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Finding -- And Fighting -- The Fat That Fuels Cancer: Research Examines Role of Certain Fat Cells in Tumorigenesis
February 5, 2013 UT Southwestern research examines role of certain fat cells in ... > full story -
Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Survival Rates Low in Rural India
February 4, 2013 Women in developed countries survive roughly 10 years longer after a breast cancer diagnosis compared to women in poor-to-middle-income countries, a new study ... > full story -
Dieting on Radiation Therapy May Improve Outcomes for Breast Cancer Patients: New Clinical Trial to Begin
February 4, 2013 In February, researchers will begin a first-of-its-kind clinical trial that uses calorie restriction to help treat early stage breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. Evidence suggests ... > full story -
Automated Breast Density Test Identifies Women at High Cancer Risk
February 1, 2013 Researchers have developed a novel computer algorithm to easily quantify a major risk factor for breast cancer based on analysis of a screening mammogram. Increased levels of mammographic breast ... > full story -
Quantum Dots Deliver Vitamin D to Tumors for Possible Inflammatory Breast Cancer Treatment
February 1, 2013 Quantum dots can be used to rapidly move high concentrations of the active form of Vitamin D to targeted tumor sites where cancer cells ... > full story -
Hormones Can Change the Breast's Genetic Material, Study Finds
January 31, 2013 Scientists in Australia have discovered how female steroid hormones can make dramatic changes to the genetic material in breast cells, changes that could potentially lead to breast cancer. ... > full story -
Time Spent Watching Television Is Not Associated With Death Among Breast Cancer Survivors
January 31, 2013 Study evaluates the link between sedentary time and death among cancer survivors. Spending a lot of time watching television after breast cancer diagnosis is not linked to death in these breast ... > full story -
DNA-Repairing Protein May Be Key to Preventing Recurrence of Some Cancers
January 28, 2013 Just as the body can become resistant to antibiotics, certain methods of killing cancer tumors can end up creating resistant tumor cells. But a professor has found a protein present in several types ... > full story -
Less Invasive Treatment Is Associated With Improved Survival in Early Stage Breast Cancer
January 28, 2013 Patients with early stage breast cancer who were treated with lumpectomy plus radiation may have a better chance of survival compared with those who underwent mastectomy, according to new ... > full story -
In Breast Cancer Metastasis, Researchers Identify Possible Drug Target
January 27, 2013 The spread of breast cancer to distant organs within the body, an event that often leads to death, appears in many cases to involve the loss of a key protein, according to researchers, whose new ... > full story
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