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Women Who Give Birth to Multiple Babies After IVF Are at Higher Risk of Breast Cancer
July 9, 2013 Women who give birth to multiple babies following IVF treatment are at a higher risk of breast cancer than those giving birth to singletons or who remain childless. Investigators said the explanation ... > full story -
Gene That Controls Aggressiveness in Breast Cancer Cells Identified
July 3, 2013 Researchers have determined that in basal breast cancer cells a transcription factor known as ZEB1 is held in a poised state, ready to increase the cells’ aggressiveness and enable them to ... > full story -
Long Term Night Shifts Linked to Doubling of Breast Cancer Risk
July 1, 2013 Working night shifts for 30 or more years doubles the risk of developing breast cancer, and is not confined to nurses as previous research has indicated, a new study ... > full story -
Mouse Study Predicts Cancer Drug Responsiveness in Human Tumors
July 1, 2013 A research team has found that genetically engineered mouse models were able to accurately predict human response to a standard chemotherapy drug combination commonly used in the ... > full story -
Biomarker Predicts Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence After Tamoxifen Treatment
June 29, 2013 A biomarker reflecting expression levels of two genes in tumor tissue may be able to predict which women treated for estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer should receive a second estrogen-blocking ... > full story -
Fatty Acids Found in Fish Linked to Lower Risk of Breast Cancer
June 27, 2013 A high intake of fatty acids found in fish is associated with a 14 percent reduction in the risk of breast cancer in later life, a new study ... > full story -
Molecule Drives Aggressive Breast Cancer
June 27, 2013 Recent studies have shown a gene known to coordinate initial development of the eye (EYA1) is a powerful breast tumor promoter in mice. The gene EYA1 was also shown to be overexpressed in a genetic ... > full story -
Molecule Considered to Be a Breast Cancer Indicator Also Has a Protective Function
June 25, 2013 One of the main indicators for determining the activity of a tumor or cancer is cell division. Cancer cells divide more than other types and the genes and molecules involved in the process of ... > full story -
Targeted Viral Therapy Destroys Breast Cancer Stem Cells in Preclinical Experiments
June 24, 2013 A promising new treatment for breast cancer has been shown in cell culture and in animal models to selectively kill cancer stem cells at the original tumor site and in distant metastases with no ... > full story -
New Resistance Mechanism to Chemotherapy in Breast and Ovarian Cancer
June 18, 2013 A new study explains why tumors with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations stop responding to PARP inhibitor ... > full story
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