Archive for the ‘Breast Cancer’ Category
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Adding a screening ultrasound examination to routine mammography revealed 28 percent more cancers than mammography alone. However, the additional ultrasound exam substantially increased the rates of false positive findings and unnecessary biopsies, according to an American College of Radiology Imaging ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Research from the US suggests that exercising or being physically active is linked to a reduced risk of invasive premenopausal breast cancer, and the reduction is even higher when girls and women start regular physical activity in early adolescence and continue into adulthood.The study is the work of researchers at ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
A chemical reaction in genes that control breast cancer provides a molecular clock that could one day help researchers more accurately determine a woman's risk for developing breast cancer and provide a new approach for treatment, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. In a study published ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Among women at high risk of developing breast cancer, breast ultrasound combined with mammography may detect more cancers than mammography alone, according to results of a multicenter trial that included UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.Overall, 40 participants were diagnosed with breast cancer. Of those cases, a dozen lesions were suspicious ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Why are some cancers more aggressive than others? This was the question explored by a number of doctors and Inserm research scientists at the Institut Curie when they studied the biological profile of a form of breast cancer. The results were astounding: tumour aggressiveness seems to ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated biotechnology company, announced that the Korean FDA (KFDA) has granted marketing approval for ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) for the treatment of breast cancer after failure of standard chemotherapy for metastatic disease. The Phase III clinical trial results on which ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Siemens has announced the creation of an Ultrasound and Women's Health division to promote and support its products and services within the UK healthcare marketplace. Mammography and ultrasound are playing an increasingly important role in the detection and diagnosis of breast disease. Breast cancer is the most common cancer ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Evidence is growing from animal and human studies that genistein, a potent chemical found in soy, protects against development of breast cancer - but only if consumed during puberty, says a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher in the British Journal of Cancer published online. The challenge now, she says, is ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Another piece of the puzzle that is breast cancer has been found by University of Queensland researchers. Dr Melissa Brown, from UQ's School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, and her team have discovered how a particular gene associated with breast cancer behaves, which may lead to better testing for the ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre welcomes the listing of the breast cancer drug lapatinib (Tykerb®) on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the treatment of people with HER-2 positive metastatic or advanced breast cancer. Lapatinib is taken once daily in tablet form. Clinical trials have shown that when given ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Green tea is high in the antioxidant EGCG (epigallocatechin-3- gallate) which helps prevent the body's cells from becoming damaged and prematurely aged. Studies have suggested that the combination of green tea and EGCG may also be beneficial by providing protection against certain types of cancers, including breast cancer. A new ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) recently told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres that if elected president, she would increase breast cancer research and treatment funding by $300 million annually and set a goal of finding a cure for the disease within 10 years, the AP/Google.com reports. On ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) on an episode of the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" scheduled to air on Monday announced a proposal that would provide an additional $300 million in annual federal funds for breast cancer research, the AP/Contra Costa Times reports. Under the proposal, NIH, ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc (LSE: ASM; USOTC:ATSMY) announces the publication of data on the selective killing of breast cancer cells by Antisoma's nucleolin-targeting aptamer AS1411. The work was carried out by Professor Daniel Fernandes and colleagues at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and is published in ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
In a new study examining disparities in postmastectomy breast reconstruction, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Mass., concluded that lack of patient-provider discussion may contribute to socioeconomic, age and race-related inconsistencies in the use of breast reconstruction after mastectomy. However, the study ...
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