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Existing Drugs May Help More Breast Cancer Patients
December 7, 2012 — More patients can benefit from highly effective breast cancer drugs that are already available, according to DNA sequencing ... > full story -
Women With Higher Carotenoid Levels Have Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer
December 6, 2012 — Women with higher circulating carotenoid levels are at a reduced risk of breast cancer according to a new ... > full story -
Statins Linked to Improved Survival in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
December 6, 2012 — Researchers found statins, the commonly used drug to lower cholesterol, improved progression-free survival in patients with inflammatory breast cancer ... > full story -
Less Invasive Surgery Detects Residual Breast Cancer in Lymph Nodes After Chemotherapy
December 5, 2012 — A new study shows that a less invasive procedure known as sentinel lymph node surgery successfully identified whether cancer remained in lymph nodes in 91 percent of patients with node-positive ... > full story -
Extending Duration of Adjuvant Tamoxifen Treatment to 10 Years Reduced Risk for Late Breast Cancer Recurrence, Improved Survival
December 5, 2012 — Ten years of adjuvant treatment with tamoxifen provided women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer greater protection against late recurrence and death from breast cancer compared with the ... > full story -
Black Women Less Likely to Receive Improved Surgical Procedure for Breast Cancer
December 5, 2012 — Black women with breast cancer were 12 percent less likely than white women with the disease to receive a more minimally invasive procedure — sentinel lymph node biopsy — for staging of ... > full story -
Higher Doses of Fulvestrant Prolonged Survival in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer
December 5, 2012 — Increasing the dose of fulvestrant from 250 mg to 500 mg improved median overall survival in women with locally advanced or metastatic estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, according to updated ... > full story -
Prostate Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Triple-Negative and Estrogen-Positive Breast Cancer
December 3, 2012 — Long known to drive prostate cancer, androgen receptors are a new target in breast cancer treatment. This week, a promising clinical trial at the University of Colorado Cancer Center flips from Phase ... > full story -
Possible Road Map for Improving Healthcare
November 30, 2012 — Given the right equipment, training and skill, an individual surgeon can expect to provide the best possible care on a consistent basis. But how do you get an entire system of surgeons -- each with ... > full story -
Delayed Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer Has 'Profound Effect'
November 29, 2012 — Results from a recent study show women who wait more than 60 days to begin treatment for advanced breast cancer face significantly higher risks of dying than women who start therapy shortly after ... > full story
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