancer at the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham today (Monday 1 October 2007).
Dr Robert Clarke and his team at the University's Cancer Studies research group have been investigating human breast cancers for the presence of stem cells - cells that generate new tumours and can cause the cancer to recur - in a series of studies........Go to the Main (Added on 10/1/2007 10:24:49 PM)
Genomic Guides To Breast Cancer TreatmentThree genomic tests separately predict the likelihood that a patient's breast cancer will reoccur after surgery without additional therapy, and the cancer's vulnerability to chemotherapy or hormone treatment, scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report at the first American Society of Clinical Oncology ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium Sept. 7-8 in San Francisco.
Each predictor - of prognosis, of sensitivity to........Go to the Main (Added on 9/6/2007 9:29:46 PM)
New link between estrogen and breast cancerThe female sex hormone estrogen turns on a gene associated with breast cancer, as per new research by Brisbane scientists.
The cancer biology team from UQ's Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, believe their finding will help explain the link between breast cancer and high levels of estrogen.
What we've shown is that the ability of estrogen to switch this gene on is important for the growth of breast cancer........Go to the Main (Added on 8/25/2007 7:20:13 AM)
Genetic Research On Ductal Carcinoma In SituToday Almac Diagnostics announced a major study analysing ductal carcinoma in situ tissue samples using its novel Breast Cancer DSA microarray. DSA research tools focus on the transcriptome of an individual disease, in this case breast cancer, and contain significant additional data, relevant to the disease of interest that is not available on other generic microarrays. The study will be conducted in collaboration with Prof Adrian Harris,........Go to the Main (Added on 8/8/2007 9:27:29 PM)
Support groups don't extend survival of metastatic breast cancerA new study from a team of Stanford University School of Medicine scientists led by David Spiegel, MD, shows that participating in support groups doesn't extend the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer. The results differ from oft-cited prior findings by Spiegel that showed group psychotherapy extended survival time.
The newest research did, however, confirm that support groups improved quality of life for the participants, and........Go to the Main (Added on 7/23/2007 6:35:23 PM)
Combining Trastuzumab And ChemotherapyA recent meta-analysis of five major breast cancer trials has confirmed that combination therapy with the antibody trastuzumab and chemotherapy improves survival in women with operable HER-2 positive breast cancer.
At the ESMO Conference Lugano, Issa Dahabreh from the University of Athens reported the results of a meta-analysis of 5 trials involving more than 13,000 women whose breast cancer was amenable to surgery.
All the trials........Go to the Main (Added on 7/8/2007 10:16:56 PM)
Addressing Problem of Breast CancerThis ambient advertisement campaign was launched by Breast Cancer Association, in China to create awareness about breast cancer and urge women to undergo regular check up. The campaign clearly aims at compelling and reminding women, especially middle-aged, to check their breast before they sleep. The idea was to raise self-checking awareness among working women who usually forget about these crucial aspects. Consequently self-checking reminder........Go to the News (Added on 6/21/2007 9:27:02 PM)
Plant-Based Diet For Breast Cancer SurvivalA new study in the "Journal of Clinical Oncology" reinforces current evidence showing that women with breast cancer can greatly reduce their risk of recurrence by eating a healthy plant-based diet rich in fruits and vegetables and making other healthy lifestyle choices, as per nutrition experts with The Cancer Project.
"Women coping with breast cancer deserve to know that plant-based diets and regular exercise can spell the difference........Go to the News (Added on 6/13/2007 12:40:00 PM)
Hair straightening chemicals does not cause breast cancerChemical relaxers used to straighten hair are not associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer among African-American women, say researchers who followed 48,167 Black Womens Health Study participants.
In the recent issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers from Boston University and Howard University Cancer Center found no increase in breast cancer risk due to the type of hair relaxer used or the........Go to the Main (Added on 5/17/2007 5:17:26 AM)
Cryoablation is safe for breast cancer patientsUltrasound-guided cryoablation of small breast cancer may be a safe procedure linked to minimal morbidity and high patient satisfaction, as per a recent case report by radiologists at the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics in Madison, WI.........Go to the Main (Added on 5/6/2007 5:30:27 PM)
Breast Cancer: Race, Smoking And Birth SizeWomen can encounter environmental factors that increase their risk of breast cancer at various periods of their physical development, beginning before birth and extending until menopause. These non-inherited, or epigenetic, changes in DNA can correlate with risk factors for breast cancer, as per research being presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
To study the effects of epigenetic changes in........Go to the Main (Added on 4/15/2007 9:09:49 PM)
A genetic 'gang of 4' drives spread of breast cancerStudies of human tumor cells implanted in mice have shown that the abnormal activation of four genes drives the spread of breast cancer to the lungs. The new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers reveal that the aberrant genes work together to promote the growth of primary breast tumors. Cooperation among the four genes also enables cancerous cells to escape into the bloodstream and penetrate through blood vessels into lung........Go to the Main (Added on 4/11/2007 11:05:39 PM)
Computerized reminders for mammography screeningFindings of a new Mayo Clinic study published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine show that a computerized mail and phone reminder program can significantly increase the percentage of patients receiving preventive health services and improve the value of health care.
"National evidence-based guidelines say every woman over age 40 should have a yearly mammogram, but only about 65 percent of women nationally have had one in the last two........Go to the Facts (Added on 3/29/2007 4:47:38 AM)
Tykerb wins FDA approvalGlaxoSmithKline plc announced recently that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved TYKERB (lapatinib), in combination with Xeloda (capecitabine), for the therapy of patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose tumors overexpress HER2 and who have received previous treatment including an anthracycline, a taxane, and trastuzumab. It is the first targeted, once-daily oral therapy option for this patient........Go to the Main (Added on 3/13/2007 9:53:54 PM)
Breast Cancer: To Win Don’t GambleThis outdoor advertisement campaign was undertaken to persuade women to protect themselves against breast cancer. These special scratch-cards were distributed among women in Hong-Kong emphasizing on the persistent risk if breast cancer. The scratch card represents gambling while the message asks to get through regular check-up for breast cancer detection otherwise it would like gambling with own life.
Interestingly, to lure women the card........Go to the Facts (Added on 3/12/2007 8:17:37 PM)
Pink Mouse For Helping Breast Cancer CampaignSomebody said this wireless mouse from Kensington, looks very much like an epilator.
I can't say I don't see the resemblance, but I think it's very feminine and pretty.
Its smooth, soft lines, and the pink and silver color show clearly this is a mouse designed for the ladies.
It comes with its own traveling pouch and an extended battery life.
But........Go to the News (Added on 3/2/2007 4:21:31 AM)
Gene profiling and resistance to HerceptinUsing gene chips to profile tumors before treatment, researchers at Harvard and Yale Universities found markers that identified breast cancer subtypes resistant to Herceptin, the primary treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer. They say this advance could help further refine therapy for the 25 to 30 percent of breast cancer patients with this class of tumor.
In the February 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, the researchers found that........Go to the Main (Added on 2/20/2007 9:14:50 PM)
MIT breast cancer therapyA breast cancer therapy based on MIT research originally intended for detecting missiles is documented in a new book by Alan J. Fenn, an MIT researcher and inventor of the technique.
The book, "Breast Cancer Treatment by Focused Microwave Thermotherapy" (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2007), includes a discussion of promising results from the latest clinical trials of the treatment.
Treating cancer with heat is not a new idea, but........Go to the Main (Added on 2/5/2007 6:47:16 PM)
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Switch regulates breast cancer responseA tiny modification called methylation on estrogen receptors prolongs the life of these growth-driving molecules in breast cancer cells, as per research by researchers at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute.
The results are reported in the May 9, 2008 issue of the journal Molecular Cell.
Most breast cancers contain estrogen receptors, which enable them to grow in the presence of the hormone estrogen. Their presence can determine........Go to the Main (Added on 5/8/2008 9:06:18 PM)
MRI 'best' for looking at breast cancer and moreThe use of MRI is effective in differentiating the blood supply to medial and lateral breast tumors, which is important in therapy planning and prognosis as per a research studyconducted by scientists at the University of Miami in Miami, FL and the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel.
Blood supply of medial tumors is mainly through the internal mammary vessels while lateral tumors may be supplied by both the internal or lateral........Go to the Main (Added on 4/13/2008 9:42:19 PM)
Gene Variant Increases Breast Cancer RiskAn international research consortium under the leadership of researchers of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) has shown that a common gene variant increases the risk of developing breast cancer.
In roughly five to ten percent of breast cancer cases there is a family history of breast cancer- i.e., hereditary and, thus, genetic factors play a role here. Alterations in the genes known as BRCAI and........Go to the Main (Added on 3/16/2008 9:53:57 PM)
Test To reduce recurrence of breast cancerA new test that examines large sections of the sentinel lymph node for genes expressed by breast cancer could reduce the risk of recurrence and multiple surgeries, doctors say.
The GeneSearch Breast Lymph Node Assay, manufactured by Veridex, L.L.C., a Johnson & Johnson company, is being used at the Medical College of Georgia to examine half of the tissue in the sentinel lymph node, the first place breast cancer typically spreads. The sample........Go to the Main (Added on 2/25/2008 9:18:06 PM)
NICE guidelines on breast cancer need urgent revisionThe NICE guidelines on follow-up for patients with breast cancer need urgent revision, warn experts in this weeks BMJ.
More than 1.2 million women and men worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer each year and it is now recognised as a chronic disease that can recur even after 20 -30 years.
Survival continues to improve, so new cancers are now more common in a number of patients than recurrence because the therapys of the first cancer........Go to the Main (Added on 1/17/2008 10:19:32 PM)
Taxol with avastin for metastatic breast cancerThe positive results of the first nationwide clinical study showing the benefits of an antiangiogenic agent in breast cancer therapy are reported in the Dec. 27 issue of the New England Journal (NEJM).
The study with Avastin showed the biggest improvement in metastatic breast cancer ever reported in a chemotherapy-based clinical trial. It nearly doubled the time between initiation of chemotherapy for metastatic disease and progression of the........Go to the Main (Added on 12/28/2007 8:14:50 AM)
Scientists identify and repress breast cancer stem cellsBy manipulating highly specific gene-regulating molecules called microRNAs, researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) report that they have succeeded in singling out and repressing stem-like cells in mouse breast tissue cells that are widely thought to give rise to cancer.
If certain forms of breast cancer do indeed have their origin in wayward stem cells, as we believe to be the case, then it is critical to find ways to........Go to the Main (Added on 12/17/2007 8:45:40 PM)
Accuracy of diagnostic mammograms varies by radiologistFor women with breast symptoms such as lumps, the ability of diagnostic mammograms to detect breast cancer accurately depends strongly on which radiologist reads them, as per a Group Health study published online on December 11 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
When a woman gets a mammogram, she wants to know that if she has breast cancer, the mammogram will be likely to detect it, said study leader Diana Miglioretti, PhD, an........Go to the Main (Added on 12/11/2007 10:40:44 PM)
BRCA1 mutations cause breast cancerAn international team of scientists led by Columbia University Medical Centers Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and Swedens Lund University has, for the first time, revealed how mutations in the BRCA1 gene lead to breast cancer. Findings show that one way BRCA1 mutations cause cancer is by knocking out a powerful tumor suppressor gene known as PTEN.
The new study will be published online on the Nature Genetics website on Dec. 9,........Go to the Main (Added on 12/9/2007 5:17:51 PM)
Proteins As urvival Markers in Some Breast CancersNew research suggests that the presence or absence of two proteins may be important markers for long-term survival in some breast-cancer patients.
One of the proteins, called ErbB-4, is important for the growth and differentiation of several types of cells in the body. The second protein, called Wwox, is a tumor suppressor - it helps prevent cells from becoming malignant - and it is missing in a number of breast cancers. Researchers don't........Go to the Main (Added on 11/13/2007 9:39:42 PM)
Simpler way to assess breast cancer riskA new, simpler model for predicting breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women appears to be as accurate as a more complicated method currently used to decide if women would benefit from medicine to reduce their risk of getting cancer, as per research published recently in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
A team of scientists led by Rowan T. Chlebowski, a lead investigator at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at........Go to the Main (Added on 11/13/2007 9:24:39 PM)
Extra radiation dose prevents breast cancer returnWomen 40 years and younger with early-stage breast cancer who receive an additional high dose of radiation (boost dose) after undergoing breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) and standard radiation therapy are almost twice as likely to be free of cancer 10 years after therapy in comparison to those who dont receive the boost dose, as per a large European study presented at the Plenary I session on October 29, 2007, at the American Society for........Go to the Main (Added on 10/29/2007 10:21:18 PM)
New gene linked to breast cancerScientists in a multicenter international study have identified a new gene that, if mutated, may increase a womans risk of breast cancer by more than a third.
Further, the scientists observed that the gene, HMMR, interacts with the well-known breast cancer gene BRCA1. Alternations in either gene cause genetic instability and interfere with cell division, which could be a path to breast cancer developing. This leads scientists to not just a........Go to the Main (Added on 10/8/2007 8:56:02 AM)
Dietary calcium to prevent the spread of breast cancerA strong skeleton is less likely to be penetrated by metastasizing cancer cells, so a fortified glass of milk might be the way to block cancers spread, as per scientists at the ANZAC Research Institute in Concord, Australia. Using a mouse model of breast cancer metastasis, the scientists observed that a calcium deficiency may increase the tendency of advanced breast cancer to target bone. Dietary calcium, they reason, might help prevent the........Go to the Main (Added on 10/2/2007 10:26:10 PM)
Breast cancer survivors optimisticThe majority of breast cancer survivors consider themselves stronger after having the disease, as per new survey results released recently. However, the data also suggest womens knowledge about actions they can take to lessen the likelihood of recurrence is surprisingly low.
The survey, which was commissioned by AstraZeneca and conducted by Harris Interactive, consisted of interviews with 543 women in the United States who had been diagnosed........Go to the Main (Added on 9/25/2007 9:45:45 PM)
Acrylamide not linked to breast cancerFoods that contain acrylamide are unlikely to cause breast cancer in women, according to preliminary results of a new study involving 100,000 U.S. women. The finding, the largest epidemiological study to date exploring the possible link between acrylamide and cancer in humans, was described today at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society.
At levels consumed in the diet, it appears unlikely that acrylamide in foods is........Go to the Main (Added on 8/21/2007 6:38:55 PM)
Breast cancer and hormone therapy - A looking-glass mirror?The medical community has been debating for a number of years whether, and to what extent, postmenopausal hormone treatment (HT) use is linked to a higher risk of breast cancer, says Professor Amos Pines, President of the International Menopause Society. Eventhough it is agreed that long-term HT slightly increases that risk, the definition of long-term use is still unclear, especially in view of data showing that it may vary significantly by........Go to the Main (Added on 7/25/2007 5:06:31 AM)
Fruit Intake Doesn't Reduce Chance Of Breast Cancer RecurrenceEating double the amount of veggies and fruits recommended by general dietary guidelines doesn't reduce the likelihood of breast cancer recurrence among women whose cancers were treated at an early stage of the disease, says a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
"For breast cancer survivors who are meeting the '5-a-day' dietary goals set by the National Cancer Institute, there is no benefit to further increasing their........Go to the Main (Added on 7/17/2007 10:39:29 PM)
Western diet linked to increased risk of breast cancerPostmenopausal Asian women who eat a meat-sweet or Western diet are at greater risk of developing breast cancer than those who eat a vegetable-soy diet, as per a new study. The findings mark the first time an association between a Western diet and breast cancer has been identified in Asian women.
The study, reported in the recent issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, involved women in the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study. ........Go to the Main (Added on 7/10/2007 4:52:03 AM)
1-step breast cancer treatmentPrincess Margaret Hospital (PMH) breast cancer specialists are using a new way to treat patients by delivering a one-time dose of radiation during surgery. The procedure, called intraoperative radiation treatment, takes less than an hour and eliminates the need for further radiation therapys.
On May 17, the PMH team combined the expertise of surgeons, radiation medicine specialists (radiation oncologists, physicists and therapists) and........Go to the Main (Added on 6/20/2007 10:08:06 AM)
Fluorescence Diffuse Optical Tomography Look At Breast CancerScientists at the University of Pennsylvania have created the first three-dimensional optical images of human breast cancer in patients based on tissue fluorescence.
Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography, or FDOT, relies on the presence of fluorophore molecules in tissue that re-radiate fluorescent light after illumination by excitation light of a different color. The reconstructed images demonstrated significant tumor contrast in........Go to the Main (Added on 6/13/2007 12:36:54 PM)
Hot Flashes With Breast Cancer TreatmentWomen on tamoxifen therapy who reported having hot flashes were less likely to develop recurrent breast cancer than those who did not report hot flashes, according to a study from the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Moreover, hot flashes were a stronger predictor of outcome than age, hormone receptor status or even how advanced the breast cancer was at diagnosis.
The study results were published online........Go to the Main (Added on 6/11/2007 4:06:50 PM)
Effect on Breast Tumors of DNA AlternationsCancer epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have identified specific genes that are most likely to become cancer promoters when exposed to a process called DNA promoter hypermethylation.
Hypermethylation is a process that causes genes that promote normal cell growth to produce proteins that cause cancerous behavior, or unregulated cell growth. Until now, data has been very limited regarding the mechanism and causes of........Go to the Facts (Added on 5/16/2007 10:36:14 PM)
New hereditary breast cancer gene discoveredA new hereditary breast cancer gene has been discovered by scientists at the Lundberg Laboratory for Cancer Research and the Plastic Surgery Clinic at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden. The researchers found that women with a certain hereditary deformity syndrome run a nearly twenty times higher risk of contracting breast cancer than expected.
Several research teams around the world have long been searching for new hereditary breast cancer........Go to the Main (Added on 4/25/2007 9:41:27 PM)
Breast cancer diagnosis from combined MRI-optics methody combining two techniques, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and near-infrared optics, scientists at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School may have devised a new, potentially more accurate method for diagnosing breast cancer. Their pilot study, demonstrating the feasibility of the concept, is reported in the April 15 issue of the journal Optics Letters, published by the Optical Society of America.
The new technique utilizes MRI to........Go to the News (Added on 4/13/2007 5:10:59 PM)
MRI improves breast cancer diagnosisWomen who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast have a higher risk of contracting the disease in their opposite breast as well. A thorough examination of the opposite breast using mammography and ultrasound is therefore common practice. However, a number of tumours still remain undetected when using mammography. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) promises better results, as is shown in an inter-national study involving the........Go to the Main (Added on 3/28/2007 10:14:54 PM)
Saliva Test for Breast CancerBreast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women in the United States. In 2006, the American Cancer Society estimated that there would be 212,920 new cases of invasive breast cancer, and in that year, 40,970 women would die from it. A number of women's lives could be saved if this cancer was diagnosed earlier, and early diagnosis could be achieved if there were more and easier opportunities to do so.
Sebastian Z. Paige and........Go to the Main (Added on 3/20/2007 9:18:42 PM)
Which Breast Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy?Most postmenopausal women with small breast tumors don't need chemotherapy to reduce their recurrence risk after lumpectomy.
To try to determine who does, a test that measures a tumor's aggressiveness based on its DNA will be tested nationally in more than 10,000 of these women.
"The dilemma physicians have with these patients is, because they have such small tumors, it's hard to tell who needs chemotherapy," said Dr. Thomas A. Samuel,........Go to the Main (Added on 3/12/2007 9:58:22 PM)
African American Women And Breast Cancer?Why are African American women 1.5 to 2.2 times more likely than white women to die from breast cancer, despite their lower occurence rate of the disease? Is it solely because they have less access to medical care? Maybe not, as per a new analysis that will appear in an upcoming issue of the International Journal of Surgery. In a paper now available online, scientists propose that the excess mortality occurs partly because black women are more........Go to the Facts (Added on 2/21/2007 9:21:09 PM)
ER and HER-2 status of breast tumorsTwo critical characteristics of breast cancer that are important to therapy can be identified by measuring gene expression in the tumor, a research team led by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in Lancet Oncology online.
Scientists developed and validated a new genomic microarray test that identifies whether a tumor's growth is fueled by the female hormone estrogen and the role of a growth factor........Go to the Main (Added on 2/15/2007 4:56:40 AM)
Improved Breast Cancer ScreeningIt's a known fact that the key to curing breast cancer is early detection and prompt therapy. Hence, recent reports suggesting that screening for breast cancer is declining among women in the U.S. is worrying health officials. The reasons cited for this decline include insufficient access to mammography facilities and, surpisingly, apathy and indifference among women about the entire process. The second reason could be correlation to the fact........Go to the News (Added on 2/1/2007 8:17:19 PM)
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