Glaxo Reports Positive Data On Tykerb for Breast Cancer Treatment
The robust clinical data presented for TYKERB at ASCO further demonstrate the great potential of this drug as an essential component of treatment regimens for women with HER2-positive breast cancer.
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Researchers Home In On Possible New Breast Cancer Gene
Researchers describe a new candidate breast-cancer susceptibility gene.
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Breast Cancer Fundraiser Not Tied To DPHHS
Montana Department of Public Health said that a telephone solicitation raising money for breast cancer detection and treatment is not tied to the Montana Breast and Cervical Health Program.
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Several Genetic Markers Linked To Variability Among Breast Cancer Patients
Researchers have linked genetic markers on eight chromosomes in the tissue surrounding breast tumors to the grade of the cancer and the spread of the disease to the lymph nodes.
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MassMutual Launches Extended Support Of Breast Cancer Awareness
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has kicked off an extended effort to educate women, support local breast cancer-related programs, and make substantial donations to cancer research, prevention and treatment organizations throughout the country.
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Breast Cancer Screening Tests Declining In Ihe United States
Regular mammography is the most efficacious screening test for the early detection of breast cancer available to women today, but fewer women in USA receive the screening test.
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Chemotherapy More Effective When Given Before Breast Cancer Surgery
Giving chemotherapy to women with operable breast cancer before they have surgery - not after - helps physicians pin down the best treatment regimen and can reduce the extent of surgery.
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Lymphedema Affects Quality Of Life
Almost one-third of young breast cancer survivors surveyed by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer said their quality of life suffered because they experienced lymphedema, an often debilitating consequence of breast cancer treatment.
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Breast Cancer Advances In Detection, Treatment And Cure
The Office of Research on Women's Health is broadcasting the second in a series of podcasts on breast cancer "Pinn Point on Women's Health".
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Breast Cancer Rates Dropped Even Before Hormone Results
American Cancer Society Study Points to Plateau in Mammography as Reason for Decline in Breast Cancer Cases.
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Radiation For Breast Cancer Not Likely To Increase Heart Attack Risk
Since 1973, conflicting reports about the long-term risk of radiation for breast cancer to the heart have been published.
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Free Breast Cancer Screening As Part Of Images Of Health
On Monday, May 7, women of breast cancer screening age are invited to receive a FREE mammogram at PS 149 Sojourner Truth School.
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Scientists discover new hereditary breast cancer gene
Women with a certain hereditary deformity syndrome run a nearly twenty times higher risk of contracting breast cancer than expected.
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Epigenetic Reversion of Breast Cancer DNA
Breast cancer cells grown in 3-D culture can be induced to form normal breast duct-like structures, as opposed to dense cell masses, by activating or inhibiting specific signaling pathways, including antibody binding to the extracellular matrix protein fibronectin.
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Local Cells Affect Tamoxifen Sensitivity
Resistance to tamoxifen is a common problem in breast cancer treatment, but researchers are identifying the factors that influence sensitivity versus resistance.
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Progression of Breast Cancer
Researchers have identified loss of Fiblin-2 as a marker of breast cancer progression since the protein is expressed by normal breast cells but lost in breast cancer cell lines and invasive breast tumors.
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Susan G. Komen To Share Information About Breast Health, Breast Cancer
The mobile community education and outreach tour, Komen On the Go, will share important information about breast health and breast cancer with all generations.
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Kroger's Family Of Stores Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness With 'Pink Tag' Promotion
The Kroger stores is "Giving Hope A Hand" this month during a campaign to raise money for raising awareness of breast cancer.
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Molecular Signature May Identify Cisplatin-Sensitive Breast Tumors
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center have identified a subgroup of hard-to-treat breast cancers that may be sensitive to the drug cisplatin, rarely used in the treatment of breast tumors.
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Genetic Breast Cancer Assessment Eases Stress For Women At Risk
Since findings have revealed that some families have increased breast cancer risk, a number of people are turning to cancer genetic services to learn more.
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Decrease In Breast Cancer Linked To Reduced Use Of Hormone Replacement Therapy
The sharp decline in the rate of new breast cancer cases in 2003 may be related to a national decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
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Test potential to identify breast cancer patients reacting badly to radiotherapy
Medical scientists have announced a potentially unique advance in breast cancer research by identifying two genes associated with adverse reaction to cancer treatment.
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Decrease in breast cancer is linked to drop in hormone replacement
The sharp decline in breast cancer in 2003, followed by a relative stabilization at a lower rater in 2004, is most likely related to the first report of the Women's Health Initiative.
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KCI Investigators Present Breast Cancer Findings
Members from the laboratory of Stephen Ethier, Ph.D. will present research findings on breast cancer-causing genes and how they operate at the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting.
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New Analysis To Tackle Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer
USA and UK have taken profoundly different approaches in developing genetic testing for breast cancer which has serious implications for users of health care.
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Genes That Spread Breast Cancer to Lungs
Cancer researchers have identified a set of genes they say promote the spread of breast tumors to the lungs.
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McGill-Led Team Provides Clue To Family Risk For Breast Cancer
Discovery could help target drugs for breast cancer to carriers of mutant gene.
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More aggressive breast cancer in Hispanics independent of health care utilization
Racial differences in the clinical presentation of breast cancer may be due more to biological factors rather than differences in access to healthcare alone.
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MRIs Recommended for Some at High Risk of Breast Cancer
High risk breast cancer women are recommended to get scans along with Mammograms, not instead of them.
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Recommendation on MRI for Breast Cancer Screening
An expert panel by the American Cancer Society has developed new recommendations for the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women at increased risk for breast cancer.
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Computer-Aided Detection Reduces The Accuracy Of Mammograms
Computer-Aided breast cancer detection that uses software designed to improve how radiologists interpret mammograms may instead make readings less accurate.
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Reauthorization Of Breast And Cervical Cancer Program Gives Thousands Of Women Access To Life-Saving Early Detection
For the past four years, Susan G. Komen for the Cure have tirelessly advocated for reauthorization of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
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MRI Detects Cancers In Opposite Breast Of Women Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
MRI scans of women who were diagnosed with cancer in one breast detected over 90 percent of cancers in the other breast that were missed by mammography and clinical breast exam at initial diagnosis.
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Most Missed Opposite Breast Cancers in Women Detected By MRI
When added to a medical workup after a breast cancer diagnosis, MRI scans can significantly improve the chances of detecting cancer in the opposite breast,
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MRI screening of opposite breast necessary for women with recent breast cancer diagnosis
Women with a recent diagnosis of cancer in one breast should have MRI screening of the opposite breast.
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Mammogram Rates May Improve With Web-Based Reminder System
An administrative database that helps appointment secretaries remind women to have mammograms increased the breast cancer screening rate at one large group practice.
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'Triple negative' breast cancers linked to the young, minority
"Triple negative" breast cancers, tumors that do not contain any of three significant tumor markers, are aggressive, deadly cancers that affect young, poor minority women, according to a new study.
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Few surgeons routinely refer breast cancer patients for reconstruction
Surgeon attitudes may contribute to low reconstruction rates of breast cancer patients.
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New Saliva Test May Help Dentists Test for Breast Cancer
Protein levels in saliva have great potential to assist in the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care of breast cancer.
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Tykerb for Advanced Breast Cancer Patients Gets FDA Approval
Tykerb, a breast cancer treatment pill from GlaxoSmithKline gets approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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