
Discovery Helps Show How Breast Cancer Spreads
Researchers have discovered
why breast cancer patients
with dense breasts are more
likely than others to
develop aggressive tumors
that spread. The finding
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Microwave Imaging Can See How Well Treatment Is Progressing
Microwave imaging can be
used to monitor how well
treatment for breast cancer
is working, finds new
research. Microwave
tomography was able to
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New Agent Might Control Breast-Cancer Growth and Spread
A new study suggests that an
unusual experimental drug
can reduce breast-cancer
aggressiveness, reverse
resistance to the drug
fulvestrant and perhaps
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Genetic 'Spelling Mistakes' That Increase Risk of Common Cancers Determined
More than 80 genetic
'spelling mistakes' that can
increase the risk of breast,
prostate and ovarian cancer
have been found in a large,
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Despite New Recommendations, Women in 40s Continue to Get Routine Mammograms at Same Rate
May 15, 2013 Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new ... > full story -
Popular Diabetes Drug Does Not Improve Survival Rates After Cancer
May 9, 2013 Despite previous scientific studies that suggest diabetes drug metformin has anti-cancer properties, a new, first-of-its-kind study has found the drug may not actually improve survival rates after ... > full story -
Fun and Friends Help Ease the Pain of Breast Cancer
May 9, 2013 Breast cancer patients who say they have people with whom they have a good time, or have "positive social interactions" with, are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according ... > full story -
Exercise-Related Changes in Estrogen Metabolism May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
May 7, 2013 Physical activity may reduce breast cancer risk by altering estrogen metabolism. Women who did aerobic exercises had an increased ratio of "good" to "bad" metabolites of ... > full story -
Making Cancer Less Cancerous
May 2, 2013 Researchers have identified a gene that, when repressed in tumor cells, puts a halt to cell growth and a range of processes needed for tumors to enlarge and spread to distant sites. The researchers ... > full story -
Research Shows Advantage to Nanotech Delivery of Therapy for Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
May 1, 2013 Breast cancer brain metastases present a challenge to clinicians because there are few systemic therapies capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier to control the disease. Scientists now report ... > full story -
Cosmetic Breast Implants May Adversely Affect Survival in Women Who Develop Breast Cancer
April 30, 2013 Cosmetic breast implants seem to adversely affect the survival of women who are subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer, finds a small ... > full story -
Big Data Analysis Identifies Prognostic RNA Markers in a Common Form of Breast Cancer
April 29, 2013 An analysis that integrates three large sets of genomic data available through The Cancer Genome Atlas has identified 37 RNA molecules that might predict survival in patients with the most common ... > full story -
How Does Pregnancy Reduce Breast Cancer Risk?
April 28, 2013 Being pregnant while young is known to protect a women against breast cancer. But why? New research finds that Wnt/Notch signalling ratio is decreased in the breast tissue of mice which have given ... > full story -
Coffee May Help Prevent Breast Cancer Returning, Study Finds
April 25, 2013 Drinking coffee could decrease the risk of breast cancer recurring in patients taking the widely used drug Tamoxifen, a study has found. Patients who took the pill, along with two or more cups of ... > full story
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