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International Breast Health Global Summit, June 9-11, 2010
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 7:00am CDT
The Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) and the Latin American & Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology (SLACOM) will convene the fourth biennial BHGI Global Summit on International Breast Health June 9-11, 2010 in Chicago, bringing together collaborating national and international organizations to address the optimization of breast health care delivery in limited-resource countries... -
Younger Women Choose Breast Screens
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Younger women are likely to attend breast screening if the choice is offered to them, according to the findings of a study of 50,000 women published today in the Journal of Medical Screening... -
Twice As Many Lives Saved Than Overdiagnosed By Breast Screening
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:00am CDT
For every woman overdiagnosed by breast screening , two deaths will be prevented, according to a study published today (Wednesday). Following controversial debates in recent months over the risks and harms of screening for breast cancer , the researchers - part funded by Cancer Research UK - set out to uncover how effective the programme is at saving lives... -
Patents On Breast, Ovarian Cancer Genes Invalidated
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 4:00am CDT
In a ruling that could have "far-reaching" implications for genetic research and the medical industry, a U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet on Monday invalidated seven patents related to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, mutations of which have been linked to breast and ovarian cancer, the New York Times reports (Pollack/Schwartz, New York Times, 3/29)... -
Breast Screening Saves Two Lives For Every Over-Diagnosis, UK
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Following recent controversy about the pros and cons of breast screening, a new study part-funded by Cancer Research UK found that breast screening saves two lives for every case of over-diagnosis. The study by scientists at Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, is about to be published in the Journal of Medical Screening... -
Oral COTI-2 Is Effective Against Aggressive Triple Negative Human Breast Cancer
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. (COTI) (TSX VENTURE:COT) announced positive test results today from a series of animal experiments carried out at a prominent Canadian cancer research facility with COTI-2 as a single agent against an aggressive strain of triple negative human breast cancer (TNBC); MDA-MB-231-luc... -
Multivitamin Use Linked To Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Posted: March 30th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Researchers in Sweden who studied data on over 35,000 middle aged and older women followed for 10 years found a link between taking multivitamins and increased risk of breast cancer and said this was of concern to public health and should be investigated further... -
Studies Examine Breast Cancer Prevention, Pregnancy In Breast Cancer Survivors
Posted: March 30th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Scientists on Thursday presented new breast cancer research at a conference in Barcelona, Spain. Summaries appear below. ~ Prevention: Twenty-five to thirty percent of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be prevented through diet and exercise, according to study of data from the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer, AP/MSNBC reports... -
Radiation After Mastectomy Underused
Posted: March 30th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
While radiation therapy is common after breast conserving surgery, it's much less frequent after mastectomy, even among women for whom it would have clear life-saving benefit. This is according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center... -
Clues To Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer Found
Posted: March 30th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Expression of inflammatory-related genes in breast tissue of women who have previously given birth may explain the aggressiveness and frequency of pregnancy-associated breast cancer, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago... -
Genome-Sequencing Is Profiling Responsiveness To Treatment For Advanced Breast Cancer
Posted: March 28th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Tumors biopsied from women with invasive breast cancer are having their genomes sequenced in an attempt to develop a DNA profile that one day may identify ahead of time the patients who will most likely respond to chemotherapy with an aromatase inhibitor. Aromatase inhibitors are a class of chemotherapeutic agents that block the production of estrogen in postmenopausal women... -
Agendia Launches BluePrint(TM) Expanding Breast Cancer Product Offering
Posted: March 27th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, announced that its breast cancer product offering, consisting of breast cancer recurrence test MammaPrint(R), and TargetPrint(TM), has been expanded with BluePrint (TM) to report important additional information on tumor subtypes... -
Initial Results From International Trial Show Specific Lymph Node Radiotherapy Is Well-tolerated After Surgery In Women With Early Breast Cancer
Posted: March 27th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
In patients with early breast cancer, giving radiotherapy to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone and above the collar bone is well-tolerated, after mastectomy or breast conserving surgery, a radiation oncologist will tell delegates at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) (Saturday 27 March)... -
Discovery Of Method To Predict Which Breast Cancer Patients Should Be Treated With Anthracyclines
Posted: March 27th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
An international team of researchers has discovered a new way of detecting which breast cancer patients are going to respond best to chemotherapy that includes anthracycline antibiotics*... -
News From The American Journal Of Pathology April 2010
Posted: March 27th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Preclinical Model of Primary Prostate Cancer A group led by Dr. Massimo Loda at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA has generated a preclinical model of human prostate cancer that mimics the genetic and growth behavior of primary tumors. Their report can be found in the April 2010 issue of the American Journal of Pathology... -
PARP Protein Exists In All Breast Tumors - Discovery Will Help Target Chemo And Predict Response
Posted: March 26th, 2010, 11:00am CDT
The presence of the protein poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in tumours can help predict their response to chemotherapy, a German scientist will tell the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona tomorrow (Saturday 27 March)... -
Metastatic Breast Cancer: Targeted Therapies Have Contributed To The Improvement In Survival
Posted: March 26th, 2010, 8:00am CDT
Trends indicate that survival is improving in patients with metastatic breast cancer, especially in those patients whose tumours are described as being HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor-2) positive, a surgical oncologist will say today (Friday 26 March) at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7)... -
Surgical Options In Inherited Breast Cancer Show Drastic Treatment Is Not Always Best
Posted: March 26th, 2010, 8:00am CDT
Two studies to be presented at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday), shed light on the treatment options facing women carrying the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations which predispose them to breast cancer... -
Use Of Beta-Blockers To Reduce Metastasis And Improve Survival In Breast Cancer Patients
Posted: March 26th, 2010, 8:00am CDT
Treatment with beta-blockers can help reduce the spread of cancer in patients with breast tumours, a researcher will tell the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona today (Friday). In a controlled study, Dr... -
Breast Cancer And Pregnancy: Chemotherapy Without Endangering The Health Of The Baby
Posted: March 26th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Women who discover they have breast cancer while they are pregnant can be treated with chemotherapy without endangering the health of their unborn baby, according to research to be presented at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona today (Friday)... -
Associations Between Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, Breast Cancer And Survival Revealed By Study
Posted: March 26th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in the 12 months after they have completed a pregnancy are 48% more likely to die than other young women with breast cancer according to new research to be presented at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona today (Friday)... -
Patients Requesting Prophylactic Mastectomies Overestimate Their Breast Cancer Risk And Need A 'cooling Off' Period
Posted: March 26th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer believe the risk of the disease occurring in their unaffected breast is as much as ten times higher than it actually is. As a result, they are choosing to have prophylactic mastectomies based on a false perception of increased risk, according to new research... -
Pregnancy For Breast Cancer Survivors: Meta-analysis Reveals It Is Safe And Could Improve Survival
Posted: March 26th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Women who have been treated for breast cancer can choose to become pregnant and have babies, without fears that pregnancy could put them at higher risk of dying from their cancer, according to a major, new study... -
The London Breast Clinic First In Europe To Offer Blood Based Test For Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:00pm CDT
The London Breast Clinic today announced that it is to be the first breast clinic in Europe to offer their patients BCtect®, a blood based test for early detection of breast cancer... -
Addressing Fertility Issues In Young Women With Breast Cancer
Posted: March 25th, 2010, 8:00am CDT
At a time when more and more young women are surviving breast cancer and delaying childbirth, it is important to take their needs and wishes about their future fertility into consideration when deciding on treatment, the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona heard. Dr... -
Collaboration Between Doctors Essential For Breast Cancer Patients To Get Full Benefit Of Tamoxifen Treatment
Posted: March 25th, 2010, 8:00am CDT
Recently published research has shown that some breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen may not be getting the full benefit of their treatment because they have also been taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), prescribed drugs that inhibit the effect of an important enzyme... -
Women From Poorer Backgrounds Have Worse Breast Cancer Outcomes, But This Is Not Due To Late Diagnosis Alone
Posted: March 25th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
The largest study in Europe to look at the link between socioeconomic status and survival after breast cancer has found that women from poorer backgrounds have worse outcomes and that this is only partly explained by more advanced cancer at diagnosis... -
Recurrence Of Breast Cancer After More Than 10 Years Is An Important Indicator Of Survival
Posted: March 25th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Recurrence of breast cancer in the same area as the original tumour remains the strongest, independent prognostic factor for subsequent metastasis and death, even for patients who have been free of disease for a very long time, according to research presented today at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7)... -
The Goal Of Treatment In Metastatic Breast Cancer: Patients And Doctors Differ In Their Views
Posted: March 25th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Many patients with metastatic breast cancer believe that the primary goal in survival with new treatment should be to prolong life by at least a year over the survival they might expect from using current best therapies, a researcher told the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona... -
Researchers Studying Investigational Agent That Targets Breast Cancer
Posted: March 25th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Scott & White Healthcare researchers are studying an investigational agent that targets metastatic breast cancer to find if it can stop cancer cells from continuing to grow... -
Garnet BioTherapeutics Announces First Patient Treated In Trial Of New Therapy For Improvement In Scar Appearance
Posted: March 24th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Garnet BioTherapeutics, Inc. ("Garnet"), a regenerative medicine company focused on developing cell based therapies, announced that the first patient has been treated in a Phase 2 multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of its lead product candidate GBT009 at Unity Hospital in Rochester, New York... -
$7.5 Million Grant To Perfect Treatment Of Breast Cancer By Understanding The Power Of The Estrogen Receptor
Posted: March 24th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Scientists at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) were awarded a five-year $7.5 million grant to tease apart - in the most comprehensive way ever devised - the role of a single protein receptor in breast cells in cancer development and treatment... -
Stimuvax BLP25 Liposome Vaccine Clinical Program Temporarily Suspended, Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reaction
Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 8:00am CDT
Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, and its U.S. affiliate, EMD Serono, Inc. announced that they have temporarily suspended the clinical program for Stimuvax® (BLP25 liposome vaccine) in all recruiting studies worldwide as a result of a suspected unexpected serious adverse reaction (SUSAR). This decision was taken in alignment with the U.S... -
Testing For Common Genetic Mutations Not Helpful In Predicting Breast Cancer, Study Finds
Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Testing for 10 common genetic mutations that slightly increase breast cancer risk is no more effective in predicting tumor development than asking women questions about conventional risk factors, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters/MSNBC reports... -
Risk Of A Second Breast Cancer May Be Increased By Rare ATM Gene Mutations Plus Radiation
Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 3:00am CDT
Certain rare mutations in the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene, combined with radiation exposure, may increase a woman's risk of developing a second cancer in the opposite breast, according to a study published online March 19 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... -
Huge Health Disparities Revealed Among Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians, Asian Immigrants
Posted: March 19th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Although Asian Americans have long been portrayed as a "model minority" with few major problems, data released online in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) reveal that distinct groups of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPI) differ widely in death and disease rates, including from breast cancer and other conditions such as heart disease... -
Cancer Prevention Institute Of California Study Of Breast Cancer In Asian American Women Reveals Rising Occurrences
Posted: March 19th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Research scientists from the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC) released the results of a study of breast cancer in Asian women which examined their cancer rates by ethnicity, age and immigrant status. The findings challenge the notion that breast cancer rates are uniformly low across the population of Asian women and indicate rising rates of occurrences in specific ethnic groups... -
Adding Common Genetic Variants To Breast Cancer Risk Models Offers Only Small Benefit
Posted: March 19th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
Scientists report that breast cancer risk assessment models, which predict a woman's chance of developing breast cancer, do not perform better when they include common inherited genetic variants recently linked to the disease. Therefore, recommendations for breast cancer screening or treatments will remain unchanged for most women... -
Radiation Breakthrough Gives Breast Cancer Patients Hope In Single Dose
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Technology never before offered in the U.S. that allows patients to receive one dose of radiation during surgery, as opposed to the current average of six weeks, was successfully delivered to several breast cancer patients last week including the sister of the man responsible for bringing the technology from Italy... -
Agendia To Play Pivotal Role In ISPY-2 Trial For Breast Cancer
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, announced it will participate in the highly anticipated I-SPY 2 TRIAL for breast cancer, set to launch at the first of nearly twenty research sites... -
Encouraging Interventional Radiology Potential Treatment For Breast Cancer With Cryotherapy
Posted: March 17th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Interventional radiologists have opened the door to an encouraging potential future treatment for the nearly 200,000 women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year: image-guided, multiprobe cryotherapy... -
Freezing Out Breast Cancer
Posted: March 17th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Interventional radiologists have opened the door to an encouraging potential future treatment for the nearly 200,000 women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year: image-guided, multiprobe cryotherapy... -
Case Managers Help Low-Income Women Receive More Timely Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Posted: March 17th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Case management appears to be associated with more appropriate follow-up and shorter time to diagnostic resolution among low-income women who receive an abnormal result on a mammogram, according to a report in the March 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Rebecca Lobb, Sc.D., M.P.H., of the Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St... -
US Preventative Services Task Force Mammography Recommendations Could Hinder Early Detection
Posted: March 17th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
New research findings published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicate that some breast cancers continue to be detected as a palpable lump rather than being found through mammographic screening... -
PEM Scanners May Reduce Unnecessary Breast Biopsies And Offer An Alternative For Women Who Cannot Tolerate MRI
Posted: March 16th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
New data from an NIH-sponsored, multi-site study of hundreds of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer shows that Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) may reduce unnecessary breast biopsies... -
Medline Donates More Than $100,000 To National Breast Cancer Foundation To Help Fund Mammograms
Posted: March 16th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
More than 1,200 operating room nurses attended this morning's breakfast forum "Together We Can Save Lives Through Early Detection" sponsored by Medline Industries, Inc., expecting to hear Olympic gold medalist Peggy Fleming talk about her skating career and battle with breast cancer. Fleming did not disappoint the early morning crowd... -
Research May Provide Potential Target For New Therapies To Limit Metastasis Of Primary Breast Cancers
Posted: March 15th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Researchers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center have discovered that "microtentacles," or extensions of the plasma membrane of breast cancer cells, appear to play a key role in how cancers spread to distant locations in the body... -
Two Phase 3 Trials Of Sunitinib With Commonly Used Chemotherapies In Advanced Breast Cancer Did Not Meet The Primary Endpoint
Posted: March 14th, 2010, 1:00am CST
Pfizer Inc. announced today that two Phase 3 studies of Sutent® (sunitinib malate) in advanced breast cancer did not meet their primary endpoints... -
NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Help TechniScan Deliver Timely Breast Imaging Diagnostics
Posted: March 13th, 2010, 4:00am CST
TechniScan, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TSNI) is featured on NVIDIA's recently posted blog about speeding the amount of time it takes to get breast imaging results into the hands of doctors and patients. NVIDIA is the world leader in visual computing technologies and inventor of the graphics processing unit (GPU)... -
Seeking 'Next Generation' Treatment For Breast Cancer
Posted: March 13th, 2010, 3:00am CST
Many women live with breast cancer that does not respond to standard medical treatment, a condition that researchers at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare want to change by aggressively targeting specific genes... -
New Way To Get Physical In The Fight Against Cancer
Posted: March 13th, 2010, 2:00am CST
Conventional biological wisdom holds that living cells interact with their environment through an elaborate network of chemical signals. As a result many therapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases in which cell behavior goes awry focus on drugs that block or disrupt harmful chemical signals... -
Technology May Reduce Need For Repeat Cancer Surgery
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 5:00am CST
Every year more than 100,000 women in the United States undergo a lumpectomy, a conservative procedure to remove cancerous tumors while preserving the breast. The surgeon's goal is to attain a tumor-free, or negative, surgical margin the first time they operate... -
Research Shows Removing Healthy Breast Does Not Improve Breast Cancer Survival, NYT Columnist Writes
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 7:00am CST
Recent studies show that more women with cancer in one breast are opting for removal of both breasts, even though removal of the healthy breast does little to improve survival rates, New York Times columnist Tara Parker-Pope writes... -
Breast Cancer Incidence Among Iraqi Women Profiled
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 5:00am CST
Breast cancer continues to rise in Iraq, and scientists have established the Iraqi National Cancer Research Program to better understand the underlying molecular and environmental causes in an effort to curb the incidence of cancer. "Breast cancer is the most common type of malignancy recorded in the cancer registries of almost all countries within the Eastern Mediterranean Region... -
In The Presence Of CK8 And CK18, Breast Cancer Drug Fulvestrant Appears More Effective
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 3:00am CST
Women's responsiveness to the second-line breast cancer drug fulvestrant may depend on whether the cancer cells are expressing two key proteins, Indiana University Bloomington scientists report in this month's Cancer Biology & Therapy... -
Newly Published Data Shows Chronix Biomedical's Serum DNA Assays Can Detect Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 1:00am CST
Chronix Biomedical today announced publication of a study that supports the utility of its serum DNA blood tests for the early and accurate detection of breast cancer. The Chronix tests detect the circulating DNA that is released into the blood stream by damaged and dying cells... -
TechniScan Teams With Researchers At UC San Diego In Clinical Study With Warm Bath Ultrasound(TM) System
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:00am CST
TechniScan, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TSNI) ("TechniScan" or the "Company"), a medical device company engaged in the development and commercialization of an automated breast ultrasound imaging system, announced that it has commenced phase two of its grant study at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Moores Cancer Center... -
Professor Discovers Link Between Low Oxygen Levels In Body And Cancer-Aiding Protein; Could Help Treatments For Retinoblastoma, Breast Cancer
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:00am CST
What began as research into how diabetics could possibly preserve their eyesight has led to findings that could prolong the vision of children afflicted with retinoblastoma... -
The Side-Out Foundation Hopes To Score Big With Its First Funded Breast Cancer Clinical Trial
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:00am CST
The Side-Out Foundation, which pairs volleyball enthusiasts with breast cancer researchers, is sponsoring a new clinical trial for up to 25 patients with advanced breast cancer. TGen Drug Development (TD2) will manage this pilot study for the Side-Out Foundation at two locations: TGen Clinical Research Services (TCRS) at Scottsdale Healthcare in Scottsdale, Ariz... -
MRI Finds Tumors In Second Breast Of Women Diagnosed With Cancer In One Breast
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 4:00am CST
Postmenopausal women, including those over 70 years old, who have been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast have higher cancer detection rates when the other breast is scanned for tumors with MRI, compared to premenopausal women, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida. They found that 3... -
Improvements Needed In Genomic Test Result Discussions
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:00am CST
One in three early stage breast cancer patients who received genomic testing when deciding about treatment options felt they did not fully understand their discussions with physicians about their test results and their risk of the disease recurring, a new study has found... -
Life Technologies, TGen And US Oncology Partner On Groundbreaking Breast Cancer Sequencing Research
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:00am CST
Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) announced that it is collaborating with the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and US Oncology to sequence the genomes of 14 patients afflicted with triple negative breast cancer whose tumors have progressed despite multiple other therapies... -
Improvements Needed In Genomic Test Result Discussions
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:00am CST
A new study has found that one in three early-stage breast cancer patients who received genomic testing when deciding about treatment options felt they did not fully understand their discussions with physicians about their test results and their risk of recurrence. About one in four experienced distress when receiving their test results... -
Questioning The Need For Radiation After Mastectomy In Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:00am CST
Breast cancer patients with early stage disease that has spread to only one lymph node may not benefit from radiation after mastectomy, because of the low present-day risk of recurrence following modern surgery and systemic therapy, a finding that could one day change the course of treatment for thousands of women diagnosed each year, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D... -
First-Of-Its-Kind Project Will Sequence Difficult Breast Cancers To Provide Insight Into Treatment Strategies
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 2:00am CST
Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) has announced that it is collaborating with the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and US Oncology to sequence the genomes of 14 patients afflicted with triple negative breast cancer whose tumors have progressed despite multiple other therapies... -
NIH Student Award Winner Exploring How Couples Cope With Breast Cancer
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 2:00am CST
Amber J. Belcher, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Delaware, has won the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The fellowship will support Belcher's research on how couples cope with breast cancer. Breast cancer is second only to skin cancer as the most common cancer among women in the United States... -
Acupuncture May Relieve Joint Pain Caused By Some Breast Cancer Treatments
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 6:00am CST
A new study, led by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, demonstrates that acupuncture may be an effective therapy for joint pain and stiffness in breast cancer patients who are being treated with commonly used hormonal therapies. Results were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology... -
Stick With Older Mammography Recommendations, Stanford Experts Say
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 4:00am CST
At a recent community education program, Stanford experts on women's cancer disagreed with controversial new federal guidelines on breast cancer screening. The new guidelines, released in November by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, would delay a woman's first mammogram by 10 years, reduce future screenings from annual to every other year, and end them after age 74... -
Study Suggests Drop In Hormone Therapy Contributed To Breast Cancer Decline, Newsweek Opinion Piece Says
Posted: March 4th, 2010, 8:00am CST
While breast cancer continues to be the second most common cancer among women in the U.S., "rates have been declining by about 2% a year since 1999, after having increased for the previous 20 years," Newsweek contributing editor Barbara Kantrowitz and Washington correspondent Pat Wingert write in a opinion piece... -
Delaying Post-Surgical Radiation Increases Risk Of Breast Cancer Recurrence In Older Women
Posted: March 4th, 2010, 6:00am CST
Older women who have had breast cancer surgery have a greater risk of the cancer returning if they delay their post-surgical radiation treatment, report Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists... -
Hitting The High Notes: UK Women And Celebrities Unite For Charity Record
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 5:00pm CST
Cancer Research UK re-release 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' to launch Race for Life 2010 Hundreds of women from across the UK have joined over 20 celebrities to record a unique charity single in aid of Cancer Research UK's Race for Life... -
Common Osteoporosis Drugs Are Associated With A Decrease In Risk Of Breast Cancer
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 10:00am CST
Women who take some types of bone-building drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis may be at lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study by U.S. researchers published today in the British Journal of Cancer... -
Freezing Breast Tumors Helps Stop Cancer's Spread In Mice
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 9:00am CST
Freezing a cancer kills it in its place, and also appears to generate an immune response that helps stop the cancer's spread, leading to improved survival rates over surgery, according to a new study in mice from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center... -
Loyola Study Finds The Hormone Estrogen Inhibits A Protein That Causes Normal Cell Death In Breast Tumors
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 6:00am CST
A new study is providing insight into how estrogen fuels many breast cancers, and researchers say the findings could lead to new cancer-fighting drugs. Researchers found that estrogen inhibits a protein called MLK3 that causes normal cell death. Blocking MLK3 leads to uncontrolled growth of cancer cells and resistance to chemotherapy... -
TechniScan Launches 3-D Breast Ultrasound Clinical Study In Freiburg University
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 6:00am CST
TechniScan, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TSNI) ("TechniScan" or the "Company"), a medical device company engaged in the development and commercialization of an automated 3-D breast ultrasound imaging system, announced that in collaboration with University Medical Center Freiburg in Germany, it has launched a clinical study to assess clinical utility of TechniScan's Warm Bath Ultrasound... -
PINC Trial Launched To Test New Treatment For Pre-Invasive Breast Cancer
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 5:00am CST
Can a drug that has been used to treat malaria for years possibly be used to treat breast cancer before it becomes invasive? That's what researchers at George Mason University's Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM) and Inova Breast Care Institute (IBCI) are trying to prove... -
Breast Cancer: Minimizing Delay Between Surgery And Radiotherapy Improves Outcomes
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 2:00am CST
A study published on bmj.com today reports that the longer women wait for radiotherapy after breast cancer surgery, the more chance there is of local recurrence. Starting radiotherapy as soon as possible will minimize this risk according to the authors. The reasonable generally accepted interval between cancer surgery and radiotherapy is four to six weeks... -
A Primer On Aspirating Breast Lumps
Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 7:00am CST
A patient with a breast lump that has no features suggesting cancer should still be immediately evaluated, according to a primer for physicians in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) This article provides an "in office" approach for immediate evaluation of women who present to their family physician with a breast lump... -
Molecular Imaging Technique Uses Ultrasound And Microscopic Bubbles To Target Cancer Cells
Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 7:00am CST
An imaging technique combining ultrasound and specially modified contrast agents may allow researchers to noninvasively detect cancer and show its progression, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). The technique enables researchers to visualize tumor activity at the molecular level... -
Gene Test Hope For Personalised Breast Cancer Treatment
Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 5:00am CST
Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a system to identify faulty or missing genes that could prevent specific chemotherapy regimes from working. This opens the doors for targeted breast cancer treatment, according to research published in the Lancet Oncology... -
$2.7 Million In Grants To Improve Cancer Care Awarded By The ASCO Cancer Foundation(R) & Susan G. Komen For The Cure(R)
Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 4:00am CST
The challenges facing young women with breast cancer, and the promise of high-tech cancer care in rural settings, are the subjects of innovative new grants addressing real-life issues in cancer care, awarded by the ASCO Cancer Foundation®, with funding from Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. The $2... -
Preventive Mastectomy Does Not Improve Five-Year Survival In Most Breast Cancer Patients, Study Finds
Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 3:00am CST
A preventive mastectomy of a healthy breast does not increase survival rates in most women with cancer in the other breast, although the procedure might prolong survival in a specific subset of patients, according to a new study from researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Time reports... -
New Subtype Of Breast Cancer Responds To Targeted Drug
Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 2:00am CST
A newly identified cancer biomarker could define a new subtype of breast cancer as well as offer a potential way to treat it, say researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Their findings will be published in the March 1 online early edition issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... -
Hypnosis Can Help Control Pain Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer, UB Researcher Finds
Posted: March 1st, 2010, 4:00am CST
Hypnosis can help alleviate the pain and suffering experienced by women being treated for breast cancer, according to a study by a University at Buffalo School of Social Work professor. The randomized trial measured pain and suffering, frequency of pain and degree of constant pain among 124 women with metastatic breast cancer, according to Lisa D... -
Poorer Breast Cancer Survival Associated With Micrometastases In Axillary Lymph Nodes
Posted: March 1st, 2010, 3:00am CST
Metastases that were 2 millimeters or less in diameter ("micrometastases") in axillary lymph nodes detected on examination of a single section of the lymph nodes were associated with poorer disease-free and overall survival in breast cancer patients, according to a new study published online February 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... -
Side Effects And Drug Resistance Associated With Chemotherapy Tackled By Nanotechnology
Posted: March 1st, 2010, 2:00am CST
Huixin He, associate professor of nanoscale chemistry at Rutgers University, Newark, and Tamara Minko, professor at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, have developed a nanotechnology approach that could potentially eliminate the problems of side effects and drug resistance in the treatment of cancer...