http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/ New Article Alert From From Breast cancer blog Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT en-us http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/images/blogs/new-article-alert-45320.jpg http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/ 143 100 http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/genes-breast-cancer-risk.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/genes-breast-cancer-risk.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT Reporting this week in Nature Genetics, Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D, and his colleagues have identified a region on chromosome 6 that is strongly linked to breast cancer susceptibility in Asian women. This genetic "locus" may help guide efforts to find the specific genes linked with sporadic or non-inherited forms of the disease, the authors suggest........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/pregnancy-has-no-impact-on-breast-cancer.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/pregnancy-has-no-impact-on-breast-cancer.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT A newly released study finds women who develop breast cancer while pregnant or soon afterwards do not experience any differences in disease severity or likelihood of survival in comparison to other women with breast cancer. The study is reported in the March 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-evaluated journal of the American Cancer Society........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/breast-cancer-and-ostmenopausal-hormone-therapy.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/breast-cancer-and-ostmenopausal-hormone-therapy.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT Women who stopped taking the postmenopausal hormone combination of estrogen plus progestin experienced a marked decline in breast cancer risk which was uncorrelation to mammography utilization change, as per a research studyfrom the Women's Health Initiative led by a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) investigator that was published recently in The New England Journal (NEJM)....... ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/those-women-who-need-radiation.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/those-women-who-need-radiation.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT One-fifth of women who should receive radiation after a mastectomy are not getting this potentially lifesaving treatment, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study looked at 396 women who were treated with a mastectomy for breast cancer. The researchers found that 19 percent of women who fell clearly within guidelines recommending radiation treatment after the mastectomy did not receive that treatment........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/digital-mammograms-is-it-efficient.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/digital-mammograms-is-it-efficient.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT Digital mammograms take longer to interpret than film-screen mammograms, as per a research studyperformed at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. The study included four radiologists who interpreted 268 digital screening mammograms and 189 film-screening mammograms. "The average interpretation time for all of our readers was 240 seconds (4 minutes) for digital screening mammograms and 127 seconds (2 minutes, 7 seconds) for film-screen screening mammograms," said Tamara Miner Haygood, MD, main author of the study. "The digital screening mammograms took nearly twice as long to interpret as the film-screen screening mammograms," said Dr. Haygood........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2008/preventing-breast-cancer-with-broccoli.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2008/preventing-breast-cancer-with-broccoli.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT Women should go for the broccoli when the relish tray comes around during holiday celebrations this season. While it has been known for some time that eating cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage, can help prevent breast cancer, the mechanism by which the active substances in these vegetables inhibit cell proliferation was unknown until now........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/new-compounds-show-promise.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/new-compounds-show-promise.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT Two new compounds created by a University of Central Florida professor show early promise for destroying breast cancer tumors. Associate Professor James Turkson's compounds disrupt the formation and spread of breast cancer tumors in tests on mice. The compounds, S3I-201 and S3I-M2001, break up a cancer-causing protein called STAT3, and scientists have observed no negative side effects so far........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/breast-cancer--among-women-with-family-history.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/breast-cancer--among-women-with-family-history.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT New data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting outlines new data, which assesses breast cancer risk among women with a strong family history of breast cancer, but without a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. This may facilitate earlier detection and prevention among high-risk women........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2008/improving-treatment-of-inherited-breast-cancer.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2008/improving-treatment-of-inherited-breast-cancer.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT Researchers have identified some of the elusive downstream molecules that play a critical role in the development and progression of familial breast cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the October 10th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, also identifies a compound found in grapes and red wine as an excellent candidate for therapy of some forms of breast cancer........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/birth-size-and-breast-cancer.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/birth-size-and-breast-cancer.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT Birth size, and in particular birth length, correlates with subsequent risk of breast cancer in adulthood, according to a new study published in PLoS Medicine by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Associations between birth size, perhaps as a marker of the pre-natal environment, and subsequent breast cancer risk have been identified before, but the findings from epidemiological studies have been inconsistent........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/3-week-radiation-therapy-as-effective.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/3-week-radiation-therapy-as-effective.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT Boston Early-stage patients with breast cancer who receive a more intensive course of radiation to their whole breast over three weeks is as effective as the standard, less intensive five-week whole breast radiation and offers patients more convenience at a lower cost, thereby providing a better quality of life, as per a randomized, long-term study presented September 22, 2008, in the plenary session at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/vaccine-against-her2-positive-breast-cance.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/vaccine-against-her2-positive-breast-cance.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT Scientists at Wayne State University have tested a breast cancer vaccine they say completely eliminated HER2-positive tumors in mice - even cancers resistant to current anti-HER2 treatment - without any toxicity. The study, published in the September 15 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggests the vaccine could treat women with HER2-positive, therapy-resistant cancer or help prevent cancer recurrence. The scientists also say it might potentially be used in cancer-free women to prevent initial development of these tumors........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2008/poor-outcome-in-breast-cancer.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2008/poor-outcome-in-breast-cancer.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT The response to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) in breast cancer cells predicts an aggressive tumor that is less likely to respond to therapy, said scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The finding gives impetus to the movement to tailor cancer therapys to attributes of the various tumors........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/2-different-breast-cancer-screening.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/2-different-breast-cancer-screening.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT An organized population-based breast cancer screening program in Norway and an approach to screening that relies on physician- and self-referrals in Vermont are equally sensitive for detecting cancer, scientists report in the July 29 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute But the recall rate for abnormal mammograms was lower in Norway........ ]]> http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2008/breast-cells-sets-stage-for-abnormal-cell.html http://www.breast-cancer-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2008/breast-cells-sets-stage-for-abnormal-cell.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:56 GMT A University of Michigan study reveals in detail how breast cells produce new cells that are predisposed to become malignant, unless they receive the protective action of the CHFR gene. CHFR expression is missing in more than a third of breast cancers. Analysis of this gene is also a hot area of interest among scientists trying to explain colorectal, stomach, lung and other forms of cancer........ ]]>